Golf Grips

swingking

When I was playing with my clubs the last day, I noticed that the grips on my irons have gotten really shiny and quite slippy; time for a change I reckoned. So, a few questions:

1. What grips are better for gripping control: cord or rubber grips

2. What price am I looking at to get them changed for a set of irons 3-PW

3. Where is the best place in dublin that changes grips for best value

4. What affect on my game will bad grips have

Thanks for the replies

css

For me its cord, although they tend to reef the hands off you if you mi**** a shot!

All my clubs are now cord grips except my hybrid and a few wedges, not for any particular reason, just that they have new grips and not much point in changing them. I got my 4 wood regripped with a cord grip for 10 euros at the pro shop.

A lot of it is down to personal preference, for me i now carry a wet weather glove all the time (kind of swede material works great even if saturated!), due to an experience i had in the West coast a few years ago... not gonna happen again!

J.R.HARTLEY

css wrote:

For me its cord, although they tend to reef the hands off you if you mi**** a shot!

ha! it censore mis hit on you again, seriously thats the highlight of my comedy year, how sad am i?

css

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

ha! it censore mis hit on you again, seriously thats the highlight of my comedy year, how sad am i?

You really need to get out and play more golf naturally!! Step away from the computer..... :eek:

okden

swingking wrote:

1. What grips are better for gripping control: cord or rubber grips
2. What price am I looking at to get them changed for a set of irons 3-PW
3. Where is the best place in dublin that changes grips for best value
4. What affect on my game will bad grips have

1. cord,tour wrap.
2. a grip is cheap, rubber 2-3e, cord 4-5e, add 6-10e for fitting one
3. grips are very easy to fit, DIY easy, so easy a few places can do a sloppy job. if you want to be sure go to a quality custom club maker, blackrock , kildare.
4. huge affect, its your only contact with the club, you wouldnt play with woolin gloves, if your grips are very bad its the same thing.


lamkins and golf pride are the 2 big makers.

most common options
materials = cord, rubber, and recently multi-density rubbers.
shapes = standard, or wrap (rubber molded to look like wrapped leather)
feel reminder = none (round) or ribbed (has a thin line of rubber on the inside of the grip which you can feel in left hand, helps you put your hand on the club in the same place every time)
size = most important, always overlooked. small to extra large with an extra wrap of tape used to get a half size in between. generaly you have an ideal size, with 1 wrap larger to help straighten out a hook or one wrap smaller to help straighten out a slice. thats a 3 wrap range with all other sizes being a poor fit, if your way out of your range youll grip it poorly just to control the club and that will mess around with your swing mechanics. so if you have an odd size glove get fitted.

generaly speaking
cord = control
good for rain, sweaty hands, players that dont use a glove.
bad for sensitive hands (some say they hurt), gloves (will wear them away quicker than rubber)
rubber = feel
opposite to cord, less harsh, from softie wrap (like a tennis racket grip) too tackey like some ping putter grips.
multi-rubber = designed for control in left hand, feel in right fingers.

Dman_15

get the thickness right aswell

J.R.HARTLEY

css wrote:

You really need to get out and play more golf naturally!! Step away from the computer..... :eek:

dude i'm playing twice a week, it's just everything other aspect of my life that's pathetic