Do your clubs have wear marks?

[Zeph]

Looking at the pictures of (allegedly) Tiger's clubs from the auction, I couldn't help but notice the wear mark on the 8 iron.



I hit the ball all over the clubface, so I don't get any marks, but are they always as low as this? I haven't thought too much about where the ball strikes the club, but is it really this low?

Anyone in here got wear marks on their club and fancy posting a picture? Or maybe even post pictures when you use clubface stickers to see where you hit the ball. Seeing the difference from a high to low handicapper could be interesting. I'll try to do it myself.

[enis750]

that would be called "the sweet spot" and no, not too low
mine don't have a chance to get wear marks like this as i seem to replace my irons every 2 months!!! hahaha!!!

my wedges seems to wear pretty good though.....

[MSchumacher]

I've had my mp57 for a year now and they still look brand new. What do I have to do to get this wear mark?

[WUTiger]

I would suggest that people with single-digit HDCPs sometimes groove in a sweet-spot wear mark.

Double-digit HDCPers tend to have rock marks here and there from hitting lots of shots from the rough and other non-fairway places.

Only hitting shots on the sweet spot would be BORINGGGG... (I guess, i don't know for sure).

[jamo]

My irons are all fairly new so I don't have a lot of wear marks, but if I see my LW soon I'll take a picture of it. It looks fairly similar to Tiger's, just not that small.

[shades9323]

Looking at the pictures of (allegedly) Tiger's clubs from the auction, I couldn't help but notice the wear mark on the 8 iron.

Where do you expect the wear mark to be? If you hit the ball first and take a divot that starts past the ball you really can't have it higher on the face.

I've had my mp57 for a year now and they still look brand new. What do I have to do to get this wear mark?

Hit the same spot of the face thousands of times!

[sean_miller]

I've had my mp57 for a year now and they still look brand new. What do I have to do to get this wear mark?

Hit thousands of balls on the same spot on the face. And not on the course either - at a sand based driving range so a bit of sand gets between the face and the ball on almost every strike. Also you need to hit a lot of 3/4 shots with mostly 1 single iron. You probably mix it up more at the range.

Basically, other than the wear mark version of pe**s envy, why would you want your new MP-57s to look like that? It's worn though the chrome, the copper, and into the raw iron. That iron is worn out.

[Kieran123]

My 52* has a wear mark, but not that concentrated

[rebby]

Not mine but similar wear mark as my old Staffs had. My 695mb's had some pretty major wear marks but due to lots of abuse on indoor mats, they weren't pretty.

[allin]

that would be called "the sweet spot" and no, not too low

I have a less concentrated wear mark, and on a couple of clubs it is a little closer to the toe, if using a game improvement irons would the wear mark be a little higher? I am glad to know low is OK, I thought maybe mine was lower than it should be. I suspect because I use cast clubs my mark is not as distinct,

[kpaulhus]

My 56* is starting to get a little rusty on the sweet spot. It is nowhere near as concentrated as the OP though.

[motteler621]

i usually smash the ball so hard on the sweetspot that it takes about 5 balls to wear out my irons.

[sean_miller]

i usually smash the ball so hard on the sweetspot that it takes about 5 balls to wear out my irons.

With my 150mph swing the ball is completely compressed across the entire club face. That's why to the casual observer it may appear as if I've struck the ball all over the face.

[etlreams]

Yeah.. My clubs have wear marks... But not from hitting the same concentrated sweet spot every time. My only complaint about the AP1s is that they looked 10 years old after 2 months!

[Shanks A Million]

My clubs have these marks on them, but they're closer to the size of a quarter.

[mdl]

Maybe I'll post a pic later (at the office now), but my irons are old and my 8i has a nice wear mark on the sweet spot. It's not quite as concentrated as Tiger's but it's there.

[will54]

Isn't that the set that Tiger says may be his but not the major winning clubs that they are claiming them to be? Apparently he forgot that he gave them away huh even though he says there in his garage.