Do you guys clean your irons & wedges during a round ?

[Moppy]

I never used to clean them at all until I was taking a lesson with a pro and he said if I wanted to get the ball to check on the green, I had better start. Why buy ProV1s if you are not cleaning your club faces between shots?

[WUTiger]

Our golf carts have club/ball washer combos on the back. If the irons take turf, I wash them after the shot.

I especially want to wipe the clubface it the shot is out of a bunker, or a sandy patch in the FW. I don't want extra grit chafing the ball or the clubface.

I also keep a damp towel for clubfaces that don't need deep cleaning.

 

[Mike Boatright]

Of course the face has to be dry as well.

[TN94z]

I always try to clean mine after each shot. It's so much easier than allowing the dirt and mud to dry in the grooves and trying to clean them later, in my opinion. Not to mention it keeps the grooves open and clean to get maximum bite during the round

[JP golf]

I actually do not clean my clubs every shot.  My wedges, yes.  My long irons and other clubs not really.  Now, I know I should but I don't.  I brush loose dirt off but I don't wipe them with a wet towel and check to make sure the groves are clean.

I used to do like a lot of others.  I would save the towels from the hotel and use for my golf towel (They are perfect!).  I'd wet the end of the towel pretty good so I had damp end and a dry end as a few others have hinted at.

I think I got out of the habit when I started riding in carts all the time.  When I walked I would clean them while I was walking.

[bkuehn1952]

What is the most you would pay for a divot tool?

I have a friend that bought one for $69 but it's pretty high end and he tells me it adds a little something to his green game.

-Tigon Woods

 

Thanks for your participation in this thread.

[Jon Hoover]

It depends on how dirty the club is after impact. I'm not a big divot taker so if its just some grass residue probably not, but I usually check before/after a shot and if the groves are fill with dirt then ya. I have a frogger brush hanging off my bag and a little one I keep in my pocket that has both wire and nylon and its only 2" x 1/2" x 1/2". I used to be pretty nuts with it though and clean the club after every shot and have a dedicated rag towel for cleaning them but most of the time they are clean enough not to warrant that anymore.

[ncarlsongolf]

When I first started caddying....waaaay too long ago to admit, the first thing I was taught was to always carry a full sized bath towel, about a third of which is kept wet. Every club is wiped off after every shot. I've done so ever since.

As you should!  This is the perfect way to do it! There is absolutely zero reason to leave anything on the face of the club.  If you are trying to play a good shot why would you risk having something foreign on the face.

 

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