Equipment

The Effectiveness of Wedge Grooves

As I’m sure some of you have heard, there has been a push to make errant tee shots more penal in professional golf. If Colin Montogomerie and others have their way, the smash and wedge technique that seems to be so prevalent on the PGA tour, may become a thing of the past.

Colin Montgomerie spoke about this recently:

Well, I’m all for that. You know, I still feel that the 60-degree club that came in with lob-wedge came in many, many years ago and it did a shot-around-the-greens; it took away inventive shots. I know two people, especially Seve and Greg Norman at the time, the No. 1’s in the world at the time, and they were against that type of thing. I still feel that 56-degree should be the highest loft allowed in a bag and that would bring back inventive shots around the green, and those who can do and those who can’t. You know, the 64-degree club in your bag, any shot is possible now. I’m all for going back to V-grooves, as opposed to boxed grooves or square grooves if you like to aid people having to hit the fairways and hit — if they are laying up or whatever the case may be; the second shot on par 5s because people get it up-and-down too easily now. I feel that’s a benefit and it will aid better play and that’s what we’re all after.

A newly created blog by The Wedge Guy goes into great depth about the proposed changes by the USGA to counter act this phenomena. It’s a great read, be sure to check it out. Nice work Terry, I can’t wait to read your next post!

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