Patent ID: 7448957

Claim:
A method of making a grip for use on the shaft of a golf club, the method comprising: providing a resilient underlisting sleeve defining an outer surface; providing a first panel portion comprising a polymeric outer layer and a fabric inner layer, said first panel portion defining a cut-out and an inner surface; providing a second panel portion comprising an insert defined by a material having a different characteristic than said first panel portion, said second panel portion defining an inner surface and comprising a polymeric outer layer and a fabric inner layer wherein the steps of providing the first panel portion and the second panel portion with the different characteristic further comprises providing the first panel portion and the second panel portion with a different durometer characteristic; positioning said second panel portion relative said first panel portion such that said first panel portion surrounds said second panel portion on all sides so that said insert abuts the cut-out; providing a first adhesive portion surrounding an outer edge of said insert on all sides and positioned along an inner edge of said cut-out, so that said first adhesive portion secures said first panel portion to said second panel portion so that said inner surface of said first panel portion and said inner surface of said second panel portion cooperate to form an inner surface of a panel; providing a second adhesive portion for securing said inner surface of said panel to the outer surface of said underlisting sleeve; and wrapping said panel around said underlisting sleeve and adhering said inner surface of said panel to the outer surface of said underlisting sleeve such that said first panel portion extends around the periphery of said second panel portion in both the circumferential and longitudinal directions along the surface of the grip and the fabric layer at the periphery of the cut-out abuts the fabric layer at the periphery of the second panel portion.