roothog66 posted:
The bottom line is that anyone in any sport is probably going to use, in competition, the highest performing equipment allowed by the rules. I wouldn't expect a golfer to go into a tournament with a niblick, a mashie, and a spoon. In a practice atmosphere there's really no justifiable use. As to any idea that a kid who can swing a -3 should do it all the time even when a bigger drop is allowed, I've never had a kid who had any trouble going back and forth between the two.
I noted I could kinda understand it in tournaments. As for what golfers do, they do use mashies, niblicks, and spoons. Just because the name has changed doesn’t have anything to do with the equipment. A better analogy would have been not using hickory shafted clubs or gutta percha balls when modern shafts and balls are legal.
How closely do you monitor you players as to what equipment they use every time they play? If there’s no difference, why all the angst about bat size, weight, balance, and material makeup? 