Here's why Xander Schauffele is NOT being DQ'd for doing THIS on his new driver
Xander Schauffele has stuck Sharpie lines on the face of his new Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond Driver, but why is it within the rules of golf?!
Xander Schauffele has wasted little time in sticking the brand new Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond Driver in his bag at this week's Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Hawaii, but he's decided to do something a little peculiar on the face of his new weapon of choice.
Schauffele, who won this PGA Tour event in 2019, has decided to draw lines on the face of his new Paradym Triple Diamond Driver with a Sharpie pen.
The new driver of choice for the World No.6 is a club that GolfMagic's Equipment Editor Alex Lodge reviewed earlier this week.
See the below snaps courtesy of GolfWRX on the range this week (click through the images to see the face of his driver covered in Sharpie lines):
According to Schauffele's caddie Austin Kaiser, who spoke to GolfWRX, he said: "Xander likes to see the face so he added Sharpie lines (it's not paint!)"
Paint? What's all that about then?!
Some of you may recall Hideki Matsuyama got disqualified for something very similar at the Memorial Tournament last season.
The difference that time, however, was that Matsuyama had used white paint on the face of his fairway wood, which is deemed illegal under Rule 4.1a in the rules of golf.
Watch what happened below, and scroll further down for the official comment on his ultimate DQ:
Hideki Matsuyama has been disqualified from @MemorialGolf for a non-conforming club (rule 4.1a). pic.twitter.com/7Z1HHH0LwG
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 2, 2022
Here's what chief PGA Tour referee Steve Rintoul had to say about the Matsuyama incident that week:
You've got to love the rules of golf sometimes!
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