Groove Sharpeners

[ColinR]

I had the grooves on my wedges sharpened recently with one of these tools...

Groove Sharpener

Certainly did the job as I noticed the 'stop' I was getting.

Anyone else tried it ?

 

[M1tch]

I had the grooves on my wedges sharpened recently with one of these tools...

Groove Sharpener

Certainly did the job as I noticed the 'stop' I was getting.

Anyone else tried it ?

i just use a tee

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My advice would be not to do it yourself but to take it to a qualified PGA pro or a recognised club reapirer/fitter as it could make the grooves on your clubs illegal (too deep) if not done properly

 

[madandra]

My advice would be not to do it yourself but to take it to a qualified PGA pro or a recognised club reapirer/fitter as it could make the grooves on your clubs illegal (too deep) if not done properly

Homer I was going to say the same thing but then it made me think ..........


Who the hell can tell your grooves are too deep and who would try dobbing you into your club if you could rewind the ball? I think it is an unmanageable rule for the average club golfer and club.

 

[ColinR]

My advice would be not to do it yourself but to take it to a qualified PGA pro or a recognised club reapirer/fitter as it could make the grooves on your clubs illegal (too deep) if not done properly

Agree with that & it was the pro at my club that did it, so I felt in good hands.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

madandra

I though the same thing after I posted it. I still wouldn't fancy doing it myself on my nice TM Z wedges and risk injuring myself in some way (highly likely) or botching it (also highly likely). I think I'd feel much happeir handing them over to a trained professional.

On a slight tangent, we had a Cleveland van at our club today doing free loft and lie checks for the members (think there was a small fee to make changes). Sad thing was a) it wasn't publicised (not unusual for RA - never one for letting members know whats going on) and b) the wind and torrential rain made it impossible to get out onto the practice ground with their wedge expert and have him look at your wedge set up and try out their range

 

[Herbie]

I think the important thing regarding anyone knowing is if the user knows?

If you can live with the fact you may have made your club illegal thats a matter for the individual, personally I couldnt care less as most golfers I know would get zero advantage no matter what they do to their clubs.

 

[andiritchie]

I might look into this further as one of my Vokeys have really squashed grooves and having paid £80 for it i dont want to shove it in the cupboard when it is flawless in every other way

 

[Imurg]

On a slight tangent, we had a Cleveland van at our club today doing free loft and lie checks for the members (think there was a small fee to make changes). Sad thing was a) it wasn't publicised (not unusual for RA - never one for letting members know whats going on) and b) the wind and torrential rain made it impossible to get out onto the practice ground with their wedge expert and have him look at your wedge set up and try out their range

This may have stopped at RA on the way to Bearwood tomorrow for the Texas Shootout thing I'm going to. Cleveland/Srixon are running it. So maybe it was an impromptu stopover.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Good shout. It wasn't a full tour van like the TM one but a pretty decent sized trailer. I hope you enjoy tomorrow and that the knee holds up.

 

[GRAEMBO]

I was considering buying one of those tools from ebay! The guy at my local range refused to do it and told me to do it myself!!

I might just not drink for a month or so and buy new wedges!!

 

[TipTopGolfer]

I have seen them on ebay too!

No idea if they are any good though!

 

[USER1999]

I can't see how using this tool can leave a club in a legal condition. It works by removing material. The gooves are already at the maximum size allowable when they are manufactured, so when material is removed, they must get larger. This is just cheating, full stop. Same as kicking a ball out onto the fairway, or improving your lie.

 

[ColinR]

I can't see how using this tool can leave a club in a legal condition. It works by removing material. The gooves are already at the maximum size allowable when they are manufactured, so when material is removed, they must get larger. This is just cheating, full stop. Same as kicking a ball out onto the fairway, or improving your lie.

That is what I thought at first, but the claim is that they do not widen the grooves at all only refresh to the original limits. The idea is that the tool takes off any metal that has 'folded' in. This does makes sense, if you look at your wedges you can see the edges will have become dull and at some points dented inwards.

This one claims to be legal.