Zanzer

I guess I'm just weird...LOL. My clubs are Callaway knockoffs and I've lent them out to a couple of friends at work and didn't really worry too much about it....although I did take the one real Callaway BB driver I own out of the bag and left them the ****'s Sporting Goods special.


But with that being said...if I owned a really nice set of clubs (i.e. Pings, Nike, Callaway, etc) then...huh uh, no way, I'd lend you my girlfriend first.

Thumperfive

uh... you may want to check with your girlfriend first before making an offer like that!

PRGolfer

I would change the shoes part for underwear, so it sounds a lot more serious... Anyway, I will not lend anything to anybody!!!

Tees, ok
Balls, ok
Towel, ok
Wife, ok (yeah, right!!)
Clubs, NO WAY JOSE!!!!!

CanCaddy

No, I would never lend out my clubs even to my best friend. I do however have an old set kicking around in the garage that I always throw in the trunk of the car if I'm golfing with someone who I know is new to the game or doesn't have more than a putter and a driver to his or her name. I don't worry about anyone wrecking that set - if they do happen to lose one in the water hazard (yes, I've seen someone let go of the club when they swung in the rough and wound up with the club in the water as well as their shot), it's not the end of the world for me.

As for wife and girlfriend loaning in preference to club loaning, I would bet if there are any female golfers online, they'd say just the same thing about their husbands/boyfriends ... take my wife, please!

Phreak

I would never and I mean never let another person use all of my golf equitment becasue like you said they will not respect is as if it where their own and they will trash it.

fuzzyjr

At one point when i first started golfing, someone was once generous enough to lend me a set of clubs to play a round with, I broke there 5 iron i believe. These were the Ping Eye 2 BeCu irons, fairly expensive clubs, still today. It was just the shaft wher the ferrule and shaft meet. I paid to have that fixed and he continued to let me use the clubs. I pretty much learned how to play on borrowed clubs and was thankful for that, i havent had the opportunity but if a friend of mine asked i wouldnt hesitate to share. Any friend should take care of your stuff, and until they proved otherwise i would have no problem lending mine out.

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canadian_husker

and yes of course i'd lend my friend my clubs. that's what friends are for. obviously they're asking for a reason.

Thumperfive

I guess it might also depend on how serious a golfer they are - if they're the type to mistreat their own clubs, then I'd be nervous about lending them out...

memorex88

Maybe you should read about Etiquette.
There is no need for name calling.

CanCaddy

Whoa, Husker. Take it easy. No one wants to get called names around here, even if I might deserve one or two ... or three You're giving Canada a bad name with the "dude are you drunk" and then this kind of thing.

Sounds like you take the game seriously and have a decent set of clubs - have you ever had a friend wreck one of your clubs when you've loaned it to them? If that happens too many times, you might find you become a bit more selective about it. That's why I carry a spare of my older clubs for friends. Some of them are great clubs still, but I don't care anymore if they get bent or lost.