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By: Martin Roberts Chio Golf Shop

WHY DID THE GROOVES DISAPPEAR FROM GOLF DRIVERS IN THE LATE 1990’s ?????

What a thought!? No grooves on the face of a golf driver? !?!?!

That was the golf industries response when the V Project suggested this to them. The IMG backed golf product accessing project V Project stated clearly that grooves were on little use and a smooth face would give golfers an instant straighter and longer driver. Which eventually the golf industry took on board.

It wasn’t new technology though! Oh no, the rules of golf had it covered in the original rules of the game, the face shall be smooth…..

I learnt the smooth face from caddying for the late great Christy O’connor, who would have his driver revert back to the old rules smooth face by applying araldite into the grooves and sanding the face smooth with emery paper. It kept the ball straighter and lower trajectory in windy weather.

So naturally, heading up the six year V Project I brought that to the table early on.

Sadly the V Project couldn’t protect the change by patent, but it was a nice gift to change golfers games all around the world.

A little more next time of the V Project and how it changed the game of golf.

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