How do the grooves on a golf club affect the ball when struck? I heard square grooves was "unfair". I’m not sure how this could be.
grooves impart spin on the golf ball
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They give the ball backspin, which gives the ball loft, which gives the ball/club accuracy.
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Have you ever tried to put spin on a ping-pong ball with a paddle that lost its rubber facing? In other words with a plain , shiny wood face? No spin and floater type shots are uncontrollable. Without grooves the iron face would be a smooth , hard surface with no gripping action resulting in erratic ball flight. Legal grooves are cut into the iron clubs with width and depth specifications approved by the United States Golf Association and the R and A of Scotland. These impart both spin and accuracy of direction when properly struck How important ?? No grooves, no golf..
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Have you ever tried to put spin on a ping-pong ball with a paddle that lost its rubber facing? In other words with a plain , shiny wood face? No spin and floater type shots are uncontrollable. Without grooves the iron face would be a smooth , hard surface with no gripping action resulting in erratic ball flight. Legal grooves are cut into the iron clubs with width and depth specifications approved by the United States Golf Association and the R and A of Scotland. These impart both spin and accuracy of direction when properly struck How important ?? No grooves, no golf
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Grooves put spin on the ball. They are mostly important in the wedges and shorter irons unless you’re a world class player and you can make a 3 iron back up. The grooves on a driver are mainly for decoration though. Square grooves are considered unfair because it makes a sharper leading edge, allowing the club to get a better grip on the ball on the downswing, resulting in more spin. If you have an old wedge that you don’t care about, take a rotozip to it and make the groves deeper and sharper. You will be able to see the difference in spin immediately.
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very important, if they are worn, you need to replace the club.
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Good grooves (also mentioned as TOP LINE) give more traction and as a result better spin to the ball. That’s why Pros always maintain their Wedge groove as good as possible.
Square groove compress the ball more and can result in crazy back spin to the ball. I heard it will be passed by USGA though.
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grooves impart spin on the golf ball
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Grooves help with accuracy of your shot. Have you ever checked out golflink.com? They have a ton of info from experts on questions exactly like this one. Good luck improving your game!
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