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Stupid Golf Problems: Is it weird to have a headcover from a course you are not a member at?

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The latest Burnerverse debate is a reminder that it's OK to live by your own rules, but you don't need to project them on everyone else.

In internet years, this debate is ancient history. It took place literally TWELVE days ago. In that time we’ve yelled and screamed at each other over anchoring, early-tournament WDs possibly called in by Las Vegas and fan discourse at the Players Championship.

The “headcover from a golf course you are not a member at” discussion might as well have happened when dinosaurs were still roaming the earth. Good news is, X/Twitter has a handy-dandy bookmark function, which I utilized to save this post from our buddy Chad Mumm, sent on March 5, back when Moses wore short pants: This take, and the take it was “quote-tweeting,” naturally, had folks fired up. I wouldn’t say I was FIRED fired up, but as an apparent offender of this rule, I’ll admit I was lightly triggered.

RELATED: How much money is too much money to play for on the golf course? Instead of rage-replying, or rolling out the equally insufferable “just let people enjoy things” BS Switzerland motto, I stopped and gave it some thought. Ultimately, I think it probably is a little bit weird to rock a driver headcover of an ultra-private golf club you were invited to play once and are not a member at with zero shame whatsoever.

As “Yung Arnold” pointed out, a polo, a hat, a belt—things that are not on display every single time you play golf—is always a much safer route when you’re meandering in the pro shop of a Top 100 wondering what you’re going to purchase as a memento. Should you be imprisoned over it? No.

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