You can't use these for a competitive round -can you?

Would these be considered as an artifcial device to aid in swing.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/sm-adida...pi-2415976.html

While I am not sure of the rules governing this, it looks like just a compression short to me. I don't think that would be illegal. To me they would serve the same purpose as a knee or elbow brace. And I've seen tons of Champions Tour players wearing and elbow strap. In fact, Nike just released a compression sleeve similar to the basketball sleeve worn by Iverson as a golf item (at least it was in TGW).

"anatomically placed TPU banding to enhance your athletic posture and movement. "

Unfortunately these are not just compression shorts.

LA times sports section...Adidas is bringing its TechFitPowerWeb underwear technology to golf.

Form fitting underwear reinforced in specific areas to aid better posture, diminish fatigue promote solid and consistent ball striking...

Just because it says it can aid in your swing doesn't mean it will, so probably not a swing aid.

Actually should be considered along the same lien as the Nike SP-8 golf shoes. They supposedly gave Tiger 10 more yards and put him a better position to swing but weren't banned or deemed illegal.