Groove Sharpener

[cah1234]

Has anyone used one of these on their set of irons.
Ive had my irons for about 7 years and love them. Not interested in getting new ones. The problem i have is the short irons feel like they could do with new grooves.
Obviously i cant buy new grooves so was thinking of getting one of these if they are any good.

 

[bladeplayer]

Bob mite be best to answer one like this the problem is you run the risk of making the grooves illegal if you do it wrong ...

 

[CliveW]

Groove sharpeners are only suitable for use on forged irons. As already said though, it might make your clubs illegal if you alter the grooves so the are no longer complient with the R&A Rules & Regs.

 

[Imurg]

And trying to measure them is a nightmare...

If the irons are 7 years old and you've worn the grooves on your short irons then maybe it's time to change them anyway.

 

[griffgolf]

Which set of irons do you use?

 

[stevelev]

I wouldn't worry about it making your grooves illegal, as the new rules only come into play for us mere mortals in a good few years.

 

[culrossblue]

Ive found my groove sharpener to be very good. You can see the difference right away. Basically returning your grooves to new. God it is hard work though and time consuming! The wife was going nuts at the noise aswell! it make that right high pitched squeek! If you do get one get the handle aswell as i dont have it and does hurt your hand.
Basically, if your not scared of a bit of hard work and your wife shouting at you, go for it!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I wouldn't worry about it making your grooves illegal, as the new rules only come into play for us mere mortals in a good few years.

This is very true but there were probably rules on grooves before so I guess it's these that could be broken - not that anyone will be able to tell

 

[drawboy]

I use one on my wedges and although it makes the grooves look new it doesn't make a difference to my stopping power. If you don't strike it like a pro then it will not make much difference sadly.
To pull balls back you need the right ball struck correctly to a very good green, I haven't any of those things.

 

[TXL]

Have a chat with Jon at IronWRX. He does a very good job and charges very reasonable prices, and the bonus is that he is based reasonably close to your location.

 

[USER1999]

Might as well kick your ball out of the rough while you are at it.

 

[haplesshacker]

I would of thought that the grooves were cut to such tight tolerances , that any jiggery pokery with one of these tools would almost certainly make the grooves illegal, under the old and the new rule.

Golf is pretty much a self policed game, and who would know you've re grooved your irons? I doubt if the local golf pro has the required measuring device to check your grooves and prove their legality.

The tool is a nice idea, and I've had a few customers ask for them. As yet, I've not got them in due to the above points. But that would be my moral head over-ruling my business head!

 

[cah1234]

Ok so where do i start?
Bladeplayer and a few others: I may be wrong here but i cant see how it would make the clubs ilegal as the groove sharpener is sold in golf shops and doesent have anything mebtioning that you could make them ilegal.
CliveW and Griffgolf: I use Taylormade Rac mb forged irons.
Culrossblue and TXL: Thanks for your info will keep that in mind.
Murphthemog: Your clearly talking out your rear end. Maybe you have just had a bad round
Thanks for your input.

 

[haplesshacker]

Just to play devils advocate a bit.

Just because something is being sold, doesn't mean that using it is legal or illegal. The tool itself is not illegal as far as I'm aware, but your grooves might be once you've used one. But I'm assuming that you do have the technology to measure the grooves, their angles and the radius of the edges after you've used one of these groove sharpeners, just to make sure that your clubs still conform?

Personally, having illegal grooves is cheating as much as moving your ball closer to the hole when replacing it on the green. Though I will concede that the grooves will probably make sod all difference to most of us on here.

I can buy a fancy font number plate, but if I use it on my car, it's illegal.

 

[Andy]

Bad workman blames his tools.

Andy

 

[Craigeee]

I thought that the groove sharpeners only let you go as deep as the rule allows anyway! Looking around online this looks to be the case. The tool has a shoulder on it that stops you from cutting in to deep

 

[haplesshacker]

Agreed. Though only if you keep it absolutely upright on both axis. Something that I doubt that any diy-er could achieve.

As for 'bad workmen and tools', you're correct. I doubt very much if I could accurate enough to do it myself!

Anyway, as I said, I'm playing devils advocate, so I'll be selling them next week!!!!

But to take it a step further, would anyone have any complaints if I used a banned driver with an illegal trampoline face, and more to the point, would you even realise?

I don't really know why I'm carrying on with this. I was just trying to put across 'the other side'!

 

[Lipout]

And nobody has mentioned the damage to your balls!
It will rip them to shreads!

 

[USER1999]

There is nothing to stop you making the grooves wider, so use of such a tool will inevitably make your grooves non conforming. You cannot be accurate enough doing this by hand. Grooves are pre made right on the tolerance limits. This is cheating, pure and simple.

Not sure why this is talking out of my a...

It's my view, and once you start cheating, why stop?



If you want your grooves replaced, get it done professionally. That way you are not in question.

 

[DCB]

Agree with Murph here,

How does one measure 0.020" just to check the groove depth ? or 0.075" between the edges of adjacent grooves ? We're talking precision measurements here, not the sort of thing you can do with a B&Q tape measure whilst balancing the club on top of a flowerpot in the shed