Oregon Golfer
#XBomb
This summer I took a leap of faith and bought a new driver, a Titleist 910D3 9.5*. My previous driver was a Taylormade Supertri 10.5* and it launched too high and had way too much spin. The lower lofted, low-spin 910D3 was my remedy. Only a few weeks after getting it after hitting a drive I was walking off the tee box and stumbled and accidentally dropped my driver. At this course they use actual bricks as the tee markers and the crown of my driver landed on the edge of one of the bricks. The result was a horrible scrape on the top/back section of the crown. It was a very deep scratch that went through the clear coat and all layers of paint, revealing the bare metal of the driver head. I was crushed. My new "baby" was ruined. Although I knew it would probably not affect the performance I couldn't stand to look at it at address, I started searching for a solution.
If you do a Google search for "club refinishing" a few different companies come up that offer this service. After researching a few I decided to go through my local Golfsmith. Here is what they say about the refinishing service:
On August 30th I went to my local Golfsmith to turn in the head of my driver. I approached an employee behind the counter who I knew as the "manager" from my previous visits. When I told her that I wanted to have the head "refinished" she didn't know what I was talking about. I had to have her to go the GS website, bring up the page describing the service to show her that it is a service they offer. She said that she had worked there for several years and had never even heard of this. She called corporate to ask them how to proceed and they instructed her what to do. They say that the service takes 3-4 weeks. It ended up taking a little longer, (36 days), than that but here are the results:
Before:
After:
I was told beforehand that they can't match every OEM's paint exactly. In my case Titleist uses a "metal flake" type paint and they said that they might not be able to match this. They also said that they don't do anything to the face of the club. I was fine with all of this; I just wanted the horrible gouge to go away. I did not realize that not only was the paint scratched but there was also a tiny little dent under the scratch. The only thing that is noticeable after the refinishing is the tiny dent. To notice this you have to run your finger along the area, it's not really noticeable by sight. They also refinished the top line where the face meets the painted crown. I did expect them to refinish the sole also but this appears to be untouched.
Final Thoughts:
This is a great service if you have a sky mark, scratch, or other paint related injury to the crown of your club that you want fixed. I would recommend this to anyone needing this service as long as you understand that the paint may not match exactly and that they only treat the painted crown.
If you do a Google search for "club refinishing" a few different companies come up that offer this service. After researching a few I decided to go through my local Golfsmith. Here is what they say about the refinishing service:
On August 30th I went to my local Golfsmith to turn in the head of my driver. I approached an employee behind the counter who I knew as the "manager" from my previous visits. When I told her that I wanted to have the head "refinished" she didn't know what I was talking about. I had to have her to go the GS website, bring up the page describing the service to show her that it is a service they offer. She said that she had worked there for several years and had never even heard of this. She called corporate to ask them how to proceed and they instructed her what to do. They say that the service takes 3-4 weeks. It ended up taking a little longer, (36 days), than that but here are the results:
Before:
After:
I was told beforehand that they can't match every OEM's paint exactly. In my case Titleist uses a "metal flake" type paint and they said that they might not be able to match this. They also said that they don't do anything to the face of the club. I was fine with all of this; I just wanted the horrible gouge to go away. I did not realize that not only was the paint scratched but there was also a tiny little dent under the scratch. The only thing that is noticeable after the refinishing is the tiny dent. To notice this you have to run your finger along the area, it's not really noticeable by sight. They also refinished the top line where the face meets the painted crown. I did expect them to refinish the sole also but this appears to be untouched.
Final Thoughts:
This is a great service if you have a sky mark, scratch, or other paint related injury to the crown of your club that you want fixed. I would recommend this to anyone needing this service as long as you understand that the paint may not match exactly and that they only treat the painted crown.