Saw this in Golfweek. John
The U.S. Golf Association has reversed its original decision and will allow TaylorMade to sell interchangeable U-groove faces for its TP xFT wedges in 2010.
The new xFT wedges with interchangeable faces will start appearing in golf shops in December. The faces can be changed with a torque wrench that quickly loosens and tightens two screws on the back of the wedges. The interchangeable faces are flat in the front and look like normal wedge faces.
After the USGA informed TaylorMade in October that xFT faces with large U grooves could not be sold in 2010 - although sale of smaller-groove faces was permitted - the company filed a formal appeal.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, all irons and wedges with large U grooves no longer can be made or distributed by golf club manufacturers. However, the big grooves will be widely available in 2010.
TaylorMade based its case on this 2010 availability, arguing that interchangeable wedge faces should be subject to the same deadlines as regular wedges.
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