How To Choose The Right Golf Grips For Your Game
It’s an overused statement when it comes to golf grips yet still completely accurate: “Your golf grip is your sole connection to the club.” During a recent tour of Golf Pride’s new headquarters in Pinehurst, North Carolina, company president Jamie Ledford made that exact point. He also said that Golf Pride’s ultimate goal was to have golfers view their grips as equipment and not just the material that’s on the end of their clubs.
And that begs an interesting question: Why do golfers, who are so discerning when it comes to the clubs they choose, the balls they play, and the shoes they wear, seemingly care so little about their golf grips? When you really think about it, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. So below, we’ve outlined the things you should be considering when it comes to that part of your bag.
Choosing the right golf grips for your game comes down to three unique categories: size/fitting, feel/type, and performance. We take a deeper dive into each of those categories so that when you’re buying new clubs or contemplating new grips, you can make the right choice, which will help you on the course while also proving to be more cost effective in the long run.
Grip Size/Fitting
While giving a recent tour of Golf Pride’s new fitting studio, Golf Pride president Jamie Ledford admires one of the actual MCC grips used by Jon Rahm in winning the 2021 U.S. Open.
(Image credit: Jake Wickham)
At this point, the reality is that grip fitting isn’t an exact science, although Golf Pride is hoping to change that in the coming years through research and data collection. At present, however, fitting a player for proper sized grips predominantly comes down to hand size, but there are some patterns that can be found for golfers who are playing grips that are too big or too small.
Sara Bryant has been a Development Engineer with Golf Pride since April of 2020 and as part of her role she conducts grip testing and fitting at Golf Pride’s in-house fitting studio in Pinehurst. It’s a process she believes…
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