Groovy Scum

Clean your Grooves Fool!

I was reading an article the other day that suddenly made me realize there might actually be a gizmo-gadget for golf that I don’t actually own. The article in question was 100,000 Sold…But Have You Ever Used One? (Golf Groove Tools) and I suddenly realised that whilst I do look after my clubs, that cleaning alone is not maintenance.

I have not tried one of these tools yet, but having said that, my clubs and wedges are only a few months old anyway and since I haven’t played as much as I’d like then currently it might not be a problem per se, but I thought what if I cop a stone with a shot from the nasty bad and damage the face? It never occurred to me before.

My previous set of clubs, Ping Zing’s, I had for years and when I look at the grooves now they are in terrible shape. Full of scum and deposits, bits of what looks like hardened mould. Most of this would certainly wash off, but the grooves look shot – I think maybe I should have given them some groovy TLC a long time ago.

So I think I’ll be investing in a tool pretty soon, I won’t post the information about the numerous products here because Golf Spy has a great article that you should read, and there you can find a review of which product they thought was good from the featured ones. I wouldn’t want to be accused of stealing someone else’s thunder anyway – god forbid, blogging is difficult enough without someone stealing your wares!

If you don’t like any of those you should just Google it, I’m sure there a million similar products in the UK. Which brings me to the call for action from you – let me know which groove sharpener tool you think is the best – why it works for you – how much it cost and where you purchased from.