Put a sky mark on my new FW- toss it?

[NJBigFish22]

Might as well strap the entire bag to the cart and drive it into a lake, the other 13 will understand why after seeing such minor scars.

[HoosierHacker89]

II posted a wanted to buy for a g425 5 wood. If you want to pass it along I’ll gladly buy it! 

[596]

Looks broken to me. That club is now trash!  I wouldn't think of hitting something like that, it's about to fall apart and hurt someone. 

[1puttTUT]

No, as punishment I think you should be forced to use it for the rest of the season 😄

[JetSpeed79]

This club doesn’t need repair, it needs a story. 
 

Golf trip to Myrtle. You were about 280 yds out (just a baby 5 wood for you), when out of nowhere an alligator shot out of a fairway pond and attacked! A couple quick whacks and he scurried off, but not before his tooth knicked the crown.
 

It’s not a sky mark, it’s a battle scar.  

[Payton1020]

Sharpie will look worse than that.

[Lasorcier]

I it going to degrade anyway.  What does one think will happen with the first fairway bunker shot or two?  5 and 3 woods are meant to be grungy.

[SnowbirdTom]

If you actually washed your club, that blade of grass would come off. Some people!  Jeez. 🥺

[SnowbirdTom]

Duped twice?  

Edited August 14, 2022 by SnowbirdTom

[SnowbirdTom]

Duped

Edited August 14, 2022 by SnowbirdTom

[toc]

Well at least the face looks pretty pristine

[SteelieD]

You mean this…? Yeah. That does look bad. 

[BombinJim]

There will be more sky marks. Just like there are hosel rockets 🚀 with your irons occasionally.

[iNeedMoreGolf]

Put a band aid on it. I think sharpie will do. That's litteraly nothing. My dad had a 3 wood that looked like it was in a car accident.

[MattM97]

That's nothing my 3W and Hybrid have marks like that hitting out of thick rough and what not. Tools not jewels man if you're worried about sky marks just play irons.

 

Here's my brand new driver I put a sky mark on. Was I upset? yes but it's a golf club and I'm a bogey golfer, sh*t happens.

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by MattM97

[JimmyC59]

8 hours ago, nicoy3k said:

Is it useless now? 
 

I am not sure my OCD can handle seeing that sky mark over every shot 

 

I did it trying to punch out of the rough with it

 

new 425 5 wood

 

feels like 250 bucks down the drain 

You can't be serious.

[WasatchBogey]

This is either straight up trolling or a drama queen the likes of which I hope to never be paired up with…..

[Tiptx1122]

Maybe you can convince your wife or GF that the club is no longer any good and you need to get a new one. I know my friend does this all the time. The club is still going to perform for you but apparently your looking for an excuse to get rid of it or like someone just said your a drama queen.....busted!!! 

[mbwannab]

Thank you for wasting the 3 minutes it took me to scroll through this thread. And I’d also like to thank all the comments that said my thoughts exactly. There’s really no further need to extend this topic. Send me the club and I will repair, you should get it back in about 1 year. 

[Roejye]

Goodness! How could you do such a thing?! It's completely unusable now! Ship it to me and I'll throw it into lake superior for you and we'll never speak of it again. I may even make a duplicate of it to keep in my bag to throw off suspicion.

[JAM01]

https://www.golfpaint.com/paint-and-items/ping/ping-425-series-2022/

[BrandonDunes]

Edited August 15, 2022 by BrandonDunes

[Bad9]

This thread reminds me of the "Are my tees fake because they measure too short" of a few years back.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Bad9

[llewol007]

I’ll send you $100 and you can let me deal with it

[gioreeko]

they say that plastics are leaking into the water and food supply, and is very related to the makeup of estrogen, lowering men's sperm counts. I give you the OP as direct evidence of the phenomenon. 

[ode]

Near mint for some on here!

[mshills]

That’s no idiot mark. Not even close!

 

I have long since sold the club, but I once popped up a drive on the first tee box so badly that I had to yell “FORE!  ON THE PUTTING GREEN!!!!!”  The ball landed right in the middle of the packed practice green, and yeah, that one was a serious sky mark. 

[MtlJeff]

10 hours ago, Bad9 said:

This thread reminds me of the "Are my tees fake because they measure too short" of a few years back.

 

 

 

One of my alltime favorites LOL....

[Bad9]

5 minutes ago, MtlJeff said:

 

One of my alltime favorites LOL....

Mine too. It's too bad the pics he posted of the tees and calipers were deleted.

[PeanutsDaddy]

I struggle to believe that the OP is serious, but in the event that they are, here are a few options. (I have included images of each described below). 

 

1. Send the club to a refinisher to have the head repainted. I had Continental Golf strip a few fairway woods as an experiment. The heads are raw steel, that have been blasted and clear coated. No paint left to chip.

 

2. Strip the club yourself. I picked up a beat up TM Raylor 7 wood. Stripped the head with paint stripper, progressively sanded and then bead blasted with an inexpensive blaster. Finished with a matte clear coat. 
 

3. Purchase and apply protective tape/film. ‘Ghost Tape’ (or a similar product) is nearly invisible at address if applied properly. You can trim to any width you would like. A roll would last you a lifetime.

 

4. Purchase a club that does not have a traditional topline. Cobra Speedzone and Radspeed drivers and fairways are a current example.

 

If this is truly a major issue for you there are    many viable options or you can sell the golf club and hit replay.