new rules change!

[jamiet]

I hear that the "spin milled" wedges are not going to be allowed to be used on tour very soon! is it true that it will be as soon as next year?
it could make a massive difference for the pro's when hitting shots from long/wet rough.
do u think it will reali make much difference to the scoring?

 

[Parmo]

It will make a massive difference, you will see more chip and runs up to the hole from the rough rather than the 120 yard lob wedge from deep rough then 15 yards of back spin. Yes this starts next season and 2020 from the rest of mankind.

 

[Smiffy]

What's "backspin?"

 

[clubchamp07]

Parmo is that the best picture of Natalie you can find?

 

[Parmo]

Parmo is that the best picture of Natalie you can find?

No but its my fav... fit women golfers... *drools*

We had one at my local muni on Sunday, what a swing...

 

[Robobum]

I don't think that the rule covers "Spin Milling" or similar methods during production. The new rules concern the size, shape and edges of the grooves themselves.

The following means very little to me but is the essence of the new restrictions:

"The total cross-sectional area of a groove divided by the groove pitch (width plus separation) will be limited to 0.003 square inches per inch (0.0762 mm²/mm); and
Groove edge sharpness will be limited to an effective minimum radius of 0.010 inches (0.254 mm). This limit will only apply to clubs with lofts of 25 degrees and above."

 

[USER1999]

Shots off the fairway will still have 95% of the current spin, but from the rough will have up to 50% less. This should put the premium on hitting fairways, which can only be good for golf.

I am heavily in favour of this change.

 

[freddielong]

Massive, massive, change and a good one but I think it should have been accross the board not just the pros

 

[Robobum]

2014 for elite amateur events Freddie.

 

[freddielong]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

 

[Golfmmad]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

Surely once you've made the change you wont go back to using old ones?

Golfmmad.

 

[Robobum]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

The same wishy, washy statement was made when the Driving clubs were toned down. Basically leaving up to the individual tournaments as the whether they wanted to implement it before the absolute cut off date.

Luckily our county adopted the changes straight away for all our OOM events so you could change your driver and be done with it. Hopefully they will adopt these changes immediately as well, I'm not really concerned about being at a disadvantage in any club comps I enter after that time.

 

[Parmo]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

I thought playing at your level it wouldnt make much of a difference?

 

[jamiet]

im glad that they are making this change. i think it will hepl woth the constant dilemma of making courses harder, and instead of constantly increasing the length, which is no solution at all, this will put more importance on shot placement and hitting fairways. Tiger might have to sharpen up on his accuracy lol!

isnt spin milled like the "U grooves" and now they are going back to the "V Grooves"?

 

[Twire]

isnt spin milled like the "U grooves" and now they are going back to the "V Grooves"?

"Spin Milled" is just a fancy name for a milled finish. The face will have been "fly cut" on a milling machine to leave a slightly rough surface to aid spin (you can visably see this finish on the vokey spin milled range). This has nothing to do with the grooves.

 

[Robobum]

Spin milling has nothing to do with the grooves. It's a fancy name for the milling process that gets a perfectly flat club face that has a rough texture to help impart extra spin.

The grooves are cut not milled.

Vokey Spin Milled Wedges

 

[jamiet]

yea i see what you mean. i got a couple of vokley spin milled wedges about a week ago and its class when they have that finish on them, preti gutting when it wears off lol times like this i wish i was a pro gettin a new set evry coupla weeks lol

 

[freddielong]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

I thought playing at your level it wouldnt make much of a difference?

This will affect everyone IMO this is a bigger change than the banning of the drivers I just think it should all change at once

 

[Twire]

Yes its strange I think it should happen all at once - as someone who is eligible for elite amatuer events (at the moment anyway) It means I will have to have two sets of wedges for 6 years.

I thought playing at your level it wouldnt make much of a difference?

This will affect everyone IMO this is a bigger change than the banning of the drivers I just think it should all change at once

I don't think you can ask 1000's of amateur of golfers to scrap their wedges on a certain date. Fazing the old wedges out and only manufacturing to the new regulations, is the right way to go.

 

[USER1999]

Also most of us teen handicapped golfer don't hit the ball well enough to benefit form the big grooves most of the time, and when we do, we are generally short as a result.

Off the fairway we will notice no difference, and out of the rough we don't generate the club head speed necessary to spin it any way.

For you low single digit guys, yes, you will notice the difference, but for me, nope.

So why try to force me to change my wedges now? If I spend £200 on new ones, and they perform no different to the banned ones that would be daft. I think the powers that be have got it right, and by the time we hackers need to change, we will have bought new ones naturally.