Steve Elkington withdrew from a 2006 US Open sectional qualifier at Lakeside Country Club in Houston after being told he couldn’t play wearing shoes with metal spikes in them. Elkington complained that golfers were allowed to wear metal spikes at qualifiers in New Jersey and Ohio. But the USGA stood its ground, claiming that if he was so adamant about wearing metal spikes, he should have played in one of those states. Besides, the USGA pointed out, Elkington had signed a sheet agreeing to the rules at Lakeside before the tournament.
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