What? Carbon face drivers suffering metal fatigue ….

garyt1957
The twist face works great For me. Toe and heel hits both come back to the middle of the shot pattern. It’s easy to knock TM for its (successful) marketing hype, but their drivers work.

Luc_Van_Daele

but here's a hot take on such vague wording:

is using a club that you know that, with respect to its manufactured quality is broken ( or in process of breaking)
"normal use" . It seems like to me that if I had million(s) riding on a single given shot and the club could fail with much higher probability than normal on a given shot, I would take it out of play. Hell, I'd take it out of play just because I wouldn't want to ruin a round if I had a greens fee greater than $100 riding on it. LOL.

Rory should really start keeping his mouth shut...complaining at Bay Hill...Maybe he needs to practice and focus on his game instead of blaming equipment like a 20 handicap? What people need to know, and cry baby doesn't mention ( or maybe doesn't realize) is that clubs are deemed non conforming for many reasons. And it doesn't always make the club better of worse. Things from Hotter faces to caved in faces to sitickers on the clubhead ALL make the club non conforming.

If Rory has been hitting the same driver head for a year of so, the constant pounding at that speed could make ANY clubface non conforming. Its up to the USGA to test them. For him to blame his playin that... shooter move.

Typhoon I think you've misunderstood what Rory said. The article I read had his direct statements in quotes.
He basically said that knowing his drives were getting so long, he suspected the club may no longer be conforming. The tournament he was at was testing drivers, apparently on Friday, so he changed his out Thursday night, without having it tested.
I'm sure that was a 'face saving' move, no pun intended. But this does tell the public just how often he has been called on for driver testing. Maybe never?

Par4QC But this does tell the public just how often he has been called on for driver testing. Maybe never?

It's not cheating if you don't get caught.

Spuzz It's not cheating if you don't get caught.

Just like football or soccer.

Spuzz maybe an instance where Rory really does need to "STFU"

ode Exactly… does Rory or half the guys on your know how far any of their clubs go? I don’t think they’re a bright bunch. The caddie has to tell them every yardage, where to aim, has to tell them they are good, they got this shot, stay in the moment…

Seriously, you guys that have jobs… is there someone standing next to you all day telling you what to do and reminding you that you are good at your job?

This crap happens a lot probably, and nobody else feels the need to be in the spotlight for saying it.

Typhoon The caddie has to tell them every yardage, where to aim, has to tell them they are good, they got this shot, stay in the moment

If I had a caddie, my score would improve by at least five strokes.