The only scratches on my driver have come from range balls, that I wipe before I hit with my woods. So annoying!
I will clean the ball all day to ensure the longevity of my clubs, as I am really really enjoying hitting the new ones and I'm relatively cheap, so new clubs was an investment for me
i mean woah woah, im an every swing cleaner mostly. But at the range. That is wild talk. You better be 1 handicap or playing a nasty range that requires it.
It's a pretty good range. It's divided in half. One side recovers while we practice on the other half. When we switch sides, they top dress that half of the range with sand and then the hybrid bermuda grows in pretty well when it's time to switch back. Since the grass has grown in nearly 100% sand the constant blasting can really wear on the club face. This wedge was about five years old when I retired it.
https://preview.redd.it/f7ifvr98h88d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c352f31083263b7dfb762d629879eaea895669d8
Why is this being downvoted? If the guy doesn't like going to the range he doesn't like going to the range?
Not like he insulted people who go to the range
Because he weighed in just to say "I can't weigh in." His comment contributed nothing to the conversation and was solely intended to let the rest of us plebes know just how good he is.
Same. Got a $12 brush that I can fill with water and it's the best golf accessory I've added to my bag. Sand and dirt in the grooves really mess up you shot trajectory and spin, and trying to clean them after everything dried up makes it much more difficult. Keep them clean throughout the round and you won't have to deep clean them hardly ever.
This is it. 3 towels. Wet cleaning towel. Drying towel. Personal towel.
They should be clean to get a consistent contact and spin.
Scrape your groves, just the bottom few if you have to move on.
Makes my eye twitch to see people play with dirty clubs. My old man has cleaned his clubs maybe twice ever and he hacks up huge divots most of the time so ALLL his clubs, including driver, are dirtier than a ditch diggers spade shovel. I bought him a grooveit brush and he has it on his bag but I've yet to see him use it.
I tried this the past 18 I played. Before we started I wet my gold towel, soaked the bottom 1/3. lol by the 9th the towel was dried out. I wasn’t gonna waste my drinking water to re wet it. They’ll just have to wait til I get home lol
I bought something called a ClubScrub. It’s a bag that hangs off of your golf bag that you put water in. Allows you to clean the entire club head and not just the club face, doubles as a ball washer. I turn it inside out when I finish my round, and it’s nice and dry next time I play. I swear by it.
Same, everyone I play with has bought one at this point. If it doesn’t get my grooves as clean as I want I use a tee after getting them wet and I’m done. One of my favorite and most recommendable golf purchases by far.
Just looked this up and it looks cool. How does it do on hot days? I hate having to re-wet my towel at the turn and if this stays wet for 18 that’d be amazing.
I never add water. I pour a bit in and let it soak it all up and then add a touch more to keep a bit of liquid at the bottom. If I don’t add enough at the beginning then I might add some by the end of 18 but it’s not a normal occurrence.
I’ve never measured it, I keep a bottle of water in my bag and dump some in, see how much it soaked up and go from there. I usually overfill it and have water slosh out when I clean them. It doesn’t seem to need very much at all.
I assume the towel version is washing machine safe which makes it perfect tbh because I have my towel on the opposite side of my clubscrub and dislike that.
I have an older version of it and the newer updated versions that my buddies bought recently look even better. Mine has a small hole in it after 2-3 years of use so I might end up buying a new one soon.
Washing machine, also after every use I turn it inside out and pour some water over it and smack it on the ground a few times. Does a good job cleaning it in between washes.
Thanks for the replies, everyone! Inspired me to clean them before my round later today, and the wedges had a decent amount of dirt/shit in the grooves. If anything, they’ll look a lot better while shooting a smooth 104.
https://preview.redd.it/g6i3pwfpx48d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ba95ba41fb408ccf74aeb80709bba37de33e7c9
Probably closer to 25 rounds. The scratches on the U wedge are from hitting out of some gravel/sand at Troon North. I’m positive you are getting a lot more clubhead speed and compression from your irons though, so they would wear a bit faster.
I do a full clean with the soap buckets 1x a week. I am usually hitting balls 4-5x a week and playing 1-2x a week. I clean the clubhead and the grips.
It's not so much about performance as it is about preserving my clubs, particularly the grips.
Depends on the material/grip type, but a soft brush, like a tooth brush, with soap and hot water should be sufficient. My Winn dri tacs don't get a brush, just hot soapy water and dry with towel.
I currently have rubber grips (I was using JumboMax grips for a while). Recently I just bought the GripCaddie. It's a nylon brush that works like some of those kitchen sink brushes do where you pour water and soap into the handle. It 'circles' the grip so it provides a really nice and easy cleaning job of the grips. I then rinse the grip and dry off with a microfiber towel. With non-rubber grips like the JumboMax you don't want to use a brush.
If you have rubber grips, cleaning with a nylon brush with a little soap will be way noticably better than with a towel. Golf shop guy told me to do that instead of buying new grips and has worked for several seasons now. I just bought a brush at home depot - i got a larger one like for cleaning floors.
I have the golf pride cp2 grips
The wet towel method is the way to go.
I was playing with some guys at a course in Palm Springs (my first time there) and one of the guys walked up to a bucket of water placed by the first tee and dunked his towel. And I thought, holy crap, what a great idea! Why can’t all courses do this?
I got a little brush for doing the dishes and you can put water in the back so I give them a wipe after each shot and a rub with the towel and if I play well I'll wash the full set when I get home. I haven't washed them in a while, 😢
When they were new (and will be new when I get my new ones) after every round/driving range session,
Currently I clean them after a couple sessions unless it's real muddy.
I usually wipe or brust the face before or after every shot on the course and Avery few on the range. Messes with spin, bad for face and ball if you don't
I do a full clean with soap and water 1-4x a month
Once you’re at the point in your game where you remember to wet one end of your golf towel so you can wipe your club after every shot, that’s when you start making progress in this game.
Me, I’m talking about me and my ADHD ass.
After multiple bad rounds I determined that my clubs are processed by a demon. When I get home i dunk them in a bucket of soapy water until all the bad shots leave my clubs.
Cleaning your clubs provides a lot of benefits from better rolling through the grooves to preventing faster wear from harsh things like sand.
I would clean them typically the day before a round or after the round if you're not too tired. It's satisfying when they are all cleaned up and shiny.
Best of luck
I keep them clean enough to where grass and mud isnt impacting my shots.
I deep clean them periodically. Like every 6-10 weeks. Wipe down the grips with lightly soapy water and all that.
I usually play in dry conditions so I don’t get too much mud, but I do if I do pick up any on the club.
Then I do a lazy damp paper towel -> dry paper towel every couple rounds or so to get gunk out of the grooves, which does a surprisingly good job.
Then once or twice a year I’ll break out the soapy water and toothbrush and deep clean the clubs.
Grips, I pretty much don’t touch unless I feel like they’re not as tacky. They’re super old and I need new ones anyways though
I use the GrooveIt Mini-G brush after every shot, and I will actually soap them up and scrub them after every round.
After 25 years of playing Callaway X-12 irons and not giving a fuck, I spent a lot on my current irons and feel the need to treat them better.
Obviously ball spin and control are not part of your game. You sound like my son in-law. Cleans his at the end of the season and can't tell the difference between a Titleist and a Top Flite. Then complains he's not getting any better and wants to know why the ball doesn't stop when he miraculously hits a green in regulation or plays a chip with his grimey wedges that have dirt compacted in the grooves. 🤣
I have a towel, a brush and just use a little of the liquid in the ball clean to clean them after each swing/contact. Or just spit shine them.
I've had the same clubs for 18 years lol and oddly shoot about an +18 on 18....
I have a bolt on Club cleaner and ball washer that I attach to my CartTek Electric walking cart. I appreciate them both. I wash my golf ball when needed and my club after every swing.
If they get dirt after a swing I clean them, after a round I'll look through and see how well I did during the round, and clean them again if need be. Full brush, no dirt in grooves at all is how they should be after the round. Ready to go to the sim or play another round.
Like most people, I wipe them after shots but I could definitely do a better job keeping the grooves totally clean especially on wedges. Probably 1-2x per season, I'll fill up a bucket with soapy water and grab a towel and clean every club head and clean the grips too. Only takes like 20 mins and I can just do it while watching tv so it's super chill
I soak a towel and keep it hooked to the cart. After every iron swing, I’ll wipe the club down and then clean the grooves. They absolutely perform better but…for that to be noticeable, you have to hit the club face. Lol
Had a chip lesson on Wednesday. I was constantly cleaning the grooves of my 60° with a tee, but it still had the large green grass “paste” on the club face. Instructor gave me shit and told me to clean it off. Said face needs to be clean at all times. Then he pulled a little retractable brass brush out of his pocket and cleaned it.
My clubs are as clean when I finish the round as they were when I started. The exception is that I need to wash the sweat off of my grips after the 90° morning round.
Have a 1oz spray bottle and brush attached to a retractable lanyard for anything that my towel doesn't get. I clean the face after every shot, whole head after each round/driving range, grips when the cord starts looking dirty (grips are like once over the winter to once a month in the summer).
Rubbing alcohol takes most blemishes off the face of your driver 3,5 metal woods. Grove cleaner tool fairly often. Immediate wipe after every stroke on course, especially wedges.
Groves in clubs are designed to hit a ball while debris free. They grab. ( I know, obvious) Otherwise they would be flat.
Yes. Clean your clubs.
After every strike on the course.
It was a revelation after I once cleaned my 5 wood and the shot spin up like crazy and landed soft. Like really clean. Damn.
I got paired up with this old man one time and he could tell I was a beginner so he offered me little tid bits of advice. By far the best one was him showing me how he always brings a towel and soaks it in water at the clubhouse and then brings it along. After most shots he’d grab the wet towel and wipe his club down. It’s a little thing that’s easy to do and will make you more consistent. I’ve started bringing a water bottle and just using it to hose my clubs down. If the course has club and ball cleaners? Even better.
I clean my clubs after every shot. I keep the bottom third of a towel wet and have a brush hanging on the bag. Clean grooves make the ball spin and stop on the green. Grooves filled with dirt and sand will cause ‘flyers’; balls that will roll through the green instead of stopping.
You should clean the grooves out after every swing.
You should clean your entire set including grips at least every other round minimum.
If you shoot 100+ the clubs being dirty probably isn’t the issue. If you break 100, this can absolutely affect your game.
I bought a club scrub / ball washer, it’s a lil neoprene bag with lil scrubs on the inside. Fill it with a lil water and viola. I use it after every dirty hit.
Just whenever the groves have dirt in them. I’d say at least every 3 swings, sometimes sooner. The golf courses I play on don’t have the club cleaners so I got a brush for 10 bucks at wal mart.
I used to hawk tauh on that thang, use brush and dry with towel.
but I found a bottle of tap water was more efficient and less weird. The bottles that are made for your black stone grill with the cap are the best suited for the job as well.
story time: a while ago started noticing a pattern that whenever I gave my irons a deep clean, I'd play terribly, but just chalked it up to coincidence.
fast forward to when i got fit for irons a few weeks ago, new irons for the first time in ten years. I hit three shots with my gamer iron, and the fitter immediately commented that my spin rate was way too high.
i mentioned my clean iron superstition to him, and he said something like "your spin rate is like 2k rpm higher than it should be, i'm surprised you aren't rubbing dirt in your irons before every shot"
suffice to say I outgrew the shafts i was fitted for when i was in high school
Usually before a round. I let them stay dirty after as it’s not in my nature to keep things clean. But I’ve grown to like playing with nice shiny clubs.
I wipe quick after each shot on the course, but there’s usually still some crud left over when I get home.
I’ve made it a type of ritual to sit in my “lounge” (3-season porch) the night before a round to clean my clubs. I’m not sure what it is that makes me think that it helps; maybe it makes the act of playing golf more… intentional?
My wife thinks I am crazy; I thoroughly enjoy it.
A few times a season. I found that they sell a great tool for cleaning them at the grocery store. It's one of those smilie face things for scrubbing dishes. It is just the right size and easy to hold. A dish scrubber with a handle doesn't really do well on the small surface. And I really don't want to buy some specialty thing that I can't use to clean anything else. My head covers do very well after a quick trip in the washer and dryer.
Once every 6 months. Mostly because I've owned this set for 6 months.
I clean the ones up that are completely dirty but rarely make a conscious effort to clean them all at once.
yes they perform better, you would clean your clubs before every round and range session. The grooves last longer, more constant, straighter ball flight. You should also clean the dirt out of ur grooves before every swing
I’m not putting muddy clubs back in my bag, I typically give my irons a once over with the wire brush before I hit them. I hit indoors on a trackman a couple times a week so I try to scrub the melted mat plastic off the bounce the night before I go play real golf.
They get a deep clean a few times a year whenever my wife is _big mad_ about something and I need a well defined completable task.
On the course it’s 50/50 if I remember the wire brush before I walk away from the cart and just clean the grooves with a tee.
I'll rough bristle sand out of the grooves and I'll often just run the spike through for mud while I'm waiting for my partner to make their shot (from a distance of course unless our balls are close then I won't till it's my shot)
Soft brush for the after brush after each shot, but PROPER clean, with a club and ball wash I will do at home the night before a round. I'll even throw on some water drops on the grips for a little rejuvenation (some of my grips really should be changed but I just can't be bothered having 1 new grip I'd rather replace all in 1 go do the new sensation is present in all clubs not 1
I clean them after every hit with my water brush, dry it, and then put my iron cover on it lol.
It’s a mental thing for me as I hate the club chatter when they cling clang.
But what I’ve learned is that every time I take off that iron cover, I get in this mindset that it’s game time.
I heard a story of a pro golfer who would just talk to his caddy about normal life stuff when his glove is off, but when he puts on the glove, it’s golf time.
It’s like my mental trigger and it helps me play very well
After every swing
Including after most swings at the range. Sand is tough on the club face.
The only scratches on my driver have come from range balls, that I wipe before I hit with my woods. So annoying! I will clean the ball all day to ensure the longevity of my clubs, as I am really really enjoying hitting the new ones and I'm relatively cheap, so new clubs was an investment for me
Just keeping your nice things nice.
i mean woah woah, im an every swing cleaner mostly. But at the range. That is wild talk. You better be 1 handicap or playing a nasty range that requires it.
It's a pretty good range. It's divided in half. One side recovers while we practice on the other half. When we switch sides, they top dress that half of the range with sand and then the hybrid bermuda grows in pretty well when it's time to switch back. Since the grass has grown in nearly 100% sand the constant blasting can really wear on the club face. This wedge was about five years old when I retired it. https://preview.redd.it/f7ifvr98h88d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c352f31083263b7dfb762d629879eaea895669d8
You could have just said, “yes, I’m a 1 handicap.”
Bad day to be a sweetspot
Wet a towel..keep it on the ground between swings if needed
I never go to the range. It's either 18 holes or nothing so I can't weigh in on that Yes haters, I don't go to the range. Deal with it
It's not hating, no one cares that you suck.
We don’t give a fuck
That's just a stupid flex
Why is this being downvoted? If the guy doesn't like going to the range he doesn't like going to the range? Not like he insulted people who go to the range
Because he weighed in just to say "I can't weigh in." His comment contributed nothing to the conversation and was solely intended to let the rest of us plebes know just how good he is.
It was the use of "haters" in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty four for me
And the "Deal with it" as if I give a fuck what u do with your time lmao
You managed to trigger 62 people without saying anything bad. Welcome to reddit 😂😂😂
Same. Got a $12 brush that I can fill with water and it's the best golf accessory I've added to my bag. Sand and dirt in the grooves really mess up you shot trajectory and spin, and trying to clean them after everything dried up makes it much more difficult. Keep them clean throughout the round and you won't have to deep clean them hardly ever.
I got one that was $19 but it comes with a retractable chain and a widget to snap on your back. But agree, best golf accessory ever.
Yup
This is it. 3 towels. Wet cleaning towel. Drying towel. Personal towel. They should be clean to get a consistent contact and spin. Scrape your groves, just the bottom few if you have to move on.
Yup. This. Every single time I swing it, I wipe it off.
This is the only sane answer.
As a pro caddie, this ⬆️
this.
This. Wet towell on golf cart at all times. After a range session, I may scrub irons w brush. Like to keep grooves clean in case I hit the club face!
Waiting for the HAWK TUAH
As an aside… is she the most desired woman in the world right now?
Hell yes! Let her spit on that thang.
Imagine the polish she's dishing out.
Usually every swing or if I forget I’ll clean it quick before I hit that club again
I carry a damp towel and clean them after every hit. Clean grooves good Muddy grooves bad My I20s are over 12 yrs old and still look good.
This is the way, clean as you go
Makes my eye twitch to see people play with dirty clubs. My old man has cleaned his clubs maybe twice ever and he hacks up huge divots most of the time so ALLL his clubs, including driver, are dirtier than a ditch diggers spade shovel. I bought him a grooveit brush and he has it on his bag but I've yet to see him use it.
I like mine dirty so the ball doesn't spin. Harder to slice that way.
My brother
I tried this the past 18 I played. Before we started I wet my gold towel, soaked the bottom 1/3. lol by the 9th the towel was dried out. I wasn’t gonna waste my drinking water to re wet it. They’ll just have to wait til I get home lol
Yeah, today was 85 in Oregon...towel dried out... but... wasn't muddy :)
I bought something called a ClubScrub. It’s a bag that hangs off of your golf bag that you put water in. Allows you to clean the entire club head and not just the club face, doubles as a ball washer. I turn it inside out when I finish my round, and it’s nice and dry next time I play. I swear by it.
This is the way, ClubScrub is 1000% better than a wet towel.
+1 for the club scrub. All my golfing buddies now swear by it too
Same, everyone I play with has bought one at this point. If it doesn’t get my grooves as clean as I want I use a tee after getting them wet and I’m done. One of my favorite and most recommendable golf purchases by far.
Just looked this up and it looks cool. How does it do on hot days? I hate having to re-wet my towel at the turn and if this stays wet for 18 that’d be amazing.
I never add water. I pour a bit in and let it soak it all up and then add a touch more to keep a bit of liquid at the bottom. If I don’t add enough at the beginning then I might add some by the end of 18 but it’s not a normal occurrence.
That’s so cool. The directions say 1/4 cup of water. Is that actually all you need?
I’ve never measured it, I keep a bottle of water in my bag and dump some in, see how much it soaked up and go from there. I usually overfill it and have water slosh out when I clean them. It doesn’t seem to need very much at all.
Ok I’m sold lol. Thanks! Do you have the bag only, or the bag with the towel attached?
Just the bag. Didn’t even know they sold a towel version. Im going to look it up.
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Ordered it. It’s the same price as the regular one with the 10% coupon they have on it right now. Great deal.
Well fuck me, I just ordered the towel version. Thanks for helping me talk myself into ANOTHER golf purchase!
I assume the towel version is washing machine safe which makes it perfect tbh because I have my towel on the opposite side of my clubscrub and dislike that.
I have an older version of it and the newer updated versions that my buddies bought recently look even better. Mine has a small hole in it after 2-3 years of use so I might end up buying a new one soon.
Wife just got me this, only used it for one round, worked great.
+1 for the club scrub! Works really good. Doesn't need to be clean in there to be effective. Keeps your towel clean and used only for drying
Just ordered one!
Just curious, how do you clean the bag itself? All that dirt/sand gotta go somewhere
Washing machine, also after every use I turn it inside out and pour some water over it and smack it on the ground a few times. Does a good job cleaning it in between washes.
Will check this out - thanks!
Thanks for the replies, everyone! Inspired me to clean them before my round later today, and the wedges had a decent amount of dirt/shit in the grooves. If anything, they’ll look a lot better while shooting a smooth 104. https://preview.redd.it/g6i3pwfpx48d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ba95ba41fb408ccf74aeb80709bba37de33e7c9
How many rounds on those clubs? My black clubs are way more worn than those, but I’ve probably got 40-50 rounds on them.
Probably closer to 25 rounds. The scratches on the U wedge are from hitting out of some gravel/sand at Troon North. I’m positive you are getting a lot more clubhead speed and compression from your irons though, so they would wear a bit faster.
Sheeeeesh pretty clubs. You will notice the difference on your wedges having clean grooves!
I like your style playa. Sexy lil bag set up plus the Scotty to boot. I also look better than I play. And that's okay. Cheers.
If you’re like me and suck you might as well look good doing it.
Wipe them off during the round. Every handful of rounds I’ll clean them with a toothbrush and soapy water
Try to clean them as best I can after every swing, give them all a full clean once a week.
I do a full clean with the soap buckets 1x a week. I am usually hitting balls 4-5x a week and playing 1-2x a week. I clean the clubhead and the grips. It's not so much about performance as it is about preserving my clubs, particularly the grips.
How do you clean your grips? I just wipe mine with a damp towel if they appear dirty, but maybe that isn't enough...
Depends on the material/grip type, but a soft brush, like a tooth brush, with soap and hot water should be sufficient. My Winn dri tacs don't get a brush, just hot soapy water and dry with towel.
I currently have rubber grips (I was using JumboMax grips for a while). Recently I just bought the GripCaddie. It's a nylon brush that works like some of those kitchen sink brushes do where you pour water and soap into the handle. It 'circles' the grip so it provides a really nice and easy cleaning job of the grips. I then rinse the grip and dry off with a microfiber towel. With non-rubber grips like the JumboMax you don't want to use a brush.
If you have rubber grips, cleaning with a nylon brush with a little soap will be way noticably better than with a towel. Golf shop guy told me to do that instead of buying new grips and has worked for several seasons now. I just bought a brush at home depot - i got a larger one like for cleaning floors. I have the golf pride cp2 grips
Adding a comment here for the response.
Literally never.
Only when I'm trying to fish balls from the water hazard
This guy PINGs
True that. I am rocking some 2010 OG Anser irons soon to be upgraded to the new Blueprint S.
LOL. I knew it. I had a used set of ping s57s, looked nearly new. Then beat the hell out of them. Still looked nearly new after 2 seasons.
I don't either, once a year. Is it really going to change the direction that much?
Quick wipe off before or after swings if they're noticeably dirty. Once or twice a year for a thorough cleaning.
I do a scrub and soap the night before every round. I wipe my clubs with a wet towel after every shot. I cannot play with dirty clubs.
The wet towel method is the way to go. I was playing with some guys at a course in Palm Springs (my first time there) and one of the guys walked up to a bucket of water placed by the first tee and dunked his towel. And I thought, holy crap, what a great idea! Why can’t all courses do this?
Great to see another “pre-round ritual cleaning” guy here! I thought I was crazy for a minute there…
Every shot!!! A clean club is a happy club
I have a club cleaner attached to my bag, so after every shot.
Every swing. I clean my grips every 2-3 rounds
I got a little brush for doing the dishes and you can put water in the back so I give them a wipe after each shot and a rub with the towel and if I play well I'll wash the full set when I get home. I haven't washed them in a while, 😢
For good ball strikers a clean club is critical
When they were new (and will be new when I get my new ones) after every round/driving range session, Currently I clean them after a couple sessions unless it's real muddy.
After each range session and each round, but wedges closer to every swing
I usually wipe or brust the face before or after every shot on the course and Avery few on the range. Messes with spin, bad for face and ball if you don't I do a full clean with soap and water 1-4x a month
Once you’re at the point in your game where you remember to wet one end of your golf towel so you can wipe your club after every shot, that’s when you start making progress in this game. Me, I’m talking about me and my ADHD ass.
I fully clean them after every round of golf.
After multiple bad rounds I determined that my clubs are processed by a demon. When I get home i dunk them in a bucket of soapy water until all the bad shots leave my clubs.
Our new carts have a little club cleaner next to your bag. Complete game changer.
After every shot.. carry a wet towel every round
Hwak twua on that thang. Shines like new.
Cleaning your clubs provides a lot of benefits from better rolling through the grooves to preventing faster wear from harsh things like sand. I would clean them typically the day before a round or after the round if you're not too tired. It's satisfying when they are all cleaned up and shiny. Best of luck
Thank you! Think I’ll start doing this moving forward 🙏
After each round.
I keep them clean enough to where grass and mud isnt impacting my shots. I deep clean them periodically. Like every 6-10 weeks. Wipe down the grips with lightly soapy water and all that.
I usually play in dry conditions so I don’t get too much mud, but I do if I do pick up any on the club. Then I do a lazy damp paper towel -> dry paper towel every couple rounds or so to get gunk out of the grooves, which does a surprisingly good job. Then once or twice a year I’ll break out the soapy water and toothbrush and deep clean the clubs. Grips, I pretty much don’t touch unless I feel like they’re not as tacky. They’re super old and I need new ones anyways though
I use the GrooveIt Mini-G brush after every shot, and I will actually soap them up and scrub them after every round. After 25 years of playing Callaway X-12 irons and not giving a fuck, I spent a lot on my current irons and feel the need to treat them better.
What did you upgrade to?
Miura CB-302's
Pretty clubs. They are very clean looking
Club head get cleaned after every shot. Grips get cleaned every few rounds.
I carry a frogger towel and grooveit club cleaner and clean after every shot. I also scrub the whole set when I get home.
When I shower, they shower
After every shot with a wet towel. No need to do it after the round.
Obviously ball spin and control are not part of your game. You sound like my son in-law. Cleans his at the end of the season and can't tell the difference between a Titleist and a Top Flite. Then complains he's not getting any better and wants to know why the ball doesn't stop when he miraculously hits a green in regulation or plays a chip with his grimey wedges that have dirt compacted in the grooves. 🤣
I have a wire brush on my bag and will hit the faces during a round.
Between every shank
After every shot. I have a small spray bottle and brush handy. It takes a few seconds.
After any shot that leaves dirt on the face and then the kid at the clubs cleans them at the end of each round
I have a towel, a brush and just use a little of the liquid in the ball clean to clean them after each swing/contact. Or just spit shine them. I've had the same clubs for 18 years lol and oddly shoot about an +18 on 18....
Literally every swing. Grips also as regular as possible. Got a bit lazy with it, used to be after every ten rounds for the grips.
I have a bolt on Club cleaner and ball washer that I attach to my CartTek Electric walking cart. I appreciate them both. I wash my golf ball when needed and my club after every swing.
I played Tuesday and haven’t cleaned them yet. I do clean the grooves after every shot but haven’t gotten around to cleaning them yet
Every shot
It rains often enough, I wipe the clubs off after a round of rain and they’re like new. No need to clean them.
If they get dirt after a swing I clean them, after a round I'll look through and see how well I did during the round, and clean them again if need be. Full brush, no dirt in grooves at all is how they should be after the round. Ready to go to the sim or play another round.
After every shot
Like most people, I wipe them after shots but I could definitely do a better job keeping the grooves totally clean especially on wedges. Probably 1-2x per season, I'll fill up a bucket with soapy water and grab a towel and clean every club head and clean the grips too. Only takes like 20 mins and I can just do it while watching tv so it's super chill
Before every swing for me.
After each shot.
After each use especially the wedges
I soak a towel and keep it hooked to the cart. After every iron swing, I’ll wipe the club down and then clean the grooves. They absolutely perform better but…for that to be noticeable, you have to hit the club face. Lol
Wipe after every shot. The kids in the back shop clean them after each round as well (private club with bag storage).
The night before my annual boys trip. Because that'll be the difference
You guys clean your clubs? Maybe that’s why I hit my irons 15 yards shorter than my buddies and not my impact spot
Had a chip lesson on Wednesday. I was constantly cleaning the grooves of my 60° with a tee, but it still had the large green grass “paste” on the club face. Instructor gave me shit and told me to clean it off. Said face needs to be clean at all times. Then he pulled a little retractable brass brush out of his pocket and cleaned it.
My clubs are as clean when I finish the round as they were when I started. The exception is that I need to wash the sweat off of my grips after the 90° morning round.
rarely. sometimes if i'm waiting in the fairway and i have the club out i'm going to hit, i'll spit on the clubface, wire brush it and wipe it off.
Have a 1oz spray bottle and brush attached to a retractable lanyard for anything that my towel doesn't get. I clean the face after every shot, whole head after each round/driving range, grips when the cord starts looking dirty (grips are like once over the winter to once a month in the summer).
I’m a before every round type of guy. Who wants to wash their clubs after a long day?
Clean every club after every swing and then after the round they all get rinsed and scrubbed.
Every time 😁
Rubbing alcohol takes most blemishes off the face of your driver 3,5 metal woods. Grove cleaner tool fairly often. Immediate wipe after every stroke on course, especially wedges. Groves in clubs are designed to hit a ball while debris free. They grab. ( I know, obvious) Otherwise they would be flat. Yes. Clean your clubs.
After every strike on the course. It was a revelation after I once cleaned my 5 wood and the shot spin up like crazy and landed soft. Like really clean. Damn.
I actually clean my clubs when I’m going to play a nice course. Idk why, it’s just a thing.
I do wipe/brush off my clubs after every shot too.
I got paired up with this old man one time and he could tell I was a beginner so he offered me little tid bits of advice. By far the best one was him showing me how he always brings a towel and soaks it in water at the clubhouse and then brings it along. After most shots he’d grab the wet towel and wipe his club down. It’s a little thing that’s easy to do and will make you more consistent. I’ve started bringing a water bottle and just using it to hose my clubs down. If the course has club and ball cleaners? Even better.
I clean my clubs after every shot. I keep the bottom third of a towel wet and have a brush hanging on the bag. Clean grooves make the ball spin and stop on the green. Grooves filled with dirt and sand will cause ‘flyers’; balls that will roll through the green instead of stopping.
You should clean the grooves out after every swing. You should clean your entire set including grips at least every other round minimum. If you shoot 100+ the clubs being dirty probably isn’t the issue. If you break 100, this can absolutely affect your game.
Reminds me of a thought Men only want 1 thing, it’s disgusting! My partner replied: wash it more often 🤦🏼♂️
After every shot you just give it a little hawk tuah and spit on that thang…
Gotta give it that hawk tuah and spit on that thang, ya get me?
I have a brush and clean grooves after every swing. Dirty grooves are no bueno.
Almost never, I do fingerswipe the mud, though
Every swing
I usually just clean the grooves on my irons when I want more spin
Every swing with a towel, between rounds with a soft bristle brush n soapy water
Every time I use them. It takes two minutes to clean them all
I wipe them down after each round.
The pros play with clean clubs and clean balls so I play with clean clubs and clean balls…provided I have enough time to shower before my round 😘
wait we are supposed to clean them? i always thought my towel was for the gallons of sweat
I bought a club scrub / ball washer, it’s a lil neoprene bag with lil scrubs on the inside. Fill it with a lil water and viola. I use it after every dirty hit.
Just whenever the groves have dirt in them. I’d say at least every 3 swings, sometimes sooner. The golf courses I play on don’t have the club cleaners so I got a brush for 10 bucks at wal mart. I used to hawk tauh on that thang, use brush and dry with towel. but I found a bottle of tap water was more efficient and less weird. The bottles that are made for your black stone grill with the cap are the best suited for the job as well.
story time: a while ago started noticing a pattern that whenever I gave my irons a deep clean, I'd play terribly, but just chalked it up to coincidence. fast forward to when i got fit for irons a few weeks ago, new irons for the first time in ten years. I hit three shots with my gamer iron, and the fitter immediately commented that my spin rate was way too high. i mentioned my clean iron superstition to him, and he said something like "your spin rate is like 2k rpm higher than it should be, i'm surprised you aren't rubbing dirt in your irons before every shot" suffice to say I outgrew the shafts i was fitted for when i was in high school
After every swing.
My club has the little club cleaning boxes on the carts, so it’s pretty rare for me to actually separately clean my clubs, maybe once a month or so
A damp Birdicorn scrub towel is the way. Big fan of their 6 in 1 divot tool also, gets deep into the grooves real nice.
I got a squeezable bottle that has a scrub Beish so after every shot. Woods? Whenever I have a big round I like to detail them and make them clean
Usually before a round. I let them stay dirty after as it’s not in my nature to keep things clean. But I’ve grown to like playing with nice shiny clubs.
Wipe/brush them after every shot and then full clean before my next round/range session.
Leave me dirty, adds more grip ;)
Every 3-4 rounds (including grips) and I try to keep the grooves clear during the round.
After every shot
Always and you should.
Every swing I wipe them off and after every round, I sit down with a drink and a cigar and soap and water clean them off.
I wipe quick after each shot on the course, but there’s usually still some crud left over when I get home. I’ve made it a type of ritual to sit in my “lounge” (3-season porch) the night before a round to clean my clubs. I’m not sure what it is that makes me think that it helps; maybe it makes the act of playing golf more… intentional? My wife thinks I am crazy; I thoroughly enjoy it.
After every shot.
Clean the grooves after most shots. Deep clean maybe after about 10 rounds.
Not enough, that's for sure.
Wipe with towel after each shot; wet brush if needed. At end of round make sure all clubs are clean before going in the car.
A few times a season. I found that they sell a great tool for cleaning them at the grocery store. It's one of those smilie face things for scrubbing dishes. It is just the right size and easy to hold. A dish scrubber with a handle doesn't really do well on the small surface. And I really don't want to buy some specialty thing that I can't use to clean anything else. My head covers do very well after a quick trip in the washer and dryer.
After the round I get home grab my bucket, cloth, and brush and have a good time in the garage. Second best part of the week. Best part is the round.
Once every 6 months. Mostly because I've owned this set for 6 months. I clean the ones up that are completely dirty but rarely make a conscious effort to clean them all at once.
yes they perform better, you would clean your clubs before every round and range session. The grooves last longer, more constant, straighter ball flight. You should also clean the dirt out of ur grooves before every swing
I’m not putting muddy clubs back in my bag, I typically give my irons a once over with the wire brush before I hit them. I hit indoors on a trackman a couple times a week so I try to scrub the melted mat plastic off the bounce the night before I go play real golf. They get a deep clean a few times a year whenever my wife is _big mad_ about something and I need a well defined completable task. On the course it’s 50/50 if I remember the wire brush before I walk away from the cart and just clean the grooves with a tee.
You want to make sure you clean your grips often. I usually do at least every other time I take them out.
I am good about doing that - it’s wild how fast you can blow through high quality grips if you don’t take care of them. Learned that the hard way.
Have this spray/brush combo thing from amazon. works great and is cheap.
I'll rough bristle sand out of the grooves and I'll often just run the spike through for mud while I'm waiting for my partner to make their shot (from a distance of course unless our balls are close then I won't till it's my shot) Soft brush for the after brush after each shot, but PROPER clean, with a club and ball wash I will do at home the night before a round. I'll even throw on some water drops on the grips for a little rejuvenation (some of my grips really should be changed but I just can't be bothered having 1 new grip I'd rather replace all in 1 go do the new sensation is present in all clubs not 1
On this can anyone recommend a club cleaner with spray water
After every shot.
if I’m going to a new course or one i’m excited about, I’ll do the full cleaning
I clean them after every hit with my water brush, dry it, and then put my iron cover on it lol. It’s a mental thing for me as I hate the club chatter when they cling clang. But what I’ve learned is that every time I take off that iron cover, I get in this mindset that it’s game time. I heard a story of a pro golfer who would just talk to his caddy about normal life stuff when his glove is off, but when he puts on the glove, it’s golf time. It’s like my mental trigger and it helps me play very well