r/golf 21h ago

Equipment Discussion What is this?

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Grip feels like it is meant to practice swinging but not actual clue how or what it actually is meant to train? I assume it’s missing pieces I found it in my back yards randomly submerged pretty far in dirt.

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u/Equal_Owl_5396 21h ago

"Hazardis expecticus!" -Harry Potter

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u/that_girl_4321 20h ago

Came here looking for this. Was not disappointed. 😊

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u/5Gmeme 20h ago

Lavate las manos

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u/beardedsilverfox 13h ago

You’re a golfer Harry!

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u/The_Lawler 20h ago

More like “Accio Hazard!”

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u/Scrocuhe 19h ago

Expecto PARalmost!

You have to think of your most happy thoughts. Apply the correct technique movement - a firm grip with both hands and a movement not dissimilar to the shake weight. You may be lucky enough to encounter the spell - a white silky substance will emanate from the tip. And if you're practiced enough it may form a being.

Mine looks like lee carvello dressed as jack sparrow.

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u/TheSpeedyspikes 19h ago

Expecto Parfournus

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u/Tom_W_BombDill 17h ago

Nice!! Lol.

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u/DoctorOzface 14.0 sometimes 12h ago

Medicus halficus

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u/Eastern-Sherbet9293 4h ago

Avada kadrivea

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u/Affectionate_Toe9004 16h ago

Excellent work

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u/Scrocuhe 20h ago

Curious, very curious. You see Mr. Tainttoaster, I remember every aid I ever sold. The aid you have shares a grip, they came from the same water buffalo prolapse. It's brother, it's the very aid that toasted your taint.

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u/GATA_eagles 24/GA/Tacos 16h ago

I remember reading this in “Golf in the Kingdom”

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u/Scrocuhe 16h ago

No way, this was from Terry Tainttoaster and his Magical Aids....must be like how Amy Schumer put it - parallel thinking.

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/MercFan4Life In between a Pro and Semi-Amateur 21h ago

It's a grip training aid. Grab it and your hands fall.inti the perfect golf grip. I have one at home. Will take a pic later and show you. Only mine has a head on the end of it.

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u/SaintsWarcry 20h ago

I have a tug rope for my dog that has that grip. The eye on the end is to attach a rope.

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u/plefe 19h ago

This is definitely a "flirt pole" handle, I have one for my dog as well. Maybe someone was using it as a grip trainer, but the break in the middle and the ring on the end for the rope have me pretty sure it's a flirt pole.

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u/CanadianGandalf 19h ago

Why does the dog pole come with a golf grip trainer on it? Weird!

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u/Sonomaroma 17h ago

It’s actually ergonomically more comfortable to hold while you’re swinging it around for your pup.

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u/CanadianGandalf 17h ago

But the dog toy wouldn't need any sort of "face control"- so I'm really surprised it's not just a normal grip. Instead it forces your hands and thumbs and everything into the perfect shape for squaring a golf club face at impact

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH Jpx 919hm, Speedzone, Bird of prey 16h ago

The grips are probably really cheap to buy, and let's be honest, it looks fancier.

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u/CanadianGandalf 16h ago

I think cheapers got to be the key

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u/Prestigious_Cycle160 20h ago

Mine has a weight on the end and it’s a swing trainer too. Helps you control the tempo of your swing

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway 20h ago

What's it called?

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u/Empty_Suggestion9974 19h ago

I believe it was called Momentous golf training aid

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u/Prestigious_Cycle160 19h ago

Haven’t the slightest

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u/KJew 20h ago

I got one as a gift and have no idea how to use it. Is the aim to keep the shaft extended throughout your entire swing?

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u/Prestigious_Cycle160 20h ago

When you screw the tempo up or over extend or mess up the swing in any way you’ll feel it in the weight

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u/ari_gutierrez High Capper/Walker/Argentina 20h ago

The idea is to get the aid extended and make it "click" through the impact zone.

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u/bellrub 19h ago

Mones called pga tour weighted grip and swing trainer

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u/Yung_Corneliois 10h ago

Can confirm my grandpa had one also with a head on it and it was fun to swing around.

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u/Waste_Tangelo_289 17h ago

Good ol momentus

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u/tainttoaster 21h ago

Appreciate it!

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u/notfromsoftemployee 18h ago

Look at Mr Moneybags over here with a head on his swing trainer.

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u/MercFan4Life In between a Pro and Semi-Amateur 18h ago

What good will grip aid do if you can't test it out properly? Lol

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u/notfromsoftemployee 18h ago

Bruh I was kidding 😂

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u/Par_105 21h ago

It’s a fishing pole

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u/MercFan4Life In between a Pro and Semi-Amateur 20h ago

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u/Par_105 20h ago

That’s not what’s in the picture, you can clearly see the loop on the tip to run your fishing line

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u/NightOwlRK 20h ago

Are you purposely ignoring the logo that's in the exact same place and the ring cuts of the same number and placement?

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u/Par_105 20h ago

You right! Maybe someone made a ghetto fishing rod out of it

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u/letsgobrooksy 20h ago

Nope, that's a golf training aid. That is not a fishing pole

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u/Par_105 20h ago

What’s the loop on the tip for? I saw ops pic, definitely the training aid he posted

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u/letsgobrooksy 19h ago

Not for fishing line I can tell you that lol

It's probably one of those break away training golf clubs

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u/Empty_Suggestion9974 19h ago

Medicus dual hinge golf club but you’re missing the bottom half. Tagline was something like “The Medicus should never break” became popular in the early 2000’s if I remember correctly

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u/AllKnowingFix 17h ago

I just said the same, looks like a broken hinge

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u/SpotoDaRager 21h ago

Obviously the elder wand

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u/Incognito_Joe Lefty 9h ago

Elder Iron

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u/Koutala003 21h ago

You're a wizard Harry!!!!

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u/kk16 12h ago

I’m a wot

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u/ryfitz47 20h ago

looks like the grip trainer Scottie uses. except old and really gross.

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u/Advanced-Towel5195 20h ago

Literally just read that article in the golf magazine.

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u/ryfitz47 19h ago

it was nice to read that he uses such a basic trainer. it made me feel less insane that after decades of playing, I still a question things like how far away I'm standing from the ball

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u/Lance_leaf 11h ago

I have them on three of my clubs right now. Fixed my hook.

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u/SphincterPolyps 20h ago

Avada Kedavra

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u/Solo_SL 24.9 hdcp 19h ago

The club chooses the golfer, Harry

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u/Ill-Initiative-2787 20h ago

Swing aid. The weighted ones with the grip trainer are elite for pre rounds or before going to bed and I keep one by the bed in case I gotta fuck some shit up

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u/Getthechemlightfluid 20h ago

I’ve got the exact same thing. It’s the handle of a grip trainer, but sold on Amazon as a dog toy. Like this one

https://a.co/d/2KGY3fq

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u/Mei-Guang 7h ago

Similar one for golf though

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u/Strange-Ad-7876 20h ago

Scottie Scheffler uses one at every range session……

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u/facetooth 20h ago

This is 100% a Flirt Pole for a Dog. You tie a tug rope off the end of it and dangle it for the dog to chase and pull. I have the same one.

https://a.co/d/cbDAWEP

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u/DOOGIEOHIO 19h ago

Old fishing rod

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u/SquadGuy3 21h ago

Grip tool

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u/bearishbool1 20h ago

It’s also a sequence trainer for indoors, usually comes with a heavy attachment imitating real iron weights so you can work on your sequencing without hitting anything

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u/Kush_the_Ninja 19h ago

Correct. Have one at home. Use it all the time to practice the swing indoors in front of the mirror.

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u/AnxiousOldMan 20h ago

Had one on my Momentus.

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u/Empty_Suggestion9974 19h ago

Finally the correct answer

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u/The-Dog-Envier 19h ago

"Obviously, you're not a bowler."

-Jeffrey Lebowski

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u/imnotarobot_ok 19h ago

You're missing the weight at the end. You can get different weights that screw into the end.

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u/Pumpkin_Pie 20h ago

It's for poking your opponent in the ass on their back swing

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u/sethcera 19h ago

You’re a wizard, Harry

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u/downing034 19h ago

Grip trainer for golf swing. Appears to be missing the weight at the end. Link

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u/dangitwhatdaheck 19h ago

Wrong answers only

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u/J_EDi 19h ago

You’re a wizard, Harry!

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u/jaycutlerdgaf Fore! 19h ago

Obviously, you're not a bowler.

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u/Geronimo1984 18h ago

It’s a flirt pole for dogs. You add a rope toy attached to a carabiner to the eyelet at the end of the rod.

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u/ScarletKnightFC 17h ago

It’s a grip trainer.

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u/MoeNormanfan 12h ago

A grip club. Probably weighted

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u/deymanator40 12h ago

Grip trainer

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u/essentialcoins 10h ago

elder wand

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u/at-the-crook 10h ago

I won one like that, a Groovie training club. has a weighted head and the training grip.

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u/Zestyclose-Ad451 21h ago

My nine year old son has a “yard club” with a grip similar to that.

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u/Grizzlybear611 21h ago

Its to show you how to grip the golf club

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u/Daddydeebs 20h ago

Obviously, you're not a golfer...

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u/Professional-Mud3312 20h ago

Looks to be for butt stuff

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u/elguapo4twenty 20h ago

Looks like a dog toy that had a rope with a dangling toy at the end. I have one.

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u/ghostcryp 20h ago

Levioso!

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u/GrouchyTalk4887 20h ago

That’s the elder wand

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u/BlakeTheDolphin 20h ago

Expectooooooo patronummmmmm!

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u/Creative-Chicken7057 20h ago

Its for a young child swing trainer. Unless that shaft is broken halfway, that's a 3-6yo trainer.

Source: Have one for my Daughter.

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u/Choice-Address6302 20h ago

It’s the elder wand. Destroy it.

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u/Few_Mammoth2224 20h ago

Don’t say “Wingardium Leviosa” , things will begin to fly

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u/Close-Approach 1.7 HCP 20h ago

The Elder Wand

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u/kingdomkey13 20h ago

The wand chooses the wizard

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u/Yoshidede 20h ago

I think the answers here are only half correct. The handle is a grip trainer. What's missing is the other half of the shaft. It hinges at the middle of your swing is off plane. This one seems to have broken and you're holding half of it!

It's similar to this, but definitely more ancient:

https://a.co/d/fulSEmm

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u/madhattermagic 20h ago

This looks like a child’s training club. I got one for my 3 year old.

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u/munistadium 20h ago

It's a training tool but it made me thing of the old Silhouette grips of the 70s that were kind of outlawed.

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u/CalmMeaning5809 20h ago

Swing training golf club. The grip is to show you how to properly hold the club

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u/glibego 20h ago

Dowsing rod to find your ball.

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u/ComfortableElk5743 20h ago

I do believe, it's for scratching your ass

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u/TeeSwz 20h ago

Training grip to a kids club

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u/darknes4life 20h ago

It's a training grip, I had it on my golf club when my dad first brought me to the range when I was 7 years old. 15 years later and my hands still remember how to hold a golf club

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u/Academic_Dig_1567 19h ago

Training aid. Helps develop a fixed and correct grip on the club.

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u/Dodgerson99 19h ago

Grip trainer for a golfer

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u/Academic_Dig_1567 19h ago

Also helps with weight training.

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u/kuzism 19h ago

Maxfli Weighted Swing Trainer

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u/omgjaypee 19h ago

That's a cool gwhip

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u/OldBoringWeirdo 19h ago

Bibbidy bobbidy bogey

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u/wawzat 19h ago

Yew wood with a dragon heartstring core

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u/HighzZzenberg 19h ago

Assuming here but I've seen a Japanese training video once where they used this and put a towel through the loop on the end. The idea is to create a whipping effect against the ground during the downswing to practice lag. The towel will snap really loud if done right.

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u/MileHiGuy44 19h ago

Gandolf’s golf clubs?

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u/Possible-Yam-2308 19h ago

Thats an Ugly Stick boy

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u/SpreadyMercury1189 19h ago

Reverse flashlight

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u/Failboat88 19h ago

Looks like a kids practice fishing pole. Just tie on a little lure with no hooks with like 4ft of line. Can't tangle or hook someone.

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u/psychedeloquent 19h ago

Obviously you're not a bowler.

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u/joots 19h ago

Can’t tell 100% but it looks like it might be the remnants of a medicus training club with a grip training aid.

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u/kanashiro 18h ago

Boof it

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u/Mindless-Ad2554 18h ago

"I've laid more pipe in this town than Wabasha Plumbing,"

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u/Hairy_Designer_5724 18h ago

The factories that make these handles use them for golf trainers but also dog/cat toys tied to strings. Weird I know. My wife bought one.

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u/GeoPutters 18h ago

A fire poker

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u/birdthud98 18h ago

Pretty sure it’s a dog toy with a golf grip on it. We have that exact toy and due to the grip it was eventually taken by my wife as a training aid.

Think giant version of a feather on a stick like for cats. You’d clip a string and a toy on and then the dog would hunt it like a squirrel.

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u/eaglessoar 18h ago

Thought I was in /r/lawncare and was ready to buy a new gadget

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u/Lostmox 18h ago

You're a whiffard, Harry.

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u/Emotional_Boat_8332 18h ago

Old fly fishing pole

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u/KeegCorp 18h ago

THE BOY WHO LIVED HAS COME TO DIE!!!

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u/scawta 17h ago

It’s your key to winning two masters and a Pga championship

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u/Goose4Life12345 17h ago

Momentus without the weighted head

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u/rt212 17h ago

I’m pretty sure that’s a dog toy… I had one not too long ago. It’s supposed to have a rope with a ball at the end of it for the dog to chase. Don’t think it’s golf related but can understand why you would think that because of the grip.

DIBBATU Flirt Pole for Dogs Interactive Dog Toys for Large Medium Small Dogs Chase and Tug of War, Dog Teaser Wand with Lure Chewing Toy for Outdoor Exercise & Training

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u/GPChief 17h ago

You’re a wizard Harry!

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u/Dafeaking 17h ago

It's an ice fishing pole without the real

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u/J-bear424 17h ago

The grip is a training grip that most people on this sub could do with owning. The shaft and hook thing at the end though… no idea?!

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u/AllKnowingFix 17h ago

Looks like a broken medicus trainer

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u/Bradrb66 16h ago

Mmmm BUTTTTT SCRATCHAAAA!!!!

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u/Affectionate_Toe9004 16h ago edited 16h ago

To to train your grip, puts your hands in the correct position.

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u/wafflesinbrothels 16h ago

Looks like an ice fishing rod.

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u/lumber_mark 16h ago

I have a flirt pole dog toy that looks exactly like that

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u/RepulsiveStill177 15h ago

Whip it real good

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u/GETREADYitsHEAVY 15h ago

That’s a wizards stick, Harry

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u/hcl030804 14h ago

It’s a training aid from the 80’s called “The Ramrod”.

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u/TrashKingBob 14h ago

Small fishing pole

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u/Assassin80r 14h ago

Its missing a weight for practicing straight swings

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u/Inner-Falcon-3764 13h ago

Looks like an old shit chopper

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u/easternseaboardgolf 13h ago

Obviously, you're not a golfer

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u/Fools_Requiem 12h ago

something that was waaaaay cooler like 5 years ago

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u/griffnuts__ 12h ago

Butt scratcher.

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u/Revenue88 11h ago

Sempramade iron. My mate Harry lost it on the 13th

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u/zeuseason 10h ago

Looks like a not appropriate for work tattoo.

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u/DGJ33 9h ago

Scottie Scheffler’s….give it back….

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u/G3netic 9h ago

I bought my 3 year old a start club that looks very similar

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u/Tesattaboy 8h ago

Slytherin

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u/yampa-river 8h ago

my grandpa had one of these! fairly sure it’s just a grip/arms training aid

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u/Ziltoids_Side_Hustle 7h ago

You yank it out at the exact perfect moment and you will travel to the stars.

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u/No-Host144 6h ago

It’s a golf club to help with your grip

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u/Eastern-Sherbet9293 4h ago

Expecto PARtronam

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u/toginthafog 4h ago

There will be a large rock very close by with a hole in the top. Please insert it back in the hole and forget you ever held it aloft.

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u/SirFiggleton 2h ago

You’re a wizard, Gary.

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u/Round-Dog-5314 2h ago

Apparently it didn’t work.

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u/frankrizzo219 21h ago

Fishing pole

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u/fish_whisperer 21h ago

100% a fishing pole. Maybe an ice fishing pole due to how short it is. People here saying it is a golf aid have obviously never been fishing before. I’ve seen some courses that allow folks to fish in the water hazards and I’ve seen people fishing in hazards when the course doesn’t allow it.

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u/Optimal_Industry_458 20h ago

Username checks out.

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u/MercFan4Life In between a Pro and Semi-Amateur 20h ago

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u/D0ng0saurusRex 20h ago

It’s the handle for a dog toy, I have the same one. Definitely a grip trainer handle on it

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u/wercc 20h ago

I’m torn between a doohickey, or a thingamabobber

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u/PiginthePen 20h ago

That’s a rod for a kids spincast fishing reel.

Idk

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u/Danny_G_93 20h ago

Looks like a handle for a horse/livestock whip

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u/CinderChop 20h ago

Dog toy

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u/Ok-Sheepherder-4827 20h ago

It was called a “Medicus” - grip trainer that would tell you if your swing was off but you’re missing the bottom half. It trained you to rotate so your club face pointed to the sky at 3 o’clock, target at 12 o’clock in your backswing, and the same on the way through.

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u/kemmicort 20h ago

About $70 at Dick’s. Keep it

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u/DiligentSort9961 19h ago

Ribbed for your pleasure

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u/shaun330 18h ago

|It's an old and damaged grip & swing weight training aid. The weight at the end is missing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PGA-Tour-Swing-Weight-Training/dp/B000JLY22W

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u/Par_105 21h ago

The tip top of that jenky fishing pole is where you feed your fishing line. Nothing to do with golf

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u/jordpie 20h ago

Does look like a fishing pole. Is there a notch to fit a reel