Back in early May of this year I wrote a quick preview of the new Fiz Golf…well, let’s call it cleansing foam for golf clubs and golf balls.  As you may recall, I pointed out that while I’m personally not a big fan of cleaning, and therefore not a fan of cleaning products, I was certainly open to the possibility that there might be a better way to clean my golf clubs than pond water, puddles, and good old fashion spit (as a quick aside, my wife was horrified to learn that on the golf course, spit is a perfectly acceptable cleaning agent).

Enter Fiz.  The company bills their product as a scientific spit shine; portable chemistry that outperforms spit every time.  Granted, it doesn’t take much to outperform spit, but if Fiz can really clean all the dirt, grass, and grime; the stuff that robs you of distance and accuracy, then why shouldn’t I take a look?

The chemistry behind it aside, reviewing Fiz is about as simple as my job gets.  We all know that dirty clubs, and dirty grooves in particular negatively affect your golf game.  The only thing I really need to concern myself with is whether or not Fiz works better than the tools most of us already carry with us (a towel, scrub brush, and of course, a mouth full of saliva).

Fiz Features

I mentioned the cleansing foam itself, but here’s a brief rundown of some of the other cool features of Fiz:

The streamlined Fiz cannister is just slighly shorter in the length than a US dollar (or any other) bill.

Using the built-in clip on the cap, the Fiz canister very easily attaches easily to most any golf bag.

The canister easily detaches from the clip, which means you never actually have to take it off your bag.

The heavy duty plastic bristles on the business end of the Fiz canister are flexible enough to get into the grooves of your clubface where they can push the dirt and grass out.

When it comes to cleaning my clubs I can be a tad remiss in my duties.  Sure, I’ll clean the big chunks of whatever off during a round, but I’m not much for cleaning them in between trips to the links (unless I’m playing a really fancy course next time out).  While probably not the best of maintenance routines for my clubs, it does present an incredible opportunity to put Fiz to the test.

Yes, I could have done a one by one comparison of how well Fiz works on my driver, my fairway woods, hybrids, and irons, but as most of you already know; as important as clean grooves are, nowhere are they more important than on your wedges.

Enter Sandwedge

My sandwedge hasn’t been touched in over a week.  Not only does it still have mud and grass still stuck on the head, it’s also split time between my trunk and my hot garage.  My bottle of Fiz won’t just be trying to remove dirt and grime; it’s going to have to remove baked-on dirt and grime.

As you can see, cleaning really isn't my area of expertise. My 56 degree is in no condition to actually play golf with.

Spritzing with Fiz

Whoa…wasn’t expecting that.  The Fiz flies out of the canister with a little bit of force.  Maybe it’s because it was my first pump, maybe I need to learn the proper pressure.  Whatever it is, I Fiz’d myself pretty good, but regardless, there’s Fiz on my clubhead, so we’re ready to go.

My same 56 degree with a face-full of Fiz. What isn't shown is the cloud of Fiz mist I immersed myself in with my first pump.

Scrubbing Away

I spent about 30 seconds brushing away with the nylon bristles attached to the Fiz canister.  Despite being relatively rigid, the Fiz bristles do an outstanding job of working their way into the grooves and extracting the solid stuff that was packed deep in the grooves.

Ooh shiny. The Fiz foam and cleaning brush chewed through the grime in no time. The only downside is that my club is so clean I can now see a couple of scratches that were previously hidden by stuck-on grass.

Final Thoughts

Fiz cleaner absolutely works as advertised.  In addition to the wedge shown here both myself and my buddy Jon used it on several clubs over the course of a round of golf.  In each case it removed the accumulated gunk with relative easy.  The best part, of course, is that neither one of us had to spit on our clubs.

The one issue I have with Fiz is the force at which it shoots out of the canister.  It seems a bit too pressurized, which results in a fair amount of Fiz missing its mark.  Jon had a fair amount of trouble hitting the clubhead with the spray without having to adjust the stream.  Given his line of work, he should have a fairly steady hand, and to see him struggle made me think a more Fiz-practical design could be implemented.  A simple light pump-action canister might be more efficient, although, admittedly, I’m no scientist.

Clearly I’m nitpicking a bit here.  The Fiz cleaner does exactly what it’s supposed to do - and does it quite well I might add.  Any issues beyond that are relatively insignificant.  With its built-in scrub-brush, and diminutive size, Fiz makes for a highly portable and efficient, on-course cleaning solution.  It’s a bag-on (bag add on) that no meticulous club cleaner should be without.

The Fiz canister holds enough cleaning foam for 350 sprays, or roughly 100 holes.  You can find Fiz on the shelves at your local Edwin Watts store.  You can expect the number of retails to increase over the coming months.  The price for a single canister is $9.99.

Buy a canister now at the FizGolf Ebay Store

Additional information can be found on the Fiz website.

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