Mahan Wins With Ping Eye 2 Wedge, Sort Of

I thought this was a pretty interesting twist on the Ping Eye 2 wedge controversy.

According to the article, and discussion on Golf Channel during play on Saturday, Mahan just likes the look and feel of these wedges - so he had the grooves modified so they would conform to the new rule.

You have to like a guy who is willing to go that far to help the Tour during a tough patch, AND his game at the same time.

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That’s great…and very cool that Mahan would have the grooves modified to fit the new rules.

That’s got to really please Ping. Or not.

by Charles Boyer on Mar 1, 2010 2:51 PM EST reply actions

I thought,

and correct me if I’m wrong here, but don’t the grooves go back to the old law suit and conform according to that?…If so, why would any modification be necessary?…are these a different type wedge and groove….man, this is getting more confused than a mother inlaw at Christmas time….As he is a Ping Tour Rep. they could make him any wedges he wants….jist sayin,,,,STUB

by thinker on Mar 1, 2010 3:24 PM EST reply actions

the pre-1990 Ping Eye 2 wedges with the box grooves do not conform with the new groove rule – but they are legal because of the law suit. Technically, there is no need to do anything to the grooves – I just thought it was cool of him to avoid the controversy and have the grooves altered to conform to the new rules.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Mar 1, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions

CG

how did they get altered? were the old grooves small enough to allow the tooling to completely redo them? STUB

by thinker on Mar 1, 2010 3:41 PM EST reply actions

Just a guess, I’m say that Ping did the work and they have all kinds of cool tools and toys to reshape the grooves. I couldn’t begin to tell you how it was done. I have resharpened grooves, but something that technical is beyond me.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Mar 1, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

I see what your saying,

but knowing how persnickety the tour gets on the specs of grooves, space in between, depth, shoulder, radius etc, etc, I wonder how the grooves could have been redone…I guess it would take a Frank Thomas explanation….STUB

by thinker on Mar 2, 2010 1:57 PM EST reply actions

it would be interesting to know. just a WAG, but they keep specs on every club with a serial number. They could have remolded a club with no grooves, then CNC milled conforming grooves.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Mar 2, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions