Maintenance writing rather than gear reviews. What wears out, how fast it wears out around here, and how to tell before it costs you shots.
Grips here do not tear, they glaze. A field guide to the three wear patterns that walk through this door every September, what each one says about how you hold the club, and why the visual inspection everybody does is the wrong test.
Read entry 01Twelve months is a manufacturer's convenience, not a wear measurement. How to build an interval from rounds played, range volume, storage conditions and how much you sweat, and why the answer is different for a Saturday golfer than a retiree who plays four times a week.
Read entry 02What our gauge reads when sets come back through the door, split by head construction and by rounds played. Forged carbon steel is the fast mover, and firm summer ground accelerates it in a way most published guidance does not account for.
Read entry 03You do not need a shop to do this. The eight fields worth recording, how to capture them without special tools, and why a golfer who tracks their own equipment gets better answers from every fitter they ever visit.
Read entry 04Epoxy bonds fail slowly and quietly before they fail suddenly and expensively. The four tells that show up first, the two-minute test you can run at home, and what a hot car boot does to a cure that was fine last season.
Read entry 05A structured way to decide whether a wedge is finished or simply filthy. Where wear concentrates, what a groove gauge tells you that your eyes cannot, and the cleaning habit that adds a season to a sand wedge.
Read entry 06An intake inspection puts real numbers on everything described in these entries.