Recreational Bifurcation

If you're wondering about the USGA Bifurcation & Conformity debate-

We favor allowing simple design & technology to help recreational golfers enjoy the game even more! The Wonder Wedge exceeds Performance Standards and elects to be on the nonconforming side. Please understand that nonconforming is NOT illegal. It just means that you cannot play the Wonder Wedge in officially-sanctioned usga events (if that's even a concern of yours).

It's kind of like: 1) if you lose a ball during usga play, you can only replace it with the exact same brand and exact same model (or you’re penalized), or 2) you can't give a Swing Tip to a buddy, or even let him try one of your clubs, while playing during a usga round (or you’re penalized), or 3) you can't wear shorts on the pga tour during competitive rounds (or you’re penalized). Yikes, and there are 100 pages of other rules too! Do you really play that way & follow absolutely each and every one of them 100% of time? If so, then the Wonder Wedge is not for you.

Like the vast majority of casual recreational golfers, we don't believe you should be handcuffed & penalized, just because the usga has an agenda to restrict precisely how (and with what equipment) the highly-skilled Touring Pro's and elite-amateurs can play with. And if they want to roll-back equipment technology & performance (because maybe 8% of all players on earth have become too good and are supposedly obsoleting golf courses), that's up to them. Meanwhile, casual recreational golfers (92% of all players!) are free to play whatever they want in their games! And that's why the Wonder Wedge is NOT illegal for you and I. 

It is an important distinction, or as one of my friends on Tour said: 

“I enjoy fishin’ and boatin’ as much as the next guy, but you don’t see me out there on the lake using the exact same rigs and techniques and rules & regulations as the fella's who make a livin’ on the Pro Bass Fishin’ Tour do.” 

Another colleague said:

"In no other sport or hobby, do we try and insist on using the exact same equipment or regulations that the elite players or paid professionals use. Heck, even college baseball players (and soon to be Pro's) use high-COR aluminum bats!"

So give the Wonder Wedge a try, and take your enjoyment of the game to a whole new level!

KB / Founder

P.S.   Let's truly grow the game, instead of making it any harder and more frustrating! Did you know that the icons Arnold Palmer and Eli Callaway promoted recreational bifurcation to grow the game, as do a lot of current PGA Professionals?  So we're just going to side with them!