3 wood grooves

[Davie81]

Noticed on my 917 3 wood that the grooves appear to be chipping. Has anyone else had this? Will it affect the actual grooves and is it worth fixing?

[saevel25]

40 minutes ago, Davie81 said:

Noticed on my 917 3 wood that the grooves appear to be chipping. Has anyone else had this? Will it affect the actual grooves and is it worth fixing?

It's just the paint filler in the grooves. It doesn't have any effect on the performance of the club.

[Club Rat]

3 hours ago, Davie81 said:

is it worth fixing

The grooves can be repainted.
Most likely the paint will continue to flake as it appears the paint did not properly adhere.
It's common for older equipment to have this occur, but rarely with new clubs.
Contact the store which you made the purchase and ask if it would be covered under warranty.
They may simply replace the club.

Otherwise, you could inquire with any company which refurbish clubs and get a price quote.
Shouldn't cost much. The would remove the old paint and prep the club face properly then repaint the grooves.
Or you could try the repair yourself.

[Typhoon92]

I've used "white out" and then used my fingernail to scrape off the excess from the face.  Worked very well actually.

[GrandStranded]

Isn't it amazing, how with all the money OEM's charge us today, you still have to deal with things like this? How many stories have you heard of people placing custom orders on iron sets that cost well over a $1200, and the lofts and or lie angles is still off a couple degrees? They claim it's within the "tolerance level", Huh? It's a CUSTOM ORDER!!! Oh well. Sad part is, with companies going out of business, and less competition, things will only get worse for the consumer. Welcome to the age of the $500 driver, $300 FW, $275 hybrid, and $1000 irons and $160 SW