The new groove rules won't affect most us for more than a decade. But PGA Tour golfers and other touring pros have to play with the new grooves right now.
Unless they can find a loophole. And John Daly has found one.
At the Sony Open this week, Daly is playing with a 1986 set of Ping Eye 2 wedges, wedges that sport square grooves. How is he getting away with it? The explanation dates back to court cases involving Ping, the USGA and the PGA Tour in the early 1990s. Read on
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If I am not mistaken, there were a couple of players that switched to the 20 year old wedges over the last couple of weeks.
I think it’s great that the change has been made. Having to be more creative with shots from the rough and shorter distances will definitely make for more excitement on tour.