Now you can do a whole set in less than an hour. Slip-on rubber grips, which were introduced in the 1950s, are not only easier to install, but for most people they are easier to play. What many golfers don't realize, though, is how much those rubber grips have evolved. You make a grip that lasts forever, and it has no feel. You make a grip with unbelievable feel, and durability is lost.
Rubber is still the most popular type of grip.
Golf Pride's natural-based rubber Victory grip, introduced more than a quarter century ago, is still the company's best seller. Unfortunately, when the grips become extremely wet, they stay wet for a while. A little more than 10 years ago, PGA Tour player Danny Edwards helped start Royal Grip. It was founded on the concept of an unbuffed grip made with a synthetic rubber compound. The Perf Wrap, still Royal's most popular grip, has a tacky feel impervious to moisture.