Clean grooves – by Andrew McHardy
The grooves on a golf club are very important and are hugely influential regarding the ball flight produced.
Often, people come into our shop and ask if we can deepen the grooves on their wedges. We try to explain that the depth isn’t what creates spin as much as the width.
After a period of hitting lots of golf balls, the edges of the grooves start to become smoother and therefore don’t cut into the ball as much. This might be a good thing for some golfer’s as this will stop their golf ball from being cut up as quickly. The downside of course is that their ball will not spin as much or react as quickly upon hitting a green.
I have even had the odd person take a Stanley blade to their wedges grooves in the attempt to get more spin. All this will do is scratch their club face.
There are 2 types of grooves for wedges. These are called “square” and “V” grooves. The square grooves were deeper and wider with sharper edges. This allowed more spin and greater control around the greens, however they have now been banned for competitive use for professionals since 2010.
Clubs which were manufactured before 2010 will not be allowed to be used by amateurs from 2024 onwards.
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You can have your wedges, re-grooved and sandblasted faces for just £10 per club. Pop in and speak with one of our team for more information.
The right putter for you - Kevin McNiven In the current golfing world, players don’t hesitate to spend £300-£400+ on a driver without batting an eye. But spending anything more than £100 on a putter people would not even consider it! No matter what happens in a round of golf, you will always have 18 tee shots. Most of the time 14 of these will be with a driver and this cannot be changed unless you choose not to use a driver. If you were to hit 2 putts on every green, you would take 36 putts. This number can most certainly be reduced!! Being correctly fitted for a putter is just as important, if not more so, as being fitted for a driver. During a putter fit, we would look at size of grip, length of shaft, style of the head, weight of the head, loft on the putter, counter balance weights in the putter, style of neck insert and more.
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