ChanceChat: What to Learn from a Dead Bird.

Let me guess – you’re in either the grip manufacturing or club repair business.

IF you practice like Els or Davies – MAYBE you might need to regrip every couple of weeks…especially if you’re being paid to use someone’s clubs like they are…and it doesn’t cost you anything to have them done.

Pros who have a lot of dough do NOT buy grips – they don’t even pay to have the work done. See, they have these cool trucks that follow them around from week to week to do work on their clubs and build them anything they want.

Grips have been improved over the years to require less upkeep and need changing less often under regular conditions.

The old rule of thumb still holds more or less true – change your grips as many times in a year as you play every week. We actual working people don’t get to hit balls or play every day – and those of us who can hit balls a few times a week for 30 minutes then head to the practice green, then play once or even twice on the weekend don’t need to change grips every 6 weeks.

thats about 150 to 200 rounds plus the driving range. I clean them with good old Fairy liquid.

It’s mild and green…as Wendy will no doubt know…unless she buys the cheap Tesco one :)

I scrub the grips with a nail brush…does the lot in 10 minutes. I regrip them myself, takes me 30 minutes for a full set. Fairy liquid yes…marigold gloves while I’m doing them…not :)

Bought a new fairway wood and hybrid last month, and regripped them straightaway (I require midsize grips). Takes me about five minutes to regrip each club, so I can do a whole set in an hour and change.

As I only play once or twice a week, they’ll last awhile as long as keep them clean and dry.

and apparently they do use mild green …….from Waitrose :0)

I’m afraid these are gardening hands – can’t abide gloves for that either.

I check the grips when I think about it – get them done as & when – probably 3 &5 woods and chipper most frequently. Probably only annually though. Never occured to me to wash the things.

I assume you lot above are as diligent in your household maintenance as you are with your clubs??

I’ll re grip every 2 years…if i wash them well they last that long.

are fantastic. At 4 pounds a throw, 15 clubs cost 60 pounds (70 dollars) When I got them 2 years ago. Got new Burners now, so that job is anotherr 2 years away. The best grip here, for the weather we have. Perfect for rain.

Woiks fer me