#Best non conforming golf drivers how to#

#Best non conforming golf drivers how to#

Of course the pros practice this and simply learned how to use the equipment. (many in the last several years) I donвЂ™t recall Bubba or Dustin or Rickie or Rory discussing how they have throttled it back since 2010 and it has improved their game.This only matters when you short side yourself in the rough and have a bad lie. Conversely, of the Top 10 in Driving Accuracy I donвЂ™t recall any of those guys winning this year. Look at the top 10 in Driving Distance on the PGA Tour, at least 8 won last year that I remember and I didnвЂ™t even look it up. Was it not вЂњto place a premium on hitting the fairwayвЂќ and to get rid of the вЂњbomb and gougeвЂќ mentality? To force the pros to throttle it back some and stop the increase in distance off the tee? How well has this worked out? So I will trust Bob Vokey and my own experience rather than this poorly designed and applied review.ДЇirst ask yourself the purpose of the rule. I think all of us including the ProвЂ™s would notice a 3000 (rpm) loss. Vokey is quoted вЂњWishfully IвЂ™d say we got about 1500 (rpm) back, but itsвЂ™ probably more like 1200вЂќ. 50 yard shots from the rough have 3000 RPM less spin in their testing. Also, in a GW Toy Box Blog, Bob Vokey is speaking about the grooves. Uinta Golf has a YouTube video called вЂњFeeling Grooovy!вЂќ which shows the difference between 2009 old groove and 2010 new groove spin characteristics. How about a review from different kinds of grasses and rough lengths that are commonly found. That was never a secret and testing the wedges from a mat would only confirm that. Where the wedges are the same is from clean lies. There is no comparison from the rough or pitch shots. I play the old and new wedges all the time. The comments about excessive spin with the old grooves are also 100% correct. Anyone who still plays or remembers the original Mack Daddy or Nike Hi-Rev grooves knows how sharp those grooves were. All of the comments about the larger grooves being able to channel dirt, grass and water better are spot on. Sorry Andrew, not drinking the Kool aid you are selling. Whatever grooves youвЂ™re currently using, as long as theyвЂ™re clean and not worn down will be able to get the job done. However, our tests indicate that the difference might be so minute that not even golf professionals are able to identify a difference.ДЄ side note to keep in mind is that in order to hit chip and pitch shots that end up consistently close to the hole we donвЂ™t need maximum spin, we just need enough spin.

I do believe that when tested in a strictly controlled laboratory type environment, and with a much larger sample size square grooves might show that they spin the ball marginally more than the current C-C grooves. I donвЂ™t believe there are any grooves out there that could significantly impact the flight of the ball from these types of lies. You could clearly see the ball change direction in mid flight. There were no noticeable differences between the two types of groove and both testers reported not being able to tell the difference between the two clubs in how the ball reacted off the club face.ДЇor the shots out the rough we hit from very poor lies in thick Bermuda and the golf ball was coming out and knuckle-balling through the air. As a point of interest each tester also captured data on five 50 yard shots from the rough with each club.All shots were hit from a tight mat so as to limit outside factors interfering with friction between the face and the ball.

All shots were hit with premium golf balls except the shots hit from deepВ rough.

The measured distances were 25, 50 and 75 yards and the objective was to carry the ball to that distance.

Data from the best 12 shots (24 shots per distance)В was used for the calculations.

Two golf professionals hit 15 shots each from 3 different distancesВ with each club.

The differenceВ between the two was that one had C-C grooves and the other had square grooves.

We used two almost brand new 56 degree clubs with near identical specs.

Here is what was tested and how we went about it:ДЇor this test our objective was to determine what, if any significant, difference existsВ between the current USGA legal C-C (condition of competition) grooves and the old (non-conforming) square grooves from fairway lies. We had twoВ golf professionals test new conforming grooves against the older square grooves, and the results suggest that, from fairway lies, grooves actually donвЂ™t make a heck of a lot of difference! Are the new grooves capable of producing as much spin as our old beloved square (and now non-conforming) grooves? CouldВ the hoopla surrounding the 2010 groove rule have been much ado about nothing?