Golf Industry News - steel spikes

At last month’s Conference of The Association of Golf Club Secretaries (held at the University of St Andrews) there was a major surprise in the final session when delegates were given the opportunity to raise their own ‘hot topics’ with representatives of golf’s ruling bodies.

A speaker at this month’s Golf Club Secretaries conference claimed that evidence is now appearing to show that the latest high-grip plastic spikes do more damage to the putting surface, causing greens to become bumpy. In America there are some 500 court cases pending where golfers claim for personal injuries they attribute to the enforced wearing of plastic spikes, which had made them slip. Tell us what you think about plastic spikes- contact us by e-mail at spikes@golfbusinessnews.com