In our forums, GolfWRX members are discussing a different way to think about golf’s distance conversation: reducing the maximum number of clubs in the bag.
Member @reservoirmike started the thread after referencing José María Olazábal’s idea of moving from 14 clubs down to nine. @reservoirmike suggested that 10 clubs might be a more palatable version and said dropping a 3-wood and lob wedge would be manageable, though the next choices would get much harder.
That opened a classic WRX debate about whether a club-count limit would actually address distance or simply create a new equipment-management puzzle.
- @MickeyTankBank questioned how a 10-club rule would really fight distance.
- @reservoirmike clarified that he saw it more as an alternative conversation to the ball rollback than a direct distance fix.
- @Poor Mans Ty Webb pushed back on equipment-distance ideas in general, noting that golf is popular and that restrictions rarely get an easy reception.
- @Duct Tape was blunt in calling the concept ineffective.
The thread works because it takes a big-picture rules idea and brings it back to the everyday question every WRXer understands: which clubs would actually survive the cut?
Entire thread: 10 club maximum
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