Patent ID: 8016692

Claim:
A golf club comprising a head, a shaft and a grip attached to the shaft, wherein at least one siping groove is provided in an outer surface of the grip, the outer surface of the grip surrounds a portion of the shaft and extends longitudinally along and circumferentially about the shaft, a depth direction is a direction into the grip from the outer surface and normal to the outer surface; the siping groove extends into the grip from the outer surface, has at least one portion with an orientation that deviates from the depth direction and has at least one other portion, located at a different depth from the at least one portion, with an orientation relative to the depth direction that is different from the orientation of the at least one portion, and a width of the siping groove in a direction aligned with the outer surface is set to be equal to or greater than 0.15 mm and is equal to or smaller than 1.5 mm; and wherein the grip is formed by a mold having (1) a mold body and (2) a groove molding body formed separately from the mold body and fixed to the mold body; and the siping groove is formed by the groove molding body.