The first post was clearly begging. Matter of fact, if you look up the definition of begging in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of his avatar there along with the erased post as an example. There is no way anyone could interpret the post any other way. The title of the thread is actually milder than the tone of his post which went something like this.....
"to all those master players who don't use some of their clubs anymore, please help a poor soul out and give them to someone who can't afford them, like me, so he/she/I can have more fun playing the game"
The OP was begging for a gift and actually didn't know the gifting rules because he should know that you can't gift used clubs you can only gift new stuff. So, he came on here to beg but asked for something that couldn't be given. Actually, if he had begged for clubs within the gifting guidelines than I wouldn't have replied at all with the harmless joke. Now he tries to backtrack by changing the post to something completely different of what he initially posted. Before I initially replied I remember seeing that he plays a fair amount of sweeps, is somewhat sporadic, from the US and represents the Navy. I don't know him from a can of paint but at first glance he probably wouldn't be my ideal candidate for benevolence, especially since his first introduction to everyone was an attempt to panhandle instead of asking for advice. This doesn't mean I think he's a bad guy, just one that chose to post before he read the rules.
He was successful though because he got a driver and balls out of the post. Perhaps if tried he to play with a Master player first before asking one to reach in their pocket, he might have had a warmer reception which wasn't all that cold to begin with.
Maybe the OP is less fortunate and maybe he isn't. Fact is no one really knows but him. What I do know is that this is a video game community and not the Peace Corps. There is no shame in people begging for money for food or necessities for themselves or their family. Begging for virtual clubs on a video game forum is not even in the same ballpark and isn't above a mild ribbing when done incorrectly.
So since he was successful, hopefully this starts a swell pattern of people creating threads asking for handouts. Maybe the beggar threads will soon eclipse the amount of ones about cheaters and maybe even someday overtake quitter threads as the topic of choice in the WGT Forum.