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Re: Sharpning your clubs
I am assuming you mean the grooves (though possibly the leading edge). You can have the grooves sharpened, there are tools that can do that for you. However, it may not yield the results that you are probably looking for (based on your other recent thread about "how to spin the ball"). Firstly, if you sharpen the grooves, the club may become non-conforming. Not a big deal if you are playing just with your buddies, but it wouldn't be legal for tournament play and technically you shouldn't post scores for handicap if you use that club. Secondly, sharper grooves alone don't necessarily increase the spin. There is such a thing as too sharp grooves because what can happen is that the groove edges will spend energy cutting into and tearing the cover instead of using energy to spin the ball. Finally, if the grooves are that sharp, they will dull just that much quicker, meaning the way your club plays will change over a rather short amount of time. I.e. if you are a pretty avid player, a good wedge probably lasts a year to two, the grooves do dull, especially if you have to play a lot of sand shots. But, the club changes how it plays over a pretty long period of time there, a matter of years; but, if you have your grooves sharpened to be really sharp, it will dull quickly, probably changing how it plays over a matter of months.
All in all, it's probably not worth it, and may not help as much as you think it will. That said, it's always fun to experiment, so if you decide to do it, report back and let us know how it worked out for you.
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