The folks who ran Oakmont back in the 70s were horrified Johnny Miller could come there and shoot a 63. Ever since that time, they've gone out of their way to make sure it could never happen again.
The membership at Oakmont or any other US Open have no say in how the course is set up.
That’s not true for all of them. We recently saw Griffin screwing and locking in his driver right on the first tee I believe in Canada and the announcers mentioned it. I’m sure there’s plenty who use the adjustable drives. In that case the only epoxy issues would be grip change.Your driver head is not screwed inthe hosel is epoxied and you most likely have a driver where you can adjust loft angles as well as to compensate for a draw or fade.
The pros are not using an adjustable driver head. Their clubs are custom built for their exact swing.
He finished 2nd tied with Furyck that year at +6 the year Cabrera won. No one “tames” that menace of a course but the course played fairly easy day 1 this year because of conditions being fairly soft especially the greens.
The majority of PGA Tour golfers use screw on driver heads.Your driver head is not screwed in
The pros are not using an adjustable driver head. Their clubs are custom built for their exact swing.
4 or 5 people shot under par in round 1, that’s playing easy? The average score was almost 74
I think my next putter will be a zero torque type.
It's a ridiculously difficult course when the US Open isn't there. Rough is 1.5"-2" shorter, greens are 13 on the Stimpmeter instead of 14.5-15. Other than that, it's the same course.
no doubt, the USGA could call Oakmont and that course could host the US open any day of the week
With quick set epoxy, they could absolutely have his driver shaft pulled, replaced, and ready to go in less than an hour if needed.
I’ve never played there but know someone who did. He said he had no fun at all. He is a 7-8 handicap and struggled to break 100. Brutal rough, fast greens with lots of slope that if you miss a downhill putt you are probably chipping your next one. Greens that slope away. Oh, and he said if you are up against one of those churchpews just hit it sideways and hope.
You could also apply heat which will quicken the cure time. I've read it can also improve the epoxy's characteristics
I really like my OZ.1i so far
I used to make them. About 20-25 years ago. Still have a lot of components to complete. I decided to try a name brand to see if I was missing something, so I bought used Taylormades. Minimal difference from what I saw. I did notice one thing while researching shafts, and that was spine alignment of the shaft does seem to make a difference. I did a simple manual test, vs doing flowing, etc. The one set I did with the spine pointing to the target was remarkably consistent through all clubs (3-Serah Williams). Unfortunately, they were steel and my graphite shafts were about a club longer, so the grandsons got them. Got my start through the Golfsmith clubbuilding classes (in Norwalk?).
Not sure why sandwedge gets named Serah Williams.
I made a set of wedges and irons from Maltby. Absolutely love them and a fun process to nerd out over for a bit.