Titleist gives five iron models one lie angle row
Loft gets five rows in the T-Series table. Lie and length get one each, shared by every model — which says what belongs to the club and what belongs to you.
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Published equipment specifications, read side by side and traced back to source. Where a number is missing, the table says it is missing rather than filling the gap.
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Fifty-Six Years: The Card De Vicenzo Signed
Roberto De Vicenzo shot 65 at the 1968 Masters on his 45th birthday. His partner wrote down a 4 where he had made a 3, and he signed it without looking.
One Inch, Four Strokes: Lexi Thompson's 2017 ANA
A viewer emailed the LPGA about a ball replaced slightly off its mark the previous day. Thompson learned of the four-stroke penalty walking to the 13th tee.
Illegal, Then Legal: The PING Eye2 Loophole
Ruled nonconforming in 1987 for grooves too close together. In 2010 the same club was legal because they were too far apart, and only PING could close it.
Titleist T-Series: all five models in one loft table
T100, T150, T250, T250✶ and T350 lofts side by side, straight from the maker comparison table — plus the two rows that are not split by model at all.
The Bunker Rule Dustin Johnson Never Read
A local rule made every trampled sand patch at Whistling Straits a bunker. Dustin Johnson grounded his club in one and lost his playoff spot.
Three Dimples: Padraig Harrington's 2011 Disqualification
Harrington's hand moved his ball three dimples on replacement. He signed his card unaware — a viewer's email the next morning ended his tournament.
A Reporter's Day of Silence Cost Wie $53,126
Michelle Wie's ball moved 12-15 inches closer to the hole. A reporter saw it, waited a day, and turned two strokes into a pro-debut disqualification.
The Towel That Cost Craig Stadler $37,333
Stadler knelt on a towel to keep his trousers dry. A rule on building a stance made it two strokes — and a caller who had the wrong day made it a DQ.
The Grass Blade That Ended Camilo Villegas's Birthday
Villegas swatted loose grass from a rolling ball's path on his birthday. A TV viewer called it in. He was disqualified the same day, before he'd even finished.
Ian Woosnam's Caddie Packed a 15th Club
Woosnam led The Open on the first tee in 2001. His caddie had left two drivers in the bag. The penalty went to the player who never touched the extra club.
Golf's Oldest Record Is a Ban on Golf
The oldest known document mentioning golf in Scotland isn't a scorecard — it's a 1457 act of parliament banning the game outright. Here is what it says.
The 1744 Rules: the Original Still Exists
Golf's rulebook now runs hundreds of pages. It started as thirteen lines for one day of competition, signed by John Rattray — the original still exists.
1764: How St Andrews Fixed the Distance Problem
"The ball goes too far" is a live debate today, but St Andrews faced the same problem in 1764. The response that year is why a round of golf is eighteen holes.
What Equipment Can Fix: the Adjustable Hosel
Adjustable hosels change loft, but on most modern designs they change face angle too — a fact that trips up golfers chasing a fix for their hook.
Anchoring Was Banned in 2016, Not the Club
The 2016 anchoring ban is often called a 'long putter ban,' but Rule 10.1b prohibits a stroke, not a club.
14-Club Limit Had a Time Lag Too: A Fourth Case
The USGA and R&A have split on timing before: the Schenectady putter, the steel shaft, the coefficient of restitution — and the 14-club limit too.
A Sketch on a Record Sleeve Became the Anser
In January 1966, Karsten Solheim sketched a putter on a record sleeve. That sketch became the Anser — still standard 60 years later.
5 Tour Ball Lines: Same Tier, Different Build
Titleist, TaylorMade, Callaway, Srixon, and Bridgestone all sell a flagship tour ball. Layer counts and compression differ more than marketing suggests.
Ball Compression vs Speed: Where the Rule Breaks
Manufacturers disagree on whether swing speed should drive compression choice. Here's where the speed-to-compression chart holds up, and where it fails.
Taught Wrong for 40 Years: Ball Flight Laws Fall
For decades, teaching held that path determines start direction and face determines curve. Measurement overturned that in the late 2000s.