Patent ID: 7963857

Claim:
A golf club grip system, comprising: a plurality of golf club grips, each of said plurality of golf club grips having an inner layer and an outer wrap, said inner layer forming a substantially cylindrical body having an open end for receipt of a golf club shaft and a cap end, said outer wrap surrounding at least a portion of said inner layer and defining a gripping surface, each of said plurality of golf club grips having a grip diameter prior to installation on a golf club shaft defined by said gripping surface and a grip wall thickness extending radially from an inner surface of said inner layer to said gripping surface, both of said grip diameter and said grip wall thickness measured at a distance of about 158 millimeters from a proximal end of each of said plurality of golf club grips defined by said cap end of each of said plurality of golf club grips, said grip diameter being at least 3.8 times greater than said grip wall thickness and no more than 4.7 times greater than said grip wall thickness; wherein each of said plurality of golf club grips has an elastic deformation under five pounds of vertical compressive force of at least 1.0 millimeter and no more than 2.0 millimeters and an elastic deformation under fifteen pounds of vertical compressive force of at least 1.5 millimeters and no more than 3.0 millimeters.