How to Re-grip a Golf Club

Worn grips can cause your hands to slip, leading to errant shots. The daily golfer should re-grip clubs two to three times a year, whereas the weekend golfer should re-grip clubs once a year.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Golf Shirts
• Double-coated Grip Tape
• Golf Bags
• Golf Balls
• Golf Club Cleaners
• Golf Club Grips
• Golf Clubs
• Golf Gloves
• Golf Hats
• Golf Practice Equipment
• Golf Shoes
• Golf Tees
• Utility Knives
• Golf Balls
• Shaft Vice Clamps
• Vises

1. Pull off the old grip. Use a utility knife to cut it off if necessary. Scrape off tape fragments with your fingers or a utility knife.

2. Put solvent on a rag and clean the shaft where the grip and tape used to be, then let the shaft dry for a minute.

3. Put the middle of the shaft in a vise shaft holder - a special vise adapter that is capable of holding a thin rod like a golf club. These can generally be found wherever vises are sold. Put this adapter, with your club secured inside, into the vise. Tighten the vise for a strong hold.

4. Measure where the new grip will fit: Take the new grip in one hand and hold it alongside the bare shaft of the golf club. Align the butt of the grip with the end of the shaft. With the other hand, make a pencil mark on the shaft where the opposite side of the grip ends ' down toward the head of the club.

5. Strip a piece of double-sided tape from the roll (Scotch tape works fine) and place one end at your pencil mark. Gently smooth down the length as you stick the tape along the shaft to its butt end.

6. Trim the tape off the roll at the shaft's end, then carefully wrap your piece around the shaft, overlapping the tape's width as necessary.

7. Take the new grip (it will be a pliable, rubbery piece of tubing) and plug one end by placing a golf tee in the little hole at its butt. Now, pour some solvent inside the grip. (Window cleaner works well as a solvent.) Its purpose is to take the tackiness off the tape without dissolving it.

8. Place a finger or thumb over the open end of the grip, leave the tee-plug at the bottom, and shake the entire grip. This allows the solvent to spread throughout the interior of the grip.

9. Spray or pour additional solvent onto the taped portion of the shaft.

10. Pull the golf tee out of the end of the grip, then slide the grip onto the shaft, over the tape. The longer you wait, the harder it will be to slide the grip on. If it's hard to slide it on, use more solvent, either inside the grip or on the tape.

11. Remove the club from the vise shaft holder and vise.

12. Hold the club as if you were hitting a shot. Adjust the grip gently so that it's straight on the club, making sure any pattern on the grip is not twisted around the shaft.

13. Work your hands up and down the golf shaft, pressing the grip firmly against the club to seat the adhesive.

14. Let the grip dry for about 10 hours before using.

Tips & Warnings

• When using a utility knife, cut away from your body.
• If solvent gets into mouth or eyes or on skin, flush immediately with water.

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on 1/30/2006 A very good, and easily attainable grip solvent, is lighter fluid. Like the kind for Zippo lighters. It has a slight lubricant that makes it easy to slide the grips on.

on 11/22/2005 If you are removing a grip from a graphite shaft, be careful not to cut into the shaft with the utility knife.