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YOUR GAME
the daily Grind
Wedge wear can wreak havoc on your short game – here's one way to remedy that
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here's a world of difference between a PGA or
LPGA tour professional and the rest of us. But
every golfer's game is greatly affected by the qual-
ity of their wedges – particularly in terms of the wear and
tear on the grooves. If you want the ball to spin to a stop
on the greens, the need for fresh grooves is imperative.
But grooves tend to wear out – particularly the
more you play, which is why tour players generally re-
place their wedges as many as four times a year.
While few golfers play or practice as much as tour pros,
the reality is that every wedge will
wear down over time, and it's always a
good idea to think about replacing
those wedges – or finding wedges de-
signed so that the grooves don't wear
out as often. Otherwise, you may be
sacrificing valuable game performance.
That is why Titleist's pioneering
wedge designer Bob Vokey unveiled
his groundbreaking SM6 wedges in
2016. Vokey oversaw a study that
found after 75 rounds golfers could be
losing up to 1,000 revolutions per
minute of spin on their wedge shots,
resulting in nearly double the roll out.
And oftentimes, it is the most consis-
tent wedge strikers who will see the
most wear and tear on those grooves.
"Because you're hitting it in the same spot on
the same face and the same grooves every time,
you're wearing out those grooves in the same spot,"
said Jeremy Stone of Titleist's Vokey Wedge Division.
In an effort to help mitigate worn-out grooves,
which affect launch, spin and roll out, Titleist sug-
gests the Vokey SM6 wedge, which produces more
spin, lower launch angles and half the roll out of a
wedge that has been used 75 times.
It's not like the SM6 grooves won't ultimately wear
out – it's just that they're designed to wear out
slower over time. It's also important to real-
ize that not all golfers will see the same
depreciation in their wedges. If you
play once a month and your practice
regimen is sporadic, your wedge
grooves are going to last longer.
Stone says it is important to under-
stand how your wedges perform if
you want to play your best.
"Make sure you have a trusted ad-
visor, someone you can go to," he
said. "If you're in a Worldwide Golf
Shops store on their launch monitor,
test the spin so that you understand
what's going to happen."
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Over time and with repeated
use, the grooves on your
wedges start to wear out.
Titleist's line of SM6
wedges feature grooves
that are designed to wear
out slower over time.
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