i understand your suspicion of course, but I can explain the higher clubs than level easily...I started playing this game long ago before they had levels...you could buy what ever you wanted for clubs, balls, etc...so i had r9's and g10's being that i was a master back then and those were considered "master" level clubs...so....then i proceed to take 9 months off and when i came back, seems they randomly assigned me a level 22 or something stupid like that with a 64 avg...so there i was playing other opponents with my now level 58+ g10's...so i can explain that...however, my records can attest, i was shooting terrible when i first came back b/c this game is terribly difficult to get the "feel" for...hope this helps...ps, i HATE CHEATING TOO!!!