PA-PLAYA In my mind, Golf Channel isn't immune from assuming the lion's share of blame in all of this.
No, they are not, and that is what I've been trying to point out. Everyone is jumping the USGA.....hey, they got the rules written down....they let you send in a mockup for free and give opinion of such....for free. Everything is explained so that anyone sending in a head should already know if it's going to pass or not, imo. Hell, some even send them in, knowing they will fail, in order to get the "illegal" stamp....legally, to have written proof in order to create high interest in such heads.
TGC has a huge stake in all this, to the point they get money from the sales also. It is stated at the bottom of the site where you buy them.(I've posted this in a thread.....somewhere here) So, imo, the onus is on TGC, as much as or more than, Wilson. Forget the USGA, not their fault. I'd be repeating myself if I said I think TGC sought out a company in order to make this series, but I will as I do believe that is how it was done. Wilson just happened to be the stupid co. that fell into the shitstorm. I doubt if they've ever produced a driver that was deemed non-conforming, but all other companies most certainly have.(not so sure about PING).
Now, does anyone have a bit of a memory here....remember the Wishon illegal driver head(purposely produced that way) and what Tom sold the heads for? Does anyone also remember what those heads were selling for on the internet?? So, this stupid, uglyass driver head could now go from an overpriced POS to an upscale club for a lot of players!! And for a lot more money than Wilson/TGC is selling them for.