{"id":711,"date":"2013-03-07T10:08:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomharack.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2013-05-03T07:03:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T12:03:45","slug":"tsa-policy-poses-new-quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tomharack\/golf\/equipment\/711\/tsa-policy-poses-new-quandary","title":{"rendered":"TSA Policy Poses New Quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, I was going through the Orlando airport, laden with swag from the PGA Merchandise Show. Among the booty was a Medicus swing trainer. Not allowed to carry onboard, the TSA agent informed me.<\/p>\n

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The Medicus Swing Cudgel<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAre you serious?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, because you could use it as a cudgel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, he didn\u2019t believe for even a fraction of a second that the thing \u2013 actually quite a good training aid, in my abbreviated experience \u2013 would be used for any such purpose. Still, it\u2019s just not that easy to work the word cudgel<\/em> into a conversation, so I had to appreciate that effort.<\/p>\n

Characteristically, there\u2019s no telling what caused TSA to rethink this policy \u2013 excessive attrition from agents turning pro, maybe. Seasoned travelers have likely learned not to overanalyze TSA\u2019s motives. But with the decision to allow two golf clubs to be carried on, the question is: which two clubs? (As to the question \u2013 Why two instead of, say, five? \u2013 don\u2019t ask.)<\/p>\n

The new protocol will be handy for just moving clubs, naturally, but say let’s you\u2019re going to a friend\u2019s wedding. There will be golf, but not real golf, in the sense that the venue will be a dog track of a par 3 and the focus, if that’s the word, will be on beer drinking and generally goofing off. Not worth checking the whole set, in other words.<\/p>\n

Which dynamic duo would you choose?<\/p>\n

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