This Golf Groove Sharpener Worked WAY BETTER Than We Thought! ...

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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[davidsmith]

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.

[stevedietrich]

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.

[ryanu]

What has the estimated value of the simulator got to do with anything..

[Aaron-MichaelEller]

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.

[scottkefalas]

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.

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!🤙

[jsweat]

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.

[russellkempe]

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 YouTube 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.

[Listman]

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.

[tometsler]

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.

[chrispaul]

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.

[davidbarnard]

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

[fergusfitzgerald]

It's a pity the club manufacturers don't offer this service ? The useful effective life span of wedges is crazy - wasn't aware it was so low !😦

[alphung]

I personally use the $10 one. Thanks for the comparison

[Drycleanerguy]

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.

[andrewfisher]

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?

[donovanniels]

Lol, I use the cheap one, works great!

[psoulati]

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

[UntelligentMatt]

I have a couple of those blue ones, I highly recommend wearing gloves because they can certainly slip and it's sharp AF.

[MattRNDM]

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