Why use midsize golf grips

A golf grip size that is too big will limit what a golfer can do with the club. In other words, there is going to be quite a bit less wrist action with a grip that is too big. When wrist action is limited too much, golfers tend to leave the golf ball out to the right. If you are a player who truly struggles to release the club and turn it over at impact, your golf grip could be too big.

If the golf grip is too big, it can cost a player distance. To gain clubhead speed, you will need to have control and confidence with the golf club in your hand. When your grip is too big, this is too difficult to do. See how you compare to others with your 5 iron distance. If your golf grip is too small, it can lead to a pulled golf shot. Since the hands are going to be too large for the grip, they will have too much action in the swing. Smaller golf grips promote more hands and wrist action.

For a highly skilled player, this is not usually a problem; however, for most golfers, the extra control over the club causes shots to head to the left. In some situations, going to an oversized grip can help you save a few shots off your game. For many players, this is especially apparent with the putter. The oversized grips will give players less wrist action in their swing. There are some good and bad things about being a handsy player.

If your hands are timed correctly, you can do quite a bit to control your golf shots. If your timing is off, things can get ugly. Handsy players tend to have some very low rounds of golf and some very high rounds. If you want to be a more consistent player, the oversized grips will be a better choice.

In addition, the oversized grips can help those golfers that have pain or arthritis in their hands. The oversized grips require less bending of the fingers and can make the club more comfortable to hold. If your golf grips are a wide range of sizes, you need to address this issue. The only club that should have a different grip on it is your putter. If you look at great golfers, you will see that their grips from the Driver to the wedges are all the same. Once you find a golf club grip size and style that works for your game, apply it to all of your golf clubs.

This consistency between the feel of each of your grips will help make the game much more manageable. And yes, it can make a huge difference in how well you swing the handle. The trick is to look at your golf glove.

Medium-sized gloves usually predicate standard size grips, and if you wear a large or extra-large glove, oversized or sometimes jumbo-sized grips may fit you better. In other words, smaller grips can make you handsy and cause you to release the clubhead too quickly.

Also, having grips that are too small make it really easy to hook it. Trust me, I know this one from experience. The opposite might be true with grips that are too big. Joined Dec 3, Messages Reaction score 0. Timely thread as I bought a mid size grip kit for all my clubs. When you guys say "extra wraps," what are you referring to? The grip tape? ShanksaloT Well-known member. I switched from standard to midzise grips as I was fighting a bad hook but would also have a nice draw.

Since switching to mid size I don't really hook the ball and it is much straighter now. I also no longer strangle the club and it feels alot better in my hands.

Tap tap taparoo. I have tiny hands I wear a junior XL glove and normally play undersized grips. I always seem to overcook the ball left. I use a 10 finger grip as well and slightly stronger grip. This offseason I picked up some new irons. Immediately put my undersized grip on the 7i to test it. Hit it on the sim and same miss left. That same day tried a different 7i with a jumbo grip.

Shot pattern was much straighter than my 7i. Later that day I Put an oversize grip on my 7i and went back the next day and hit on the same sim. I also used a test club to ensure the sim was reading consistenty between days.

Test club was spot on. I then hit my 7i with oversized grip and was pretty impressed with the results. Overall I picked up about 6 yds of carry and shot dispersion tightened 4 yds.

Problem is With this cold weather I haven't had a chance to hit the 7i on the range to discern whether or not I should go all in on the larger grips. Need to see some real flights first. I do know that with the larger grip my grip pressure is much less. Interesting to see the responses about hooking with a smaller grip. I've been fighting a driver hook since last summer and I have standard sized grips. I did a number of swings last night and it appears that I'm regripping the club, because on the downswing with my hands in the same position the club face is coming in very closed.

I just did the online measurements with Lamkin and Golf Pride, and both recommended mid size grips for me. I'll bring a driver to Golfsmith and get one put on and see what sort of ballflight I have afterwards. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Joined Sep 5, Messages 9, Reaction score 1, I started out with standard because I'm right on the threshold for standard and midsize by most manufacturers hand measurement charts.

At the advise of a TMAG demo day rep, I switched to midsize to help with my release because I had a death grip on standard grips.

I feel like Miller Time and think standard grips feel like toothpicks now. But keep in mind that you could still hook iron shots with midsize grips due to other issues. I just went through a phase of hooking my irons because I was crossing the line at the top of my swing.

DufferRob said:. Most golfers are playing the wrong size grip and certainly haven't done enough experimentation with extra wraps. I prefer 2 extra wraps on all my clubs. I know quite a few golfers that play midsize but very few who play like I do with a certain number of extra wraps. You must log in or register to reply here.