From: brash@reg.triumf.ca (BRASH, ED)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Re: Regripping clubs - need advice
Date: 21 Dec 1992 12:46 PST
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In article <1h52ouINNfhn@agate.berkeley.edu>, templin@grayling.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Fred Templin) writes...
>Hello,
> 
>I've got a set of Hogan Edge Irons (2-PW, SW) and Taylor Made Tour
>Preferred Metal Woods (1-3-5). I've had them for about 1.5 yrs and
>have played alot of golf with them, so I feel like it's time to get
>them regripped. (The grips are starting to get a "slick" feeling, too.)
>Since I've never gotten a set of clubs regripped before, here are a
>few questions:
> 
>	- I have large hands (an XL Foot-Joy golf glove is snug on me)
>	  and I sometimes feel that there's "not enough meat" on my
>	  current grips to fit my hands. Should I ask the shop to put
>	  oversized grips on when I get the clubs regripped?

What they acutally do is put a number of layers of grip tape on the
shaft of the club, hence making the overall circumference after the 
grip is put on larger.  Usually most people, even with regular sized
hands, like at least one extra layer of tape put on, so you might
get them to put two extra layers.  Ask whoever is doing it if he/she
has some clubs around that have been built up so you can decide.

> 
>	- My woods and irons have different types of grips on them. The
>	  woods have the type with the "arrow" which allows you to align
>	  your grip properly, while the irons have the stock Hogan grips
>	  with little angle-bracket type marks which point down the shaft.
>	  Should I get the same kind of grips for the woods and irons, or
> 	  should I get different types as they are now?
> 

This would be totally a personal choice.  I have different grips for
historical reasons and it doesn't bother me but my S.O. says it 
bothered her a lot when she started with a mish-mash set that
had different grips.

>	- What are the best types of grips to get?
>

I like the Victory grips by Golf Pride.  These are the ones made of
black rubber with green placement imprints on them.  I have "half-cord"
grips on my irons and "full-cord" on the woods.  These grips have
in addition to the rubber part of the grip some cord "woven" into
the rubber (half-cord have the cord only on the bottom side of the
club). The corded grips last quite a bit longer than just the regular
rubber grips and perform much better as well.

>	- How much should I expect to pay for each club to be regripped?
>

This depends on the type of grips that you get.
The last time I checked it was about $6.00 per club for regular grips
up to about $10.00 per club for full-cord grips.  Usually you get
a deal it you get the whole set done all at once.  Leather grips are
even more expensive, but I have never used them so
I don't know if it is worth it.  These prices are in Canadian dollars.

>Well, thanks in advance for any advice you can give. Merry Christmas to
>all!
> 
>Fred
>-- 
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> 
>	Fred L. Templin
>	(templin@grayling.Berkeley.EDU)
> 
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