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Buffalo · 14202 · Lake-effect wedge bay

Camber for turf that cannot decide

Erie sends ice, then a thaw that soaks the apron, then a July bent that plays like pavement. Grind Bay sits a leading edge for the week you actually walk, not the catalog stamp on the sole.

LEADING EDGE CAMBER CROWN TRAIL RELIEF FROZEN / SPONGE / FIRM

Harbor clock

Open when the weekend walks in

Tuesday and Wednesday the wheel is quiet. Thursday through Monday the suite on Main Street runs 10 to 6, because lake-effect golfers play when the plow has finished and the first thaw shows grass.

Three surfaces, one county

Buffalo does not give you one turf

01 · Frozen

Ice under a dusting

January aprons glaze. A fat leading edge chatters and the ball skids. We thin the bite and keep camber so the sole does not hook the crust.

02 · Spongy

Thaw that swallows

March through a wet May the same hole is a sponge. Too little camber and the head dives. We add crown and delay the trail so the face can still exit.

03 · Firm

Bent in high summer

July bent on the Niagara Frontier plays tight. Excess camber skips. We flatten the crown a hair and let the leading edge take a clean, short meal.

“The 56 that lived in Florida sand was a shovel on a January lie at Delaware Park. They recut the camber for ice, then I came back in June and they recut it again.” Len V. · Black Rock

The menu, not the catalog

We do not sell bounce stamps

Catalog letters on a sole were written for a range in a warehouse. Grind Bay maps camber crown, leading-edge height, and trail relief against the surface you named on the form. Sand, tight lie, bunker face, gap, lob, and the last eight feet with a putter each get their own sit.

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From the ledger

A sit has a number before you walk in

Harbor sit starts at $95. Ice pair is $175. Full freeze bag is $285. The desk confirms by email; the form does not lock a slot.

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