Letters

Taylor Lewis, Willard, Mo.

Pitching a Fit

Alan Shipnuck's feature on golf's custom-fitting leader, Hot Stix Golf (Fit for a King, Feb. 6), barely acknowledged the weakest element in its fitting system: the golfer's ever-changing physiology. Tempo and swing speeds are not a constant. If golfers were machines, the Hot Stix program would suit them to a tee. In real life, however, the readout you get one day will be different from the one you register the next week or even the next day. Which one are you supposed to believe? Hot Stix has hit on a crucial vulnerability in the golfer's psyche: flashy state-of-the-art equipment and the belief you can buy a better game.

Paul Ridley, Minneapolis

Pedestrian Thinking

I couldn't agree more with Daniel E. Zurla about being forced to use a golf cart (Teeing Off, Feb. 20). You would think Zurla might get some support from the pros who testified in the Casey Martin controversy, who feel that walking is an integral part of golf and that carts should not be allowed on the PGA Tour. But as Zurla found out, it's all about money: These same pros now design and build courses where walking is impossible and carts are mandatory.

Ron Anderson, Glen Ellyn, Ill.

I, too, enjoy walking. Two of the public courses I play require that a cart be rented--a thinly disguised ploy to increase revenues--but they don't require that the cart be used. I would choose to pay for the cart and walk rather than go to the Supreme Court.

Richard Skinner, Scottsdale, Ariz.

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