Grip Thickness???

[Trevor 01]

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on golf club grip Thicknesses?? Do you use normal grips with tapes?? or jumbo grips?? 

Have you changed grips and it helped your game any?? As it's the only thing connecting you with the club. 

[tony@CIC]

As background I use a XL glove and have tried everything from standard grips to midsize and even jumbo - note: I also regrip clubs myself. My experimentation over the past  3 to 4 years has led me to a combination of tape and midsize grip. For all but wedges I use 3 layers of tape + GP's CPX grips. For wedges, I use 3 1/2 layers + GP's MCC+4. The 1/2 layer is at the bottom of the grip and allows a better 'feel' for when I need to choke down on the club. 

[russtopherb]

I vastly prefer mid-sized grips and have been using them for a number of years. I find they help me not keep a death grip on the club and allow for a freer flowing release thanks to less tension in my hands.

[StrokerAce]

like @tony@CIC I've experimented with grips and do my own regripping. I've tried multiple layers of tape, more at the bottom than at the top, etc.

ultimately I landed on midsize for clubs that I swing for distance and standard for those where I want accuracy. (of course I always want both but in golf we don't always get what we want )

[Stuka44]

I've tried to play with all in the past.  Quickly realized regular was not for me with my long fingers.   Then went to jumbo sized for a litle while, and when those needed replaced I tried mid sized.  It was the right feel for me, and have been using exclusively mid sized for the last 20 years.   Automatically have any new club I get re-gripped with  CP-2 mid size.

[CrazyGolfNut]

I have small hands (men's cadet glove ) and used the midsize one season.  Just too large for me so I went back to regular size. 

[JeremyD]

love the topic and input. I've always used regular. Even measuring by online charts (I can't remember where), I lean more towards Regular. Glove size normall is ML, but Red Rooster guys told me to use a Medium. Large palm, short fat fingers. a putter I bought came with a Jumbo grip and I hated it. I guess, I'm must a regular kinda guy

[Dweed]

On 5/25/2023 at 8:19 AM, tony@CIC said:

As background I use a XL glove and  GP's CPX grips. 

I have settled on mid sized. I'm a large cadet glove but  because of arthritis I feel best at this point. Jumbo was just too big. Have started to regrip myself. I have been reading that the GP's CPX grips tend to wear out quickly. Any truth to that folks?

[tony@CIC]

11 minutes ago, Dweed said:

I have settled on mid sized. I'm a large cadet glove but  because of arthritis I feel best at this point. Jumbo was just too big. Have started to regrip myself. I have been reading that the GP's CPX grips tend to wear out quickly. Any truth to that folks?

CPX don’t wear any faster than other GP grips. I could make a case for them feeling grippier longer than my tour velvet or mcc +4. However,  I did have my first one,  about 18 - 24 months ago start deteriorating after a few weeks. I assume they had an initial formulation problem. Since that first one - never had an issue. 

[Fred Mitchell]

I played regular but recently experimented with Golf Pride tour velvet plus 4 in midsize because my hands are starting to hurt some as I get older and I can say I was hoping the midsize wouldnt hurt my game and give me some pain relief and if anything I tend to hold the midsize with a looser grip and they may actually be helping my game. All else fails change a couple of clubs and experiment with them before a full bag grip job.