Golfblogger

I am going to start doing my own grips.  I bought the supplies today and I have some grips to get started on. 

I am wondering what folks think of the new Winn PCI grips.  I had wanted to get the PCI Standard grips in copper for my wedges as in the past I like having the wedges in a cord of some type, while I have the standard velvet type (like the factory grips) on everything except perhaps the driver, which I usually have something like a Winn G8.  (Although my newest driver was bought in October, it still has the standard grip).

Anyhow, I think I may like this Winn PCI grip for maybe all my clubs.  Has anyone used it yet?

I really wanted this copper for my wedges, but unfortunately, Golfsmith only had the black model today and with the snow falling I wanted to do grips tomorrow since I won’t be playing.

I haven’t tried that particular grip.  I did try a Winn Harmony synthetic grip.  It felt OK, but the (rubber) grips of my other clubs seemed to abrade it pretty quickly.  That might not have happened if the other grips were synthetics as well.

Well, I installed the PCI Half Cord grips on my wedges.  They feel better than straight cord grips, but still should be firm enough for how I want my wedges.

I then found the Ping Rapture NTS Grip, which is a little softer, and with it’s spiral design, is very easy to grip.  I did my 3wood and Driver last night and went to the range today, and hit for about 40 minutes—I hit very well, and my hands felt really good.

I had started to wonder about the Winn XF Excel grip, which looks like a leather wrap grip, while being synthetic-- it had the comfort I wanted, but the golfsmith guy said that they would break down quickly, and that even getting a little sweaty that they would get slippy.  He said that the Ping NTS grip is getting excellent feedback.  I will probably put this on the rest of my irons and hybrids next week.

By the way, this is so easy to do grips.  I found that I didn’t even really use the golfsmith tape remover-- just rubbing the tape edge to get started I could peel it all in under a minute or so a club.  My one problem was that the base for my vise has to be my band saw and it is not heavy enough.  I will have to clear off a work counter and find a way to fasten the vise there.

Grips are indeed very easy to do—if you’re working with rounds. It gets more complicated when you’re putting on grips with a ridge on the bottom, or the pistol grips for putters. But with some care, even those go pretty quickly.