Time to re-Grip

xgtdec

Hi All

Its normlly around this time i get my clubs re-gripped for the year ahead and usually i just go with what the shop says might be good, ive never actually paid much attention, i thought id actually look into it and it seems golf pride are top of the pile, but i cant tell if tour velvet or dd2 or new decade are suitable...ive felt them all...maybe its my untrained feel ,but i cant tell a massive difference, anyone any opinions or about to get regripped?

Screaminmidget

Lamkin Full Cord, doesnt get any better
http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/GolfGalaxy/PAPMACAEAINLNIPL?$V5zoom$

SuprSi

Where do you get those grips? Do you buy them online and fit them yourself or have someone do it for you? I like the look of these ones;

L.O.F.T

SuprSi wrote: »

Where do you get those grips? Do you buy them online and fit them yourself or have someone do it for you? I like the look of these one

In my opinion the best place to get grips as shown to me by a member here:

http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/GolfGrips.html


Your choice:

http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/Lamkin_Performance_Plus_3Gen_White_Golf_Grips.html

SuprSi

Thanks - having never done it before, is there a kit I can buy that has the glue/tape I need?

ccmp

Yes kit available from gamola golf also.

Halfprice

double sided tape and petrol does the job

Screaminmidget

SuprSi wrote: »

Where do you get those grips? Do you buy them online and fit them yourself or have someone do it for you? I like the look of these ones;

ya, do it myself. its easy once your shown how.

also +1 to gamolagolf. By far the best.

Kace

I got a full set of the golf pride decade multi compound from this place on eBay in the US - it worked out cheaper than Gamola when I got them a few months ago and the guy was very efficient to deal with.

http://sporting-goods.shop.ebay.com/Grips-/47324/i.html?LH_SpecificSeller=1..backspingolf&rt=nc&Brand=Golf%2520Pride&_adv=1&_dmd=1&_dmpt=Golf_Clubmaking_Products_US&_fln=1&_fsct=&_in_kw=1&_ipg=50&_oexkw=&_okw=&_sop=12&_ssov=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282&_udhi=&_udlo=

Installed them myself then using masking tape, double sided tape and white spirit (less messy than petrol I hear). Quite an easy and therapeutic job ;-)

Give it a go !

Parky2010

Can you put the grips on yourself? Or get someone to them..

Screaminmidget

Parky2010 wrote: »

Can you put the grips on yourself? Or get someone to them..

Most pro shops will do them for you, but it works out cheaper to do it yourself...

Parky2010

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Most pro shops will do them for you, but it works out cheaper to do it yourself...

Might do that with my clubs.. is it hard to re-grip them yourself? Or are ya just better off going to a pro shop?

AldilaMan

Parky2010 wrote: »

Might do that with my clubs.. is it hard to re-grip them yourself? Or are ya just better off going to a pro shop?

Simple to do. The secret is in the white spirit. Holding your finger on the air hole, fill the grip with white spirit. Pour out the white spirit over the taped shaft and quickly slide the grip on over the tape. The white spirit removes the tackyness until it evaporates then the tape becomes sticky again. Now twist the grip until it's aligned. Normally there's a small inverted v or somthing similar to line up to the club head. Probably takes 15 minutes to do the 1st club and 3 minutes to do the last one !

Screaminmidget

AldilaMan wrote: »

Simple to do. The secret is in the white spirit. Holding your finger on the air hole, fill the grip with white spirit. Pour out the white spirit over the taped shaft and quickly slide the grip on over the tape. The white spirit removes the tackyness until it evaporates then the tape becomes sticky again. Now twist the grip until it's aligned. Normally there's a small inverted v or something similar to line up to the club head. Probably takes 15 minutes to do the 1st club and 3 minutes to do the last one !

Or put a tee in the hole in the grip

bigtimecharlie

Halfprice wrote: »

double sided tape and petrol does the job

Petrol? Thats a new one for me. White spirits is the (less flamable) way to go.

xgtdec

Thanks for the replys, i'll go with the gamola golf and order, i actually went to my local golf shop today and was told i couldnt test out any but they would do the job if i told them what specific one i wanted...i guess ill just have to take my chances

jm99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq9MgrJZyJ0

Did it myself this year. Its simple really. If your not to bothered just put the new tape directly over the old tape. Taking the old tape off is a pain.

Kace

jm99 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq9MgrJZyJ0

Did it myself this year. Its simple really. If your not to bothered just put the new tape directly over the old tape. Taking the old tape off is a pain.

No way I would do this unless you are looking for a thicker grip. How did you ever manage to get the old grips off without ruining the underlying tape ?

Personally, I have my grips built up with 2 layers of masking tape, before the double sided tape. Grips can be built up with 1-3 layers of tape depending upon how big you like them yourself.

Believe it or not there is a big different in grip size and feel between a grip with just an extra layer of masking tape underneath.

You should have a grip size that a) matches your finger length and b) matches your personal preference.

Anatom

There's an offer in our pro-shop at the moment offering Golf Pride Tour Velvet grips x 9 for €70 (down from €90). Is this good?

Another offer is for "budget" ones for €45 (down from €72).

From a cost point of view, it seems to me to be cheaper to go with the €70 option rather than spending €50+ (as per the links above) on grips and then mucking them up myself. What does anyone else think?

I'm thinking about getting the Tour Velvet ones done.

xgtdec

Just to update on this "saga"

I ended up making an appointment with Martin Toner at Hazel Grove Golf Club, A member told me about him and he was very detailed in measuring up and fitting and i now have my set gripped with Lambkin over sized with 2 layers of tape and i have to say the difference is amazing, i cant belive i spent so long with regular grips, he also showed me his club balancing service and how nearly all of my clubs were im balanced to some degree, so part of the job was to make all the clubs balanced...i think he says that in order to have a consistent swing you need consistent club weight..or something to that effect, is it all just a con??? i have to say though my clubs do feel an awful lot better since the job was done!!

soundsham

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Petrol? Thats a new one for me. White spirits is the (less flamable) way to go.

thank god,

yes please use white spirits

Kace

xgtdec wrote: »

Just to update on this "saga"

I ended up making an appointment with Martin Toner at Hazel Grove Golf Club, A member told me about him and he was very detailed in measuring up and fitting and i now have my set gripped with Lambkin over sized with 2 layers of tape and i have to say the difference is amazing, i cant belive i spent so long with regular grips, he also showed me his club balancing service and how nearly all of my clubs were im balanced to some degree, so part of the job was to make all the clubs balanced...i think he says that in order to have a consistent swing you need consistent club weight..or something to that effect, is it all just a con??? i have to say though my clubs do feel an awful lot better since the job was done!!

That's the swingweight you're talking about there and yes it is good to have it consistent across your clubs.

When you say he showed you his club balancing service and balanced your clubs, what exactly did he do ? add weights somewhere on your grips or clubheads ?

So how much did the grip fitting and balancing set you back per club ?

anthonyt

TRY WWW.CLUBFIT4U.COM

f22

anthonyt wrote: »

TRY WWW.CLUBFIT4U.COM

So we can read all about you?
http://clubfit4u.com/html/anthony-traynor-e3.html

xgtdec

Kace wrote: »

That's the swingweight you're talking about there and yes it is good to have it consistent across your clubs.

When you say he showed you his club balancing service and balanced your clubs, what exactly did he do ? add weights somewhere on your grips or clubheads ?

So how much did the grip fitting and balancing set you back per club ?

He added weight to the clubheads and put on much bigger grips with 2 layers of tape, when i went back he showed me my 5 and 7 which were now perfectly in balance as oppes to as first were the 2 couldnt have been more different so ALL my clubs now weigh the same and with the bigger grip the term swing easy finally makes sense, with the shop grips that were too small i was always actually "gripping" rather than just holding the club, with the new ones they sit in my hand but i dont have to apply a lot of pressure to keep hold of the club like before...cost i think was 25 per club which sounds expensive but i found the job and results to be brilliant and im a happier golfer!!

anthonyt

f22 wrote: »

So we can read all about you?
http://clubfit4u.com/html/anthony-traynor-e3.html

YA IF YOU LIKE THAT TYPE OF TING.OR MAYBIE THE PERSON THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADVISE WOULD LIKE TO GET FIT BUY A GOOD CLUBMAKER

Kace

f22 wrote: »

So we can read all about you?
http://clubfit4u.com/html/anthony-traynor-e3.html

Hey leave the guy alone - he's hitting a 48" Krank Rage big stick !!
:cool:

anthonyt

Kace wrote: »

Hey leave the guy alone - he's hitting a 48" Krank Rage big stick !!
:cool:

SO TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF BIG STICK DO YOU PLAY WITH?

xgtdec

In all fairness one look at that website would have me running..it just doesnt look .........lets say professional...if thats what you invested in your site..what sort of job would you do on clubs?

anthonyt

xgtdec wrote: »

In all fairness one look at that website would have me running..it just doesnt look .........lets say professional...if thats what you invested in your site..what sort of job would you do on clubs?

WELL IF YOU DON'T UNDER STAND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE SITE NOT MUCH FOR YOU I'M AFRAID

f22

anthonyt wrote: »

WELL IF YOU DON'T UNDER STAND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE SITE NOT MUCH FOR YOU I'M AFRAID

What he means is the site looks like something put together by a 12 year old, looks completely unprofessional and wouldn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of your craftsmanship.

I'm not for a minute dismissing the quality of your work by the way, I've never heard anything good or bad about you.

xgtdec

anthonyt wrote: »

WELL IF YOU DON'T UNDER STAND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE SITE NOT MUCH FOR YOU I'M AFRAID

Theres always one isnt there.....i very much understand whats on there, i also understand that its done on the cheap..the very cheap..and it makes your business look cheap and will send people elsewhere rather than to you...If i see someone with their own business and a rubbish website using a gmail address for their company site it utterly stinks of someone who may know all there is to know about club making but doesnt like to spend money on promoting that fact...and for my money a bad cheap website can translate into a bad cheap set of clubs...tht very well may not be the case...but if i wasnt on boards and i didnt know you and all i had to go by was your site where you havent even filled in your image descriptions i would in no way shape or form hire you for anything golf club related...now...do you understand?

anthonyt

I'M STARTING TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YE DON'T EVEN PLAY GOLF I WOULD GLADLY INVITE YE DOWN TO SAMPLE MY WORK THAT IS IF YE CAN PLAY GOLF AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND LOT'S OF MONEY I CAN HELP YOU DO THAT TO.

xgtdec

I imagine the "business man of 2011" award is already in the bag for you

And if your work is like your site...enough said

f22

anthonyt wrote: »

I'M STARTING TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YE DON'T EVEN PLAY GOLF I WOULD GLADLY INVITE YE DOWN TO SAMPLE MY WORK THAT IS IF YE CAN PLAY GOLF AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND LOT'S OF MONEY I CAN HELP YOU DO THAT TO.

Perhaps he could help you spell and use a combination of upper and lower case letters while he's down there

anthonyt

OK F22 enough of the bitching tell me a bit about your game what you play off what your driver ball flight is like what your iron set up is and so on and start without the bitch.lets talk about golf clubs

f22

anthonyt wrote: »

OK F22 enough of the bitching tell me a bit about your game what you play off what your driver ball flight is like what your iron set up is and so on and start without the bitch.lets talk about golf clubs

Im not looking for advise thanks, all my clubs are properly fitted. Your marketing needs a little help, you aren't doing yourself many favours here at the moment

anthonyt

f22 wrote: »

Im not looking for advise thanks, all my clubs are properly fitted. Your marketing needs a little help, you aren't doing yourself many favours here at the moment

ok your clubs are what properly fitted if so than you have nothing to HIDE tell me what your set up is, or do you even KNOW what your set up is for example this should be quite simple by the way for someone that knows he has been what did you say properly fit is your set FREQUENCY MATCHED or MOI MATCHED or SWINGWEIGHT MATCH? just 3 to chose from

Screaminmidget

Are you a professional troll by chance??

anthonyt

f22 are you still there are have you been talking throu your all night?

anthonyt

f22 you have been quick to respond to everything i said tonight and you told me that you have been properly fit for your set up but yet i ask you what is your set up and you clamp up. what the hell is going on have you got a clue about what you are talking about.

anthonyt

xgtdec wrote: »

Theres always one isnt there.....i very much understand whats on there, i also understand that its done on the cheap..the very cheap..and it makes your business look cheap and will send people elsewhere rather than to you...If i see someone with their own business and a rubbish website using a gmail address for their company site it utterly stinks of someone who may know all there is to know about club making but doesnt like to spend money on promoting that fact...and for my money a bad cheap website can translate into a bad cheap set of clubs...tht very well may not be the case...but if i wasnt on boards and i didnt know you and all i had to go by was your site where you havent even filled in your image descriptions i would in no way shape or form hire you for anything golf club related...now...do you understand?

you have got to tell me your set up so we can talk some more or do you have a clue?

Mat the trasher

anthonyt wrote: »

WELL IF YOU DON'T UNDER STAND WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE SITE NOT MUCH FOR YOU I'M AFRAID

Stop shouting you're hurting my eyes!

Interesting story about the streets of Hanoi??????????
http://clubfit4u.com/html/pictures-g1.html

kagni

anthonyt wrote: »

f22 you have been quick to respond to everything i said tonight and you told me that you have been properly fit for your set up but yet i ask you what is your set up and you clamp up. what the hell is going on have you got a clue about what you are talking about.

anthony, how exactly do you think the attitude you are displaying on this thread is going to help attract customers to your business?
I could be mistaken of course, maybe you have too much business and are trying to drive potential customers away. In that case - you are doing well here, keep it up.

L.O.F.T

At 23.22

anthonyt wrote: »

f22 are you still there are have you been talking throu your all night?

At 23.53

anthonyt wrote: »

f22 you have been quick to respond to everything i said tonight and you told me that you have been properly fit for your set up but yet i ask you what is your set up and you clamp up. what the hell is going on have you got a clue about what you are talking about.

At 23.57

anthonyt wrote: »

you have got to tell me your set up so we can talk some more or do you have a clue?

f22 what the hell are you doing going to bed?! anthonyt need's to show you the error of your way's!

anthonyt:

Iangolf

Love that Loft,

anthonyt I really dont know why you are trying to defend your site so aggressively, I see that you have branched out from golf into organ (shaft) and head transplants, Shame your company hasnt looked into personality transplants.

http://clubfit4u.com/html/used-shafts-and-heads-st9.html

Maybe spend your time on your website redevelopment rather than making a fool out of yourself on a public forum, and driving customers away.

Iangolf

Good to see clubfit4u have changed their website, must have been a busy day today.

f22

Busy day, seems I've missed quite a bit. To Anthony, my apologies for not replying you you, early start today.

Seems to me you've got enough grief, somewhat warranted but you've obviously got some good advise to give so do yourself a favor and be a bit more diplomatic about it.

Here's my setup so interested in your professional opinion.

Titleist 909d2, UST AXIVcore pro black 69
Taylormade R9TP 3 wood, Fujikura Motore F1 85
Titleist 909h 19, Aldila VS Proto 80
R9TP 3 to wedge, Project X Rifle 6.0 +.5", 1 degree flat
Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 54 (11), 60 (4), Rifle 6.0 +.5, 1 degre flat

anthonyt

f22 wrote: »

Busy day, seems I've missed quite a bit. To Anthony, my apologies for not replying you you, early start today.

Seems to me you've got enough grief, somewhat warranted but you've obviously got some good advise to give so do yourself a favor and be a bit more diplomatic about it.

Here's my setup so interested in your professional opinion.

Titleist 909d2, UST AXIVcore pro black 69
Taylormade R9TP 3 wood, Fujikura Motore F1 85
Titleist 909h 19, Aldila VS Proto 80
R9TP 3 to wedge, Project X Rifle 6.0 +.5", 1 degree flat
Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 54 (11), 60 (4), Rifle 6.0 +.5, 1 degre flat

ok looks nice but i'm just not a lover of the project x shaft.ok when i asked for your set up i gave you 3 options so just have a quick read of the question i sent you because what you set me is just a lot of noise.if you don't know what your set is ask the guy that set them up for you and let me know

f22

anthonyt wrote: »

ok looks nice but i'm just not a lover of the project x shaft.ok when i asked for your set up i gave you 3 options so just have a quick read of the question i sent you because what you set me is just a lot of noise.if you don't know what your set is ask the guy that set them up for you and let me know

Might be difficult to get some info back from south Carolina but I'm sure I can squeez some information the next time I'm down in Naas. Interesting you dong like the project x, you wouldn't be the only one. The dispersion was by far superior to everything else we worked with

anthonyt

f22 wrote: »

Might be difficult to get some info back from south Carolina but I'm sure I can squeez some information the next time I'm down in Naas. Interesting you dong like the project x, you wouldn't be the only one. The dispersion was by far superior to everything else we worked with

cool that is why custom fitting is alive and well, everyone has there own way of playing,swing,size,strength and so what works for you is not going to work for the guy you are playing with.This is why there is no standard in the golf industry each shaft maker will have there own idea what an x flex is or an s flex is cpm's is the only way to know what you have?nice talking to you outside of the noise.