U grooves or V grooves

[Chieflongtee]

Do your irons have V grooves or U grooves? Why do you favor one over the other?

[mberube]

What’s difference in both? More/less spin?

Mike

[Big Johnny69]

I don't know how much they vary in spin, but I think they differ more in how they channel moisture, rough and sand from the clubface. Chief will probably chime in with an answer.

[ironmaster15213]

Question!!! I have seen groove cutters in golf supply magazines and I was wondering, If you bought a club with v grooves and then cut the grooves to square grooves wouldn't that make the club illegal since you changed the original club characteristics?

[KickerOfElves]

Question!!! I have seen groove cutters in golf supply magazines and I was wondering, If you bought a club with v grooves and then cut the grooves to square grooves wouldn't that make the club illegal since you changed the original club characteristics?

I think you'd be fine as long as you didn't cut the grooves during a round.

As long as you don't cut grooves too deep or two wide (or if you're Ping, too close together) you can change to square.

[covanant]

Taylormade now has the y grooves.

[LobWedge]

Question!!! I have seen groove cutters in golf supply magazines and I was wondering, If you bought a club with v grooves and then cut the grooves to square grooves wouldn't that make the club illegal since you changed the original club characteristics?

Nope. As long as the new grooves don't exceed a maximum width of .035" and a maximum depth of .020", and conform to any other rules as well.

[Golfbum]

Nope. As long as the new grooves don't exceed a maximum width of .035" and a maximum depth of .020", and conform to any other rules as well.

You mean that wedge I doctored a year ago with the DREMEL TOOL are not legal?
Winter boredom causes people to do some weird things. I did actually take a dremel tool and carve out the grooves in an old wedge. Needless to say those grooves are wider than .035". I never did try that wedge on the range to see what happened, might have to do that this spring. I know one thing, those are deeeeeeeeeep grooves now!

[sharkhark]

If you guy's really wanna cut thru that grass then check out this baby!
The design conforms to the USGA & RCGA rules...um..yeah...no lying

[LobWedge]

What’s difference in both? More/less spin?

Mike

The main argument is concerning shots out of the rough is where square or u-grooves will tend to clear debris more easily so that more of the face will make contact producing more spin, where v-grooves will be less effective causing the dreaded "flier". Some players are more comfortable allowing for that issue and prefer v-grooves anyway.

[mberube]

Has anybody here ever feel the difference between U and V grooves?

Mike

[Chieflongtee]

The main argument is concerning shots out of the rough is where square or u-grooves will tend to clear debris more easily so that more of the face will make contact producing more spin, where v-grooves will be less effective causing the dreaded "flier". Some players are more comfortable allowing for that issue and prefer v-grooves anyway.

I was listening to Johny Miller on the Jim Rome show yesterady and he was asked to compare eras i.e his and now. He went on to say that the game was played differently now and that the long hitters did not care if the ball ended up in the rough because the of V groove irons. The V groove irons have more bite in the rough so you can still stop the ball on the green from that position. Excellent interview by the way. Maybe one day we'll see irons with U grooves in the long and irons and V grooves in the short irons.