Article: USGA backs down from fight with clubhead manufacturers.(Sports)(U.S. Open)

SAN FRANCISCO - After weeks of speculation about banned clubs and technological devolution, the USGA addressed the issue of trampoline effect in clubheads yesterday, backing down from a battle with equipment manufacturers like a paddled puppy.

Speaking in high-brow language that belied his soft-line message, USGA executive director Dave Fay addressed the media yesterday on the subject of spring-like effect - a term used to describe the amount of extra impetus a large clubhead with a thin face can impart to a ball at impact.

"Since 1984, the Rules of Golf have stated that `the material and construction of the club shall not have the effect at impact of ...

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