The South is known for being extremely humid. If you golf in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi or Louisiana, you know what I mean. There's a reason stereotypical Southern gentlemen are pictured wearing straw hats and sipping cocktails or iced tea sitting out on the porch: it's incredibly hot and sticky outside. For the sake of your clubs, you should avoid golfing in these and other humid areas. However, I know there are many fantastic courses in all of these states, and I could never suggest never golfing in any of them. Would you really leave Pinehurst or Augusta National off of your list because it's a bit muggy out?

It's hard to deal with humid course conditions. Not only will humidity affect your golf clubs and grips, but it will also affect your body as well. Even if you are a trained professional athlete, excessive humidity will sap you of your energy. Getting increasingly tired on the course can cause you to swing inconsistently and lose confidence. Excessive heat and humidity can also cause heat exhaustion, which is a life-threatening condition. If you have heat exhaustion, your body basically loses its ability to cool itself down. To prevent this, drink liquids that contain electrolytes while you play, dress appropriately and try to stay in the shade as much as possible.

All this humidity causes you to sweat, and the oil and moisture from your hands will be transferred to your golf grips.   Keep your grips clean by wiping them with a wet towel and they will last a lot longer.   Leaving this oil and moisture on your grips will accelerate the drying and loss of tackiness.   We know you will play in humid conditions, we would too if we didn’t come from the desert, so make sure to take good care of yourself and your golf grips.

With PURE grips it is quite easy to maintain tackiness, a simple wipe with a wet towel now and then will keep them clean and tacky for at least 12 months, guaranteed.  Maintaining the tackiness of other brands of golf grips can be done to.   Here are some ideas:

• Wrap medium-grit sandpaper around a block of wood and sand the surface of the grip with it.
• Apply a small amount of pine tar to an old rag and apply the pine tar to the grip.
• Clean your grips thoroughly with soap and water to remove oil and sweat from your hands.   This should be done with most grips on a frequent basis to maintain some tackiness
• Keep your clubs in a cool place away from sunlight, your trunk is too hot!

If you are especially particular about your grips, you can wipe them off with a golf towel before or after  every shot you take. If it is raining while you are playing, you should be doing this anyways. It might seem tedious, but taking care of your grips is one of the important things you can do to play well and keep your scores consistent.

Having a tacky club grip ensures that you will maintain proper swing mechanics. Having a worn or slippery club grip can cause golfers to tighten their hands on the club, which leads to a loss of control and power. There's nothing worse than having to worry about whether or not your club is going to fly out of your hands when you swing it, and worrying subconsciously is no better. Not only is it dangerous, but it's terribly embarrassing. If you are ever going to try to impress a future family member or business associate with your golf game, sending a club flying a few yards down the course is not the way you want to be doing it.

A tacky club will help give you the confidence and physical mechanics necessary to consistently play good rounds of golf. Do yourself a favor and make sure your clubs always have tacky grips on them.

If you feel that your grip is a bit too small for you, here is an easy way to check. If you grip your club like you are going to swing it, your ring and middle fingers should be lightly touching against the base of your palm near your thumb. If your fingers are digging into your palm, then your grip is a bit too small.

You want to make sure that you use the right type of tape when taping up your grips. Most golf stores sell products officially called grip tape. Grip tape is usually two-sided tape that will not only change the diameter of your grip, but it will also replicate the surface of the grip. When applying tape to your grips, simply wrap the grip tape around the top of the shaft and work your way down. Cover the entire surface of the grip with one layer of tape at a time; check to see if it feels right in your hands and repeat the process as needed.   Although this tape can be effective, it wears out quickly and often absorbs water in bad weather.   So, of course, we recommend putting on new grips that are properly sized for you.

Having a properly sized grip will ensure that you don't hit as many hooksor slices. A properly sized grip will make sure your swing mechanics stay consistent, and that you are not moving your hands too much or overcompensating while swingingthe club.

 

Sizing and finding the proper fitting golf grip is one of the most important things you can do with your equipment. Whether you are buying a new club or refurbishing your old ones, knowing what grip size you need is essential.

 

Having the proper grip size on your clubs will ensure that your golf game is consistent. You'll hit fewer clankers, and your shot pattern will be more consistent. Measuring what size your grips need to be is fairly easy. If you check your golf glove and you wear a size Medium, you probably want to stick with standard-sized club grips. However, if you wear a Large or an X-Large glove, you will probably need to consider a midsize or oversized golf grip. Correct golf grip size does depend on personal preference, feel and swing mechanics as well, and it is not always so simple to figure out which size grip will be right for you. A golf pro or club fitter might be able to give you better advice as to what size grips you should be using.   PURE grips tapeless installation will help too.  The ability to swap grips quickly and use them immediately makes it much easier to experiment and find the proper size and feel.

 

In the past, there weren't many options for people who needed either oversized grips or undersized grips. Most people needed to adjust standard grips with tape. Adding tape to your grip can adjust the diameter of the grip by fractions of inches. Fractions of inches can equal yards of distance and straighter shots, so be sure that your grips always fit you perfectly!

 

Another way to get an oversized grip is to do a little bit of math. It all boils down to what the diameters of your shaft and your grip are. Club shafts usually have a diameter of .560, .580, .600 or .620, with .600 recently becoming the preferred size for most club makers. Grips usually have a corresponding size. So, for instance, you'll usually have a size .580 grip on a .580 diameter shaft. How do we make a grip oversize then? What if we put a size .600 grip on a .580 diameter shaft? The new grip is actually going to make a 1/64th of an inch diameter difference, with the finished grip measuring slightly smaller than standard. While this might not seem like a lot on paper, the way it feels in your hands will be readily apparent.

 

An oversize grip will help people with larger hands control their swing better. A grip that is too small will cause over rotation of the hands, resulting in additional draws and hooks. Oversize grips are also better for players who suffer from arthritis.   One thing is for certain, we all have unique hands and golf swings, so it is important to get golf grips that fit you.

Knowing what size grip you need is something that most ordinary golfers don't think about. If you are a golfer with average-sized hands and wear Medium-sized golf gloves, and if you have not changed the grips on your clubs since you bought them, then you are probably already using the proper Standard grip.

 

If there's one thing good about being average, it's that you usually don't have to customize or make modifications to standard equipment. Club and equipment manufacturers are building clubs and equipment mostly to an average specification, because they know average people are their primary customers. It's a bit like clothing or shoes. Standard sizes will fit most people, but then there are especially big and tall people, or some people have especially wide or long feet and need something a bit different. Golf clubs are exactly the same, and so are golf grips.

 

Just in case, though, here's a tip for checking to see if your grip is fitting you right. Wrap your hand around your club, just like you're about to swing it. If your second and third fingers are lightly touching the base of your palm by your thumb, your grip is perfect! If there's a significant amount of space between your fingers and your palm, your grip is too big for you. If your fingers are digging into your palm, your grip is undersized.

 

If you need to adjust your grip size, you have a few options. One is to use tape to modify the diameter of your grip. If you add a wrap of tape or two to your shaft, you are changing the diameter of your grip by a few fractions of an inch. While this might not seem like much, believe me, it can make a huge difference out on the course. You can also totally re-grip your clubs. Some golf shops or club manufacturers will do this for you, although PURE Grips allows you to do it yourself at a fraction of the cost!

 

A properly sized grip will benefit your game by making sure that your swing is consistent. A consistent swing will allow you to hit the ball farther and straighter, and avoid slices, hooks, tops and worm-burners. Because you will not be overcompensating for a faulty grip, having the proper grip size will also make sure that you don't pick up any bad habits that will need to be corrected down the line.   Give it a shot, check your grip size, get the right grips on your clubs and see how much more consistent your shot pattern becomes.