For many pros, keeping the customer happy means supplying them with the ERC driver if they request it, but also informing them of its potential consequences. We have the responsibility to our consumers to offer it. We're selling it, with the stipulation they cannot participate in tournaments at our club with this driver. But I don't think the consumer is going to accept it. The USGA is going to win this battle.
People enjoy playing the game by the rules.
The situation is much the same at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas. Ninety-five percent of it is a USGA rules issue and we're banning it in tournaments. Two sets of rules, one for amateur-level recreational players and one for higher level tournament and professional players is offered as a solution, but most pros agree two sets of rules will not clarify the issue. You can spend a lifetime trying to learn the rules we have. The traditions of the game are stronger than the technical advances.