[Uzezqelj]

Watch a pro caddy and nine out of ten times you'll see a guy keeping one end of a towel wet and using that to clean his boss's club and then wiping it down with the dry end and placing the club in the bag.

That's all that's needed. And if that's good enough for people who play this game for a living, then it's good enough for me. When I play, I generally carry two towels. I have one attached to the clip on the bag which is for cleaning things and I usually wet it before I set out. The other is a large bath towel which I simply drape over my bag/clubs and that's for me - wiping hands, face, etc.

After a shot, I pick up my bag (I usually walk) and as I'm walking, I am wiping the clubface, cleaning grooves and then I slide the club into the bag and continue on - just as a caddy would.

I clean my grips as needed. Sometimes they get real grimy, real quick, while other times I may go for a few weeks without needing to clean them. If I'm on the course and I have a slick or otherwise dirty grip, a ball washer comes in handy as a source for soapy water and I already have the toweling to complete the job.

Other than that, I don't pay any more attention to my clubs. If a nick is really deep and it interferes with my play, I'll grind it out and add a bit of tape to the back side of the club if necessary to compensate for the weight loss. Sometimes (like once a year), I'll sand out the bottoms of my wedges to smooth any deep scratches and if I'm working on large areas of a club, I'll just spray on some clear lacquer to keep things from rusting.

Like BigV wrote, I don't abuse my clubs, but I don't treat them as precious art either. They're tools and they will get nicked up and to me that's part of the game.



-JP