Choosing the Right Golf Club Grip
While often overlooked by most amateur golfers, choosing the right golf club grip is vitally important to playing your best golf. The wrong golf grip size can lead to a number of problems including too much tension in your hands and forearms, releasing too quickly through the ball, or not releasing quickly enough.
These problems result in less accurate shots and higher scores. Do yourself a favor and get a grip on your golf game by choosing the right grip for your golf clubs.
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Choosing the Right Golf Grip for You
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Check the size of your current grips. If you are right handed, grip one of your clubs with your left hand, and if left handed, grip your club with your right hand. Look at the two middle fingers of your hand.
If your current grips are the right size, your two middle fingers will be gently touching the palm of your hand. If they are digging into your palm or if there is a gap, you will need a different size grip.
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Go to your favorite golf retailer. Your favorite golf store will have a wide selection of golf grips in various sizes. If your current grips are the correct size for you, great. Go on to step three.
If not, determine the correct size for you by trying different sized grips until you find the one where your two middle fingers are just comfortably touching the palm of your hand.
In some cases you may be between sizes. If you're between sizes, extra tape will need to be wrapped around the shaft of the club before your new grip is installed. Two or three wraps of tape are common in this situation.
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Select the style of grip you prefer. This is purely subjective. There is no right or wrong. Selecting the style of grip comes down to how the grip feels in your hands. For some, aesthetics might also play a role.
There are grips that feel firmer, grips that feel softer, and grips that are somewhere in between. In some styles you even have different color choices. It all comes down to your personal style and what you like.
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Tips & Warnings
Regardless of the grip you choose, you can increase the longevity of your grips by caring for them properly. For rubber type grips, this is a simple matter of washing them with warm sudsy water and a bristle brush about once a month.
For leather grips and simulated leather grips, be sure to follow the care instructions of the manufacturer.
As a general rule, softer grips, especially the "leather like grips," tend to wear out faster than a firmer rubber grip. You may want to steer clear of these if durability is important to you.
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