Michigan Golf Journal August 2019

Michigan Golf Journal Ed Mitchell Technologies Ed Mitchell Technologies in Jackson has introduced its Mobile Club Repair Cart, featuring a Custom Club Repair Box built on a Cushman Hauler Pro 1200 gas utility cart. It provides space to re-grip, adjust loft and lie angles on full swing clubs & putters, check swing weights, club lengths and shaft frequency and to re- shaft any golf club – allowing for a complete set of clubs to be built from the unit. “The Mobile Club Repair Cart solves the space problem that prevents many golf clubs from building a club repair shop,” Mitchell said in a news release. “It is perfect for use during golf lessons and club fittings to improve your golfer’s ball flight results. Park it on the practice range during the day and store it in the cart barn at night.” Mitchell added that the design kept in mind entrepreneurs who want to travel from club to club providing repair service. A power inverter is installed to run motors for shaft preparation, a shaft frequency meter and it has a USB port to charge digital devices. The Custom Club Repair Box is fabricated from steel with diamond plate aluminum doors on three sides. The unit is self- contained for all necessary machines and tools with predetermined mounting positions for all equipment. It is powered to run 110v electrical motors. A custom water repellant cover is available to keep tools dry and clean. Visit edmitchelltech.com for more information. On a related topic, Ed Mitchell recently wrote a letter to the editor of Morning Read : IndyCar tests, why not Tour? Xander Schauffele is 100% correct when he challenged the R&A to test all drivers, not just a random selection of 30.  The Rules of Golf state a player must use conforming clubs and balls. But how do they know if their equipment is conforming? They have no way of testing. They actually depend on the equipment manufacturers to provide them with conforming equipment. All manufacturers submit clubs to the USGA and R&A for approval when they introduce new models. After approval, clubs are mass produced. Can a single club be non-conforming and no one knows it? Sure. Tolerances dictate that possibility when you are trying to marginalize the limits of conformity.  Every race car entered in the Indianapolis 500 must meet conforming specifications to qualify and then cannot be changed before the race. So why shouldn’t every golf club and ball be tested before each event to ensure they conform to the rules? I know it would be a monumental task but to protect the field why not test everyone’s equipment? Should the manufacturers provide certified test results on all of their clubs and balls that are manufactured? But on the other hand, just howmuch advantage would a player have if their driver was non-conforming? Howmuch out of spec was Schauffele’s driver and to what degree of advantage would he have had? Probably not much. The player still must execute the shot. And it’s fair to say a non-conforming club may actually hurt the player. This is another one of the ambiguous Rules of Golf that puts the onus on the player when it is out of his/her control. New Mobile Club Repair Cart Available