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Driver broke on driving range, head is "missing" after ball cart ran over it

Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:36 am
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53629 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:36 am
rather than retelling the story I am just going to post the email I sent to the director of the golf course it happened on, I aint happy. Am I fricked or should I expect some store credit on a new driver since apparently mine vanished out of thin air

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On Tuesday, February 21st, I was hitting on the driving range before teeing of around 12:30. While hitting my driver the shaft split and the head broke off and flew about 75 yards into the driving range. Due to the amount of people on the range I figured it was not a good idea to attempt to run out an grab it. Two other men (whose contact information I have) on the range watched the man driving the the ball cart slow down before the head, look at it, run over it, and proceed to keep driving. The head disappeared so we figured at the time that it got picked up and I could just pick it up at the clubhouse. However, after going to the clubhouse immediately after it happened, after hole 9, and after 18 the driver claims to have not seen it after 3 of us witnessed him slow down and then proceed to run over it. I called on Wednesday to ask about it thinking maybe it got drug and picked up later and was once again told that no one has seen it. I am not trying to get anyone in trouble but now instead of just having to get a new shaft I am stuck with having to purchase an entire new driver. If I had to guess what happened he ran over the head an then realized it messed up it up and he threw it away in fear of getting reprimanded. Please get in contact with me via email or phone as a driver head does not just disappear when it was in plain site between the hitting area and the red pole. The head is a black Orlimar Hip Ti. Thanks for your help.
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53629 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:40 am to
here is the same driver FWIW. yes I know it isnt expensive but I could crank it and sure as hell wasn't planning on getting a new driver anytime soon. Talk about a rough round playing without a driver

LINK
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142416 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:48 am to
what self-respecting redneck plays golf?
Posted by Flatt2Flowers04
Miami, FL
Member since Jul 2011
3357 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:51 am to
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redneck

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Orlimar

Sounds about right
Posted by iheartlsu
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
27726 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:59 am to
You are SOL. And $100+ dollars for that driver is a fricking fail. You can get a newer used club cheaper than what it would cost to buy a new shaft and reshaft it.


FWIW, I'm trying to unload a Callaway FT-9 Tour for $50. And it came out in 2009.
Posted by Flatt2Flowers04
Miami, FL
Member since Jul 2011
3357 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:02 am to
Stiff flex, 9.5 degree?
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
34947 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:03 am to
Nice, polite, clear and well-written e-mail, for what it's worth.

Good luck getting a new driver; maybe they will throw you a bone.
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53629 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:05 am to
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Message
Posted by Kafka
what self-respecting redneck plays golf?




Boo Weekley






And lheart, the dollar amount isn't the point, it's the fact that some dipshit student worker was too afraid to admit that he scratched it (which I wouldn't have cared about) and now I have to buy a new driver
This post was edited on 2/23/12 at 2:08 am
Posted by iheartlsu
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
27726 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:06 am to
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Stiff flex, 9.5 degree?

yep
Posted by msutiger
Shreveport
Member since Jul 2008
69646 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:07 am to
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This post was edited on 4/7/23 at 12:32 pm
Posted by Titleist72
Member since Oct 2011
377 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:09 am to
you should've followed your driver head
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53629 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:09 am to
Valid point, kind of like no one takes tech athletics seriously


Oh or the lastros
Posted by Flatt2Flowers04
Miami, FL
Member since Jul 2011
3357 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:11 am to
I got 35 for it
Posted by msutiger
Shreveport
Member since Jul 2008
69646 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:11 am to
Oh but they will when the Dunkin Dawgs run through the WAC tournament and thump UK in the first round on their way to NOLA
Posted by iheartlsu
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
27726 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:15 am to
well shite
This post was edited on 2/23/12 at 2:17 am
Posted by msutiger
Shreveport
Member since Jul 2008
69646 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:16 am to
I think he meant that he sold his for $35

But I may be mistaken
Posted by Flatt2Flowers04
Miami, FL
Member since Jul 2011
3357 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:20 am to
Nah, I'll pay 35 for it. You could do better than 50 for that stick, try craigslist.
Posted by iheartlsu
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
27726 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 2:24 am to
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Nah, I'll pay 35 for it. You could do better than 50 for that stick, try craigslist.

email me, brah
This post was edited on 2/23/12 at 8:44 am
Posted by tigerbaittrick
Member since Jan 2010
7265 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 8:19 am to
Was this at the LSU golf course.
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53629 posts
Posted on 2/23/12 at 8:27 am to
Yeah
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