Lets face it Sport,we are a consumption driven society.
Mine goes faster than yours.
Yours seems shinier than mine.
Lets out-gear the guy on the other side of the stream so that he thinks I know what Im doing.
"I must know what Im doing cause all of MY gear is new and top of the line".
We've all met the guys like this.
Do you really need to gear "up"?
Also ,let face it Sport ,we all know that golfing aint really a "sport" . It's anotherwise nice walk interupted by hitting and chasing a rotten little ball!