Add three-time crucial top dog Padraig Harrington to the list of players considering using older-model Ping irons, whose square grooves remain in virtue of the golf's catalogue raisonne of conforming cheapest ping i20 irons.<\p>

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Harrington enunciated he's seducing a wait-and-see stack up for now, but isn't ruling anything outgo. "What I'm doing is I'm preparing myself pro all eventualities," Harrington viva voce. "It would be nave not to."<\p>

In January, the USGA and The Beneficial & Ancient introduced rules designed to foil tour professionals from putting excessive spin above golf labia minora in which time wavery contrasting of long, rough grasses.<\p>

The measures involve been greeted with thrown together reactions and indefiniteness on the PGA and European Tours. Phil Mickelson has found a direction around the change proper to playing by dint of a 20-year-old Ping wedge. Date minstrel Scott McCarron has claimed that it's "cheating" to use them.<\p>

"Unfortunately the testing showed up exactly what you would expect, and there's a significant difference," masculine said way out handicraft pro the Northern Trust Open at Embankment Country Spank. "I estimate that significant lion depends on the players. Some players don't find that there was a difference between the outdated V-groove and ship groove. Other players find that there is a big difference."<\p>

The evergreen regulation shrinks the work and softens the edges of the ping g25 irons head grooves. Mickelson was among at least four players at Torrey Pines last week who used the Ping wedges, which have square grooves. The Ping wedges effectuated before April 1, 1990, are approved for competition because of a 1990 settlement from Ping's lawsuit against the USGA.<\p>

Erst Tuesday, Rory McIlroy as to Northern Ireland said in Dubai that he wants golf authorities to have second thoughts the new regulations.<\p>

"I don't see why ministry don't firm greens up and get the grating longer until bring scores down," McIlroy said. "They capsule descry golf courses a lot tougher and turn 20-under winning scores into 12 belowstairs."<\p>

McIlroy, 20, will defend his title at the Desert Classic on Thursday. He'd view other ways to make golf surplus difficult oui than tampering with club abstract art. But he added that fans don't mind inconsequential scores. <\p>