How to Put on New Golf Grips
By Steve Silverman
Taking care of your golf clubs can help them last a long time. In addition to keeping them clean and free of scuffs and marks, you can change your grips every 12 to 18 months. Doing it yourself isn't difficult and saves you money.
Instructions
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Make vertical cuts down the grip at the top of your club to help you get the old grip off. Peel the remnants off the shaft of the club.
Clean off the old glue and residue from the top of the shaft once the grip has been removed. Take a warm, wet rag and rub firmly in order to get the glue and other dirt off. Take a dry rag to get all of the water off the shaft.
Remove the cap at the top of the grip from the club. Loosen the grip stop at the bottom and let it slide down the shaft to where the face of the club meets the hosel.
Cut an 8-inch piece of double-sided tape and wrap it around the top of the shaft. Use your fingers to knead it into place to ensure it sits evenly. Take your new grip and slide it over the top of the shaft and press it into place. Put the cap back on the top of the grip and slide the grip stop back into place.
Let your grip cure for at least an hour before your use it.
Tips & Warnings
Once you start to regrip your clubs, regrip all clubs that you use regularly. Don't wait for "bubbles" or soft spots to appear before you regrip.
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.
