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Who needs a brush? Be like the caddies, wet one side of the towel and wipe 'er clean. Or spit a nice gob on your club and wipe it clean with a towel...works everytime...and to answer the question I don't see why it would not be legal...its just a brush, its not making your clubs any different than they were (i.e. longer, changing weight cartridges etc.) just cleaner

Is there some secret in the bristle pattern? Of coarse their legal, every Pro-Shop carries them as do most golfers.

some people let their grooves get caked.

i used to carry a stiff brush like that sometimes when i caddied.

A damp towel and a tee works fine for me on the course.

For at-home cleaning, or for really stubborn dirt a toothbrush works fine.

I can never understand why you would want to scour the face of your new irons with metal bristles!??!!?

I always wonder if people that use these brushes also clean their car with wire wool....

i carry a brush and its really usefull. i use it all the time out on the course, its good to clean your grooves out and jus keep your clubs in good condition

be careful with the wire brush, especially on your sand wedges if they are raw. you'll take away spin.

you guys are wrong about that. The brush even the metal side is softer than the metal used for the clubs so it can't scratch it no matter how hard you press.

Getting back on topic, I was pretty sure that the use of the 'wire brush' wasn't legal for tournament play.

I decided to confirm with the 'Rules of Golf' and came up with this:



In essence, the use of a 'wire' or 'metal' brush to clean the surface of a clubhead could be construed as changing the playing characteristics of said club. I.e., influencing the movement of the ball by 'altering the groves'.

The risk, obviously, is disqualification.

That doesn't sound right. I don't see how a wire brush is going to alter the "playing characteristics" of my irons. It's not as if they are going to be cutting my grooves any deeper, they are just going to get my clubs clean, just like they were on the first tee.

I think that rule is more along the lines of doing cheesy stuff like putting Vasoline on the face of your driver to reduce side spin, etc.

I use one of these but I pulled out the metal bristles and only use the plastic bristles. The metal bristles are a pain because the get bent out of shape and are a pain to your sides if you carry your bag. I'd just rather not deal with them.

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I don't think that rule would apply to this. If you consider a wire brush in this rule, then wouldn't wiping your club with a towel or cleaning the grooves with a tee be considered "foreign" material also? All you're doing is cleaning the club, nothing is changed at all.

You read way to far into this rule. If you went by this, you couldn't clean your club with a towel or anything else as TMgolfer has stated.

I can't believe this is even a discussion as people use brushes to clean their clubs all the time. Seriously people.....

before you use your metal brush, just cut all the bristles in half. they're far too long anyway.

Jonpeterson - I took a dremel to my previous brush (Which I lost at the Palmer Course at La Cantera in San Antonio, TX) and cut off the metal bristles down to the root. One of my customers owns a golf shop and he gave me a replacement.

I told him I was going to cut off the metal bristles and he told me to use a plier and just pull them out. I tried it and sure enough it was fairly easy to pull out. Just use a plier and grab the whole stem and they come right out. Took about 5 seconds to do the whole brush.