Clubs wearing out?

A good clubfitter can help you keep your irons and wedges in shape from year to year. If you hit a lot of balls (especially if you hit off mats) you'll knock the loft and lie of your irons slightly out of whack over the course of a season (faster if your clubs are forged from soft carbon steel). A clubfitter can bend your irons/wedges back to the original specs, and you're good for another 3,000 miles.

And there are places that will refinish and even sharpen the grooves of irons/wedges to give them new life. If you google the name Joe Kwok you should get some good info about the work he does.

Me, I do keep my gamers in line by having the specs checked every season, usually when I get my clubs regripped. But I'm with Erik: I like seeing the wear on my clubs.

And as for wearing clubs out, you're most likely to wear out a sand wedge the fastest, especially if you practice a lot from the sand. But dudes like Tiger and Vijay are the only ones who hit enough balls (and hit the ball consistently well enough) to create a lot of wear on their irons and to notice the difference when it happens.

As a friend of mine who writes for Golf Digest told me, "If I was Tiger I wouldn't worry about wearing out my clubs with day-long practice sessions. I'd worry about wearing out my body parts."

I'll echo what Don said about getting the loft and lie's checked at least once a year, more depending on the amount of rounds you play and where you practice. There are companies out there that will refinish your clubs, look at Mizuno's site for a couple listings. I'm with Jeff though, I'll probably swtich irons for boredom first.

A little off the subject, how is that one I sent you Jeff?