Using Skinny Grips

Typhoon · 2025-02-12T18:42:53+00:00

How do you guys like your grip size? Have you had your hand measured to see what size you should use? Is there a size you prefer? And most of all is how I...

VigilanteTrail

azgreg lower hand buildup.

I use GP tour velvet Plus4 and Lamkin Crossline Plus for the same reason

Eguller

rsvman2

The Jumbo Max appear to be standard weight according to the chart posted. 🤔

darpar

Eguller
Jumbo Max grips are incredibly light for how big they are.
Just weighed an Ultra Lite @ 42grms...that's less than most standard size grips.
The only downside I've found, they do take up more room in the bag.

rsvman2

Eguller Maybe he also uses a much heavier shaft?

KCee

rsvman2 Bryson says mcs the grips are so heavy, the center of gravity is shifted toward the heel.

This is interesting. I'm not sure why backweighting would shift the CoG of the clubhead, but obviously it shifts the balance of the club.

I have backweights in my irons because I struggle with light clubs. My 8-P don't have backweights because they're heavy enough, but my 5-7 do. After doing that I tend to miss the 5-7 towards the heel whereas the 8-P I will more likely miss towards the toe. Toe misses have always been my specialty. I wonder if that is related to the backweighting. In years past I would use heavier shafts in my set and didn't need any backweights, but with 100g iron shafts I use ~ 10g in 7i, 15g in 6i and 20g in 5i.

Typhoon

KCee Backweights will make the head feel lighter. You’re “tricking” the swingweight scale. I’m hearing people here using 20 grams as a backweight… to me that’s a ton.

So you said you hit lighter clubs poorly…

How about driver shafts? Ping driver heads are a bit heavier than others so their stock Alta shafts are counterbalanced. HZRDUS yellow and blue are also CB shafts. So you hit any of those?

rsvman2

sdandrea1 Velvet

KCee

Typhoon Yes I like CB shafts. I almost always backweight my woods 15-25g depending on the grip weight. I've noticed that if the club is too light for me and not counterbalanced I will start the downswing more with my arms than with my body. Years ago I really struggled with the 4-6 irons. One day I stuck a bolt in as a backweight and found I could hit it so much better.

fatshot

I have big hands and long fingers…..wear a XXL golf glove, so grip size is a constant hassle for me and I’m always looking for a grip that is the right size yet light enough so that it doesn’t eliminate the feel of the clubhead, and also one that doesn’t break the bank!

One year I used Winn Dritacks b/c they were light in weight but I found that I’d go through one of them midway through the season and go to the expense of re-gripping TWICE in one year….and as you know, Winn’s aren’t cheap!

Another year I used Lamkin Crossline Jumbos which are just about perfect in size for me, but weigh about 75-78 grams which is getting kind of heavy. These grips also seem to last FOREVER for me, so that’s a plus! I still have them on my wedges where weight isn’t so much of a problem.

This year I bought a Tacki-Mac bonus pak from Golfworks. Thirteen Tour Wrap Jumbo grips for $35 (less than
$3 bucks per grip!!! It’s a really good feeling “leather-like” grip, maybe a little small under the right hand, so I
added two wraps of tape (maybe should have added 3 or even 4), and they only weigh 67 grams. I hit balls at a
heated range earlier this week and the ball seemed to be going straight, so maybe I’ve found “MY” grip……IIRC,
Tacki-Macs wear like iron……. https://www.golfworks.com/tacki-mac-bonus-pack-grip-kit/p/av0032kit/

azgreg

azgreg Lamkin Crossline midsize with the lower hand built up.

Not that anybody asked but I use a method for this that I got from Howard Jones over at the big hitters forum.
I measure 10" from the butt of the shaft. I wrap a 2.25" length of build-up tape there. On top of that goes a 4.5", 6.75", 9.0" followed by the double sided grip tape. Love the feel.

https://forums.golfwrx.com/topic/1667900-thicker-grips/?tab=comments#comment-22282828

sdandrea1

azgreg

Does that kill all of the taper?

KCee

azgreg I used to do something similar with skinny standard grips. It's a pain doing a whole set that way though. People would try my club and love that feel and then want me to regrip theirs the same way. Of course they only wanted to pay for the cost of the grip.....no thank you.

Typhoon

azgreg 😂😂😂😂 once again, the fuckin Poindexters over there. Waste of time. Just go buy a grip that does it… for an extra $2🙄.

azgreg

sdandrea1 Does that kill all of the taper?

Quite a bit of it.

azgreg

KCee It's a pain doing a whole set that way though.

It is but I like the feel of teh Crosslines better than the Tour Velvets. It helps that teh Crosslines wear so well.

KCee

azgreg They don't have a Crossline "Plus" or reduced taper version? Some reduced taper still taper a bit too much IMO, but less taping is always better. I like the CP2 Pro as is. I like the Sonar Plus too but with 1-2 layers more.

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Typhoon I don't mind some extra tape down below, but I feel you lose some advantage by the grip thinning and it for sure makes the grip firmer.
I have a stash of std grips that sadly will probably never see the light of day.

azgreg

Typhoon
That's how I like it. If you don't like it that then don't do it that way.

Typhoon

KCee Remember those grips a few years back that were basically upside down when you put them on?? I can’t remember the name but I knew a guy that had them.

VigilanteTrail

KCee They don't have a Crossline "Plus" or reduced taper version?

Yes they have them…currently what I am using on my primary bag. But as you mentioned, they still do have a slight taper but not as much as a standard tapered grip.

https://www.golfworks.com/lamkin-crossline-plus-golf-grip/p/lk0199/

The GP Plus4 has less taper than this Crossline Plus though

Eguller

Typhoon Remember those grips a few years back that were basically upside down when you put them on?? I can’t remember the name but I knew a guy that had them.

I have some of those in my collection somewhere. 🙄

KCee

Typhoon yes many years ago actually I think. I tried one and might still have one. It was really small at the top almost like an undersized bat. I didn't care for it much but interesting idea.

Typhoon

[deleted] Yeah, you’re right, as you add layers of tape you stretch the rubber and loose some cushioning. I took my TW’s out of the box today and put them in the bag. I love the TM Tour velvet midsize because they are a smaller midsize. Put the Nike Vapor pros in the box. Man those Tour wrap Nike grips are so skinny.

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