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Enough with the talk about Fairway METALS

Enough with the talk about Fairway METALS

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Started by Anonymous 22 years, 2 months ago
I for one am sick & tired of hearing the term \"fairway metal\" used on golf broadcasts every weekend. If we as a group show that golfers find the term overused and usually \"forced\", perhaps we can bring the term \"fairway wood\" back into use. No they aren\'t made of wood anymore but \"iron\" isn\'t exactly a descriptive term for the \"irons\" players use either (yes I know that iron is used to make steel but the carbon levels are different and stainless steel contains chromium & nickel) but they still say \"5 iron\". Many of the golf magazines (ie Golf Digest) still use \"Fairway Woods\" when describing these clubs and if we don\'t act soon, that could change also. Major manufacturers of golf equipment (ie. Ping, Taylor Made, and Callaway) continue to call them \"woods\" yet every week \"3 Metal\" is shoved down our throats while watching TV. After we get a bunch of signatures this petition is going to anybody that will look at it (and I have a pretty decent database of industry email addresses) as well as CBS, ABC, ESPN, TGC, NBC, BET, USA, TNT, & TBS (you get the picture). So join the cause. It\'s not a great cause. More of something to laugh at really... but it is a cause nonetheless. After just 72 hours of the petition being live(5/7/04), we have around 215 signatures.

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May 4, 2004

i honestly didnt think so many people felt this annoyed by the commentary. its pretty funny to see everyone else just as tired of hearing it as i am.

Reached 100 supporters

May 4, 2004

6 Comments

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Gary Nair
22 years ago Featured

Totally agree. It is a fairway wood. Always has been and always will be.

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Dave Pearson
22 years ago Featured

it sounds so stupid every time they say it. call them woods like everyone else. enough with the marketing speak.

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Brian Wheeler
22 years ago Featured

YES. Stop trying to make 'metal' happen. It sounds like a bad commercial.

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Steve Iyer
22 years ago Featured

my dad and i have been complaining about this for years. glad someone is finally doing something.

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Kevin Castillo
22 years ago Featured

cringe every time they say it. just stick to the classics.

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Mike Kennedy
22 years ago Featured

so tired of hearing 'fairway metal' on the broadcast every single weekend. brings me back to the old days when commentators actually knew golf terms.

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