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I think its mainly down to the mat and the range. It would be nice to keep them looking brand new lol. Is there anyway to prevent scratches at all and is there known services such as certain range matchs to avoid or don't scratches/scuffs bother you.

If you can avoid the mats, that can help. Also, I use covers on almost everything. I know, its the sign of a newbie, but I cringe every time I hear irons banging around in a bag. I'd like the investment to last a little while.

lol yeah on the way home from golf my bro was driving fast over bumps and all I could here was my clubs clangin together I was like "watch the clubs".

The mat at the range has a really flat short bit then some 1 inch thick fake grass at one end. Its an electrical mat that pops up the balls for you, its good but I guess there nothing I can do about the scuffs on the clubs.

I never play from golf mats. I just go to where he grass is usually from where guys practice their irons and hit teed shots with......tees!

The old high chrome polished forged irons took a beating from DR Mats,( forged clubs are much softer and malable), so I stopped using them.

Yeah on some courses they have some ****** mats. I never go on them, not only do they feel uncomfortable for me to stand on I can never get a tee to stand up on them, the ball just falls off.

I have no choice on my local range :( all mats with electric rubber tees. Gonna mess up my new irons.

Face it guys... golf clubs are tools that are designed for hitting the ground. When you hit the ground with one, you have no way of knowing what is 1/4" under the turf... and that's assuming that you are on turf and not on hardpan or spotty rough, or.... well you get the idea. If your clubs don't pick up a few scratches on the soles, then you are playing a game I'm quite unfamiliar with.

But I buy clubs with the intention of using them up... I don't change every year, or every other year like some guys do. If I did, I'd be divorce court tomorrow. Instead, I choose carefully, and when I find something I like, I play them until there is a real reason to try something new. In over 35 years I've had 4 sets (and I'm still on that 4th set, bought just over a year ago)... and one set that I built myself (and didn't do that well on since I didn't know what I was doing, so I only played them for a couple of months).

My clubs are for using, not for display, and they will get used until they are no longer functional, regardless of how they look. A few scratches on them, a ding here and there, just tells me that I am a golfer.

It you must hit from the mats say early spring in the north use a clear cover like this. I found it at a show in Boston and have used it for a few years now to lessen the wear.
See if a local shop carries something like it. It is called Ghost Tape.

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I agree with fourputt, golf clubs are made to be used, ding, scratches, etc, are signs that they ARE being used. And to show that you're serious about golf, and not like one of those newbies with shiny mega expensive clubs that hit the balls everwhere but down the fairway.

The exception is though if the face gets damaged, because that affects your game, so I take care not to damage my club face by scrubbing them clean. Sand, dirt wears off the grooves and even create deep vertical scratches on the face.

Fourputt, being a ex-machinist, you know how important it is to take care of your tools in order for them to perform properly longer (micrometers, indicators, etc). I don't shy away on how I use clubs on the course, I just prefer to store with care in between shots so that they will last longer.

I guess its just a habit picked up because of the other sport I spend a lot of time on; my target shotguns cost $8200 and $4500 and they'll hold their value if treated with care,

Driving ranges seem to be bad for clubs altogether. The mats often have little pebbles on them that scratch the heck out of your clubs, and often the grass area hasn't had the stones removed. Stick to a good driving range with a tee area comprised mostly of sand.

But there is a wide disparity between my work tools (or your guns) and my golf clubs. My work tools were made to the finest tolerances, measured in .00003 of and inch and tighter, because what I used them on was manufactured to within .0001". No matter what club you are talking about, even SC putters aren't going to be made to those kinds of specs (and they don t need to be). My hand tools (hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, etc.), got beat up in the normal course of use... just a fact of life. It's the same with golf clubs. They are designed for hard use and some wear is inevitable when they are used correctly.

I take proper care of my clubs by keeping them clean... I wipe them with a damp towel after every shot. I don't helicopter them or beat the ground with them in anger, but I do use them, so they get scratched and occasionally a ding here and there. As long as the damage isn't functional, it's nothing to get excited about. I get a ding in the front side of the sole... no biggie. I just file it smooth... club fixed, and now it has character.

IMO, sand will wear out a club faster than any other substance. Sand particles between the ball and the clubface act like a grinding wheel, wearing a cavity in the face. There really is no guaranteed way of keeping a golf club in pristine condition when it's used as intended. If you use your clubs, eventually they will suffer damage. The exception should be the driver, which should never touch the ground. The operative word is should .

We're not so different on this except 90% of the time I take the extra second to throw a cover on the head for the cart ride. Walking I don't because there is minimal bouncing around.





ps: only working in tenths? you had it easy! (just kidding, got some lapping gages here I'm making work to 10um, fighting temp compensation now).

My clubs bang more when I walk than when I ride.... but I still don't use covers on anything but the woods, hybrids and putter.


I didn't deal with that sort of precise fitting... I made the parts to blueprint specs, for the last 14 years planning, programming and running a CNC milling machine making parts for the can making machines we built. The print tolerances we machined to were as close as .0003... not bad for a Haas CNC mill. We did some surface grinding to .0001". Anything closer than that was jobbed out for jig boring or jig grinding to a specialty shop, or was hand lapped at assembly.

They are only new until you hit them. Why worry about a sctratch here or there enjoy them.

The direction of those scratches can tell you a lot about your swing, too...without them you might not discover you're swinging out-to-in as soon as you might have with them.

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