{"id":1661,"date":"2007-02-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/extras\/rules\/its_official_usga_proposing_groove_club_adjustability_rules"},"modified":"2007-02-28T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2007-02-28T16:52:32","slug":"its_official_usga_proposing_groove_club_adjustability_rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/rules\/its_official_usga_proposing_groove_club_adjustability_rules","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Official: USGA Proposing Groove, Club Adjustability Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/clubs\/grooves.jpg\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Groove Closeup\" \/>The USGA today announced it is proposing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usga.org\/news\/2007\/february\/2007_11.html\" title=\"USGA press release\" class=\"external external_icon\">two new rules changes<\/a>. The first will revise grooves, the second will relax rules on adjustability so clubs can be better fitted to players.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>proposed<\/em> groove revision would require all clubs to be made to this standard after January 1, 2010. However, the USGA will recommend a &#8220;Condition of Competition&#8221; go into effect January 1, 2009 that would allow committees to require newly conforming clubs in events for &#8220;highly skilled players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new adjustability rule would go into effect January 1, 2008. Right now the rule only allows changes in weight. Thus, the new rule would likely make adjusting lofts, lies, or shaft flex possible, just not during a &#8220;stipulated round.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to discuss this, you can do so in the comments of this post, in <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/forum\/\" title=\"The Sand Trap Forum\">our forum<\/a>, or in the comments of this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/columns\/bag_drop\/too_little_too_late_the_usga_revisits_square_grooves\" title=\"USGA Revisits Square Grooves\">Bag Drop on the grooves issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we surmised a couple days ago, the USGA is officially proposing a change to club grooves. If you&#8217;re a &#8220;skilled&#8221; player and play in competitions, say goodbye to your irons and wedges in two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[98,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot_topics","category-rules"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s Official: USGA Proposing Groove, Club Adjustability Rules (Hot Topics, Rules) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/rules\/its_official_usga_proposing_groove_club_adjustability_rules\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"It&#039;s Official: USGA Proposing Groove, Club Adjustability Rules (Hot Topics, Rules) - The Sand Trap .com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"As we surmised a couple days ago, the USGA is officially proposing a change to club grooves. 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