How to Re-Grip a Golf Club
By Steve Silverman
Golf clubs are expensive. It is important to maintain them and keep them clean if you want them to last 10 years or more. If you play once a week or more, you will have to regrip your clubs every 18 months or so. It's a task that can be easily accomplished without having to pay someone to do it for you.
Instructions
Difficulty: Moderate
Take your utility knife (or razor blade) and make four vertical cuts down the grip of your club. By making those cuts, you should be able to peel the grip off of your golf club's shaft without much trouble.
Pop the top off at the end of the grip. You should be able to do this with your thumbs or with a screwdriver. Loosen the grip stop at the bottom of the grip and let it slide down to the club's hitting surface.
Take a rag and dip it in warm, soapy water and get the remaining sediment and glue off of the shaft of your club. Some of it will be a little stubborn, so apply elbow grease. Then take a wet rag to get rid of all the excess soap solution.
After drying the shaft with a dry rag, unroll double-sided grip tape starting at the top of the shaft and go down about 8 inches. Once you have applied the grip tape, smooth out any air bubbles. Then slip the new grip over the top of the shaft. It should fit snugly over the grip tape. Put the cap back on the top of the grip and restore the grip stop to its original position at the bottom of the grip.
Let the grip dry or cure for about an hour before you use it. Some manufacturers say you can use a freshly gripped club right away, but letting it sit for an hour will assure that the grip does not move around and you will be able to hold the club securely.
Tips & Warnings
Taking care of club maintenance yourself will save you money.
About The Author
Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.
