Grip size is often an under looked part of a custom fitting, but getting it wrong can really affect your performance. After all the grip is your only point of contact with the club throughout your swing.
Equipment expert Hannah Holden met up with Nick Boulton, European fitting manager at Ping. They look at how your hand size affects what grips you should use, how you can tell if your grips are the wrong size and also take a look at just how much grips can affect your ball flight.
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13 Comments
Great info. May need to rethink my grips
If you had arthritis, the jumbo grip suddenly becomes a great option? Of course not. So let's stop using antiquated ideas and get more data on grip sizing and model. It's worked great with putter grips. I think it could benefit the other clubs in the bag as well.
Instead of changing expensive grips why not have 1-2 extra layers of tape?
Use whatever grip feels comfortable for you. I hate this traditional measurements "oh your hands this big or this small so you need this grip" no use what works for you. Fitting and fitters dont give the average golfers a chance to pick a size there just told your hands x size so you need x grip. I use a jumbomax ultralite in medium it's changed my golf swing for the better my hands are much quieter and less tension in my arms. But I wouldn't tell someone they have to use them because it works for my swing and how comfortable I feel. Same way I wouldn't tell someone not to play a skinny grip. Feel what's right for you players.
I used oversized grips and love the way it feels and it makes my hands quieter so I don’t get so flippy at impact.
Good video, insight into how the grip can help you, i have the lower 1/2 of mine with 2 wraps on it. I always do my own grips.
I use jumbo grips on my wedges/short irons and it help me hold the face however open I set it at address and regular sized grips on the rest of my clubs.
How about jumbo max grips? Based on their fitting system tool I would be a medium to large jumbo max grip which is totally different from what ping guide says
I moved up to Winn Grip mid size, because the shock aborption is a little better than the standard grip. (I don't have arthritis, but my hands hurt like hell after a round of golf, and now am experimenting with compression gloves on both hands. ).
i have tried the Jumbo grips and Medium is too big so small or even extra small might do BUT club fitters still need to get the swing weight right fitting new grips many DON'T!
i did buy a 2nd hand shaft for my driver, it came with a very thin grip (felt terrible) but i still hit the ball just as straight as the bigger grips, so i'm confused! will put on a J/Max small.
No mention of how a larger grip effects swing weight. I had Jumbo and couldn't feel the club head, switched back to regular grips and hey presto I can feel the club head again.
Another great video hannah, I switched to midsize grips 2 years ago, it's felt perfect since!⛳⛳
If you use larger grips, the more control you'll have on the clubface. Your hands can't rotate as easily & have less effect on a square clubface. Think DeChambeau. He uses monstrous grips & doesn't have a big wrist set like others do. I can't imagine how he'd be able to control the clubface with normal grips swinging at his speeds. Just as with his putter, his full swing at impact, his arms are straight rather than slightly bent to not straighten until after impact to full extension. That's 1 variable he's gotten rid of in his swing. Wrist set & rollover eliminating face rotation. It's remarkable how great he drives the ball & with accuracy at that speed. If I'd even attempt to swing that hard, I'd dislocate both shoulders & tear my spine in half. No thanks. I prefer making it through the round with my body intact.