This Golf Groove Sharpener Worked WAY BETTER Than We Thought! ...
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2022
- Hey Guys, as golfers we know the importance of Grooves on golf clubs. Now over time the grooves get worn down from striking the ball, and can get filled with debris. In todays video we are going to sharpen up the grooves to see how these groove sharpeners perform. I have the $10 Hifrom Groove Sharpener, $20 Groove Dr. Groove Sharpener, and the $79 Groovex Groove Sharpener to see if price really matters, and see if having sharpened grooves really does make a difference in the performance of the golf club.
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2️⃣ Groove Dr. Groove Sharpener - geni.us/GrooveDr
3️⃣ HiFrom Groove Sharpener - geni.us/HiFrom
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you should have cleaned the clubs first so that the 'debris' that comes off the club face would be just the shavings and not a different amount of dirt for one club vs the other.
Yeah you are right! I will do that next time. Have you sharpened your clubs before?
@@GolfersAuthority I have.
My thoughts exactly. Also a little more scientific method approach. Should be same 3 clubs as well (i understand thatbmight be cost prohibitive), because you're probably bound to get less improvement on the PW as it is already high spin. Great vid tho, thank you much!
Whenever I play with my buddies, we do a club check to make sure they all conform. We also ask what the course record is.
every time/ No you don't.
Lol
No you don't. That would require you to send your clubs to a lab and receive a letter of conformance. At time goes on, club faces wear and can become non-comforming. However, normal wear and tear does not change it from conforming to non-conforming (Rule 4) It's when the golfer does the changes that can make a club non-conforming.
@@danburch9989I think he is joking mate
@@stevenquinn8317 I agree. He's full of 💩
You should have done your test AFTER cleaning the grooves thoroughly with soap, water, and a brush. That way any performance gains would be from sharpened grooves only. What you are measuring in your test is how much difference sharpening AND CLEANING the grooves makes. It's certainly possible that just simply cleaning the dirt out of the grooves with a wet towel could have given you the same boost in performance.
Thought this immediately. These results could be way off
Thank u for this! I'm looking for new wedges, but gonna try resharpening my current set for now, this really helps me deciding what tool to get, Mahalo's!🤙
It really does work and it will surprise you as to how dull the grooves are. Let me know if you see a difference
Interesting results. I will never be in a tournament where I expect me wedges to be inspected for depth and as bad as I am I don't think the sharpner would give me much of an advantage, but if I did get one I would probably opt for Groove Doctor.
I picked up the GrooVex because it’s not a sharpener, it’s for groove restoration. This restores or modifies the grooves to the max legal limit. The tool will stay true to form because it’s made from solid carbide. The edges won’t wear down like other steel tools so you don’t have to worry about taking too much off. Just run it through a few times and the groove is restored back to form.
Very cool comparison. I would probably opt for the $20 unit since us hackers will never play in the level of tournament where our grooves will be inspected or questioned for conformity.
I like the handle on it that is for sure. Yeah I think there is a model for really any player. Just depends on what you as a player care about. The cool thing is that it does work
What has the estimated value of the simulator got to do with anything..
I would recommend the HIFROM Groove Sharpener. I have this one and I only use it on my 56* SW. I also learned a trick from CZcams and you can try this as well. If your LW or SW are rusted, you can soak them overnight in a tupperware vat of Coke a Cola and that will remove most of the rust. Spray the club face with WD40, then apply the sharpener. You will get results.
Great comparison video 👍
Thank you!
Thx for the vid..
I bought and used the cheap one. Its an art not a science with the cheap one
I scrubbed the head real good first.
when you were explaining the pitching wedge before spin you said 6844 YARDS you are a god hitting that far :P
Great Video very informative going to give one of these a shot before i grab new wedges
Lol, I know right I saw that too after I posted it and was like whoops. Yeah seriously sharpen the wedges it works
Yep, the yards metric was distracting initially, as was the not cleaning the blade before the sharpening... But love the video for its intention and ultimately be very informational.
For me, I have bought fantastic second hand wedges over the years and just sharpened them:) so I feel vindicated and smug today. Thanks for the vids
Interesting tests, but we don't know if all your clubs are used the same and in the same terrain. You did say that you use your wedge the most, so I would assume that its grooves would be the most worn. So comparing the amount of "Dirt" and shavings would be different inherently. Interesting test on the sim
Going to have to get one of these and try it.
Do you already own a goove sharpner?
@@GolfersAuthority Not yet but I have been looking at them
I personally use the $10 one. Thanks for the comparison
What do you think of it? Has it helped you?
@@GolfersAuthority haven’t tested in front of a simulator to get specs but I did notice my ball have a bit more spin.
This test is flawed big time.. the clubs grooves should have been cleaned before the initial test. There is now way of knowing how much increase of spin was due to cleaning and how much to sharpening.
Could not agree more. If the baseline tests of spin results were taken with dirty club faces none of those results should be considered. Also, why not show the change in spin after sharpening with each tool individually? Appears all three tools were used on each club which tells us what...?
I have a couple of those blue ones, I highly recommend wearing gloves because they can certainly slip and it's sharp AF.
Your longer iron will naturally have less wear then a shorter, would affect results in a negative way for the tool tested on a lower wear as to having a relatable performance to the tool that had to do the most work on the shorter iron, or am I missing something?
I have a Groovex. You didn't mention it's single biggest advantages over the others. Being made of high grade steel, it will stay sharp much longer. With the others, you might sharpen a club or two, only to find the tool dull. You also didn't mention the Groovex's biggest disadvantage, that being the fact that it has no handle. If you are doing your full iron set, your fingers get very tired of holding that tiny steel rod.
Don't waste your money on an $80 dollar "sharpener" it's seriously not worth it. It cost the company $1.85 to make that Groovex. You're just giving someone else a Ferrari...
What Groove Sharpener have you used and would recommend?
by the time i get "tour level", i will have brand new clubs anyway. so i don't care for legality when it comes to using clubs that are all ready 5+yrs old. i totally recommend saving your clubs and take care of them. keep in mind guys, we don't have sponsorships with the manufacturers to just give us new sets every year. we actually need to take care of them unlike the pros who just toss them in the trash after each round.
So true! What sharpener do you use?
Need to compared those numbers to a new club with sane loft to see how close to new club numbers you get to after sharpening.
That is a great idea! Have you sharpened your clubs before, what results have you had?
@@GolfersAuthority going to sharpen mine this weekend for the first time.
Use lubricant when sharpening.
Yeah is there one you recommend?
@@GolfersAuthority WD-40, works for me.
I think it's overrated, I know machinest use it, but I think it's more of a way to keep the heat down, with high speed bits, and less with making an edge. I could be wrong.
The cheapest one had the biggest increase percentage-wise of the 3 so you could argue it was the most effective.
Yeah, but I was just concerned that I might have over sharpened the club. Do you use a grove sharpener? If so which one?
@@GolfersAuthority I do not use a groove sharpener, yet. I just replaced old wedges with new ones this Fall.
Why is the cost of the simulator thrown in? Is it an attempt at a flex? Odd
Good stuff. I have guys I play with that never clean the caked on dirt on their clubs. So stupid.
Have you used a groove sharpener before? If so what kind?
They probably complain about their balls not checking up on the green, don't they? 😑
6844 yards for a pitching wedge is pretty impressive...
I want to see a test if you sharpen a brand new club. Will it gain any performance?
No, i used one. Nothing.
I'd be interested in knowing the damage done to the golf balls by each of the sharpeners.
Yeah, looking back I should have done that. DO you have a groove sharpener?
The sharpened groves tear op the ball a lot more than factory sharpened groves do.
Nice alternative to buying new wedges every few years.
You said it "These are groove sharpeners not cleaners." You should have cleaned the clubs before sharpening so all we saw was metal shavings from sharpening. Also, if the point of sharpening the grooves is to regain lost spin from wear why do you say the GrooveX was best when it restored the least amount of spin? You could have saved $70 and got more spin back. But here's the real key. Every blog about groove sharpening warns of the risk of making your clubs illegal. How does one know? I'm sure measuring groove edge angles and depth requires pretty specific (and pricey) equipment. And I bet zero of my local golf courses or club outlets have that equipment in the back room. I'm not advocating cheating. My perspective is: if my grooves could be 8 sharper and I only sharpen 4 sharper then I've missed out on half the potential benefit.
10% boost in spin
To me the $80 cost for a groove sharpener is too much to spend. A decent brand of wedge theses days is about $170 so that is 50% of the cost of a new wedge. Sure I can clean up several wedges with the tool but I’d rather get a new wedge as I play two to three times a week. I do like the fact the the costlier tool maintains the proper depth etc. for conformity.
I wouldn't say using spin difference is a good reason. The percent of change might be better
7--11% increase
9--10.9% increase
P--7% increase
However, swing speeds are different for each of these clubs because of weight and length of shaft changes. I think the biggest thing here is that there is an increase in spin as a result of regrooving.
Good point!
If you get more spin you decrease distance. Let's say that again. If we increase spin rate. The carry distance will always decrease. Sorry. That's just physics.
How much was that $50k simulator again?
6844 yds of spin? No way! Haha
Call/email PXG and give them the serial #~ they’ll tell you if it’s a V, U, box, etc. then you don’t have to guess.
Lol groovex is literally just ground carbide. Plus or minus 0.001" (a thou) is #1 not an "aerospace" spec, it's and everything spec. Your car was parts with tigher tolerances. #2 it's ground carbide, they should be able to hit plus or minus 0.0005" all day. It's marketing fluff, nithing else.
Did you know his simulator cost $50,000v
Great video ------- the whole spin thing with wedges is just one big marketing ploy.
Here's why --- if you looking for check on the greens , the spin rate which the ball has matters when it HITS THE GREEN , not when it LEAVES THE CLUB FACE.
Wind dynamics and fluid dynamics works the same, that means the square law of fluid dynamics applies to any golf ball that experience wind resistance.
So a golf ball which spins more will experience higher wind resistance than one that spins less. That means that the spin rate of a higher spinning ball will drop faster than the spin rate of a lower spinning ball when it leaves the club face.
To clarify I'll drop an example so you understand what I mean :
New Vokey 52 degree - Spin Rate when it leaves the face - 8500rpm.... Spin rate when it hits the green 600rpm
2 Year old 52 degree Vokey - Spin rate when it leaves the face - 7500rpm .... Spin rate when it hits the green 540rpm.
So that perception consumers have is that when they hit a new wedge they gain 1000 RPM. When in fact they really only gain 60rpm which is 1 revolution per second. The primary , most important thing to any wedge shot and how it behaves on the green is the initial landing spot , followed by the grass conditions of the green which may or may not encourage backspin.
In a nutshell - the groove thing is largely meaningless
have you ever broke 80?
RTFM Face Plam
Makes no sense. Groving doesn't increase your spin in optimal conditions like a similultator mat; in fact a smooth club would generate more spin due to increase surface area. The grooves in a club are to to displace longer grass, dirt and debris which we find in sand traps or the rough thus giving the more club surface to connect with the ball.
He just proved it increases the spin rate...whatchoo talking about Willis?
agree, same question
spit and a 49 cent small wire brush.
Clean clubs, add oil to iron, and then use the cheap tool. Show at events who is checking non conforming grooves. Doesn’t happen.
Worried about non-conforming grooves, but doesn't play on tour .. LOL .. like I'm really worried about non-conforming grooves. And no, I'm not worried about my tournament opponents having non-conforming grooves either, they are nothing but amateurs too. I am doubting very much that you will gain any strokes by a difference of conforming vs. non-conforming grooves. A professional PGA player "might" gain a stroke or two, maybe, but an amateur? .. no way. Having clean and sharp grooves can make a bit of a difference, but the subtle difference between a "conforming" and "non-conforming" groove .. 99.99999999% of all amateur players wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.
Less on simulator more on lessons…..
I have one. Sorry, no, they don't work. I use a $50k simulator too, don't you? 1: The proof is distance. FAIL! 2: spin (accuracy?) EH!. 3: how many casual golfers compete other than playing skins or best ball? I have watched similar vids, and the universal result is a shrug.
You really should be using a lubricant oil.
Which one do you recommend ?
@@GolfersAuthority WD-40 works well
So, $80. But it saves having to spend $1500 or so on a set of new irons, at least for a year or two. Increase of about 10% in rpm? Better than nothing.
Yeah I totally agree. Do you have a groove sharpener? If so which one?
Your average sping was 5,398 yards?? HOLY FUCK! WHAT A SPIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmao
Fantastic!!
I am trying to contact GrooVexGolf, can you please share there contact details with me?
thank so much