Friday, March 18, 2011
2011 Buyer's Guide Grips
The grip is the most important part of the golf club
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Superstroke
Key Feature: Weighing in at 85 grams, the SuperStroke Fatso Lite is the biggest and lightest of its kind in terms of weight-to-size ratio, helping it to become the largest putter grip used on the PGA Tour.Fatso Lite What We Like: The large surface area brings more of the grip into contact with the hands, inhibiting breakdown of the hands and wrists. Who It’s For: The Super Stroke’s size encourages use of a “soft hands” technique and ensures a smooth and fluid putting stroke. Material: Multimaterial Design: Nontapered Size: Oversized superstrokegrip.com |
Superstroke
Key Feature: Designed to reduce pressure in the lower hand for straighter and longer shots. How? With Modified Taper Tech that blends a traditionally shaped top half of the grip with a slightly larger parallel bottom half of the grip.Pressure Zone What We Like: New ideas. Also, we dig the 40-gram lightness. Who It’s For: Those who want the hands to work more in unison and who want better comfort in the lower hand. Material: Proprietary synthetic material Design: Velvet Size: Standard superstrokegrip.com |
Tacki-Mac
Key Feature: Equipped with negative ions and a tacky, velvet surface, the new Itomic it2 and it2 MID (it2 MID shown) are made of a blend of thermoforming materials that are durable and hold up well in tough weather. They’re also a cinch to keep clean.it2 What We Like: The negative ions are supposed to help relax the hands. We say, why not give it a try? Who It’s For: All types of golfers, especially those who need to relax more. Material: Proprietary compound Design: Velvet Size: Standard, midsized tackimac.com |
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UST Mamiya
Key Feature: An aggressive, dual-compound pattern that not only helps to add traction, but also works to help line up the fingers on the grip.Comp DV What We Like: There are a lot of textures going on, all carefully designed for different parts of the hands. Plus, it just looks plain cool, especially in white. Who It’s For: All types of players, especially fans of UST Mamiya graphite shafts. Material: Dual compound Design: Textured Size: Standard ustmamiya.com |
UST Mamiya
Key Feature: Made with a firm feel, this grip has a dual-compound top for feel and a corded underside for added firmness and traction.Pro DV What We Like: Again, sharp looks. We really like the half-cord design, it makes gripping the club a lot easier. Who It’s For: Golfers who desire a firmer feel, but who still like a little softness on the top. Material: Dual-compound half-cord Design: Half-cord Size: Standard ustmamiya.com |
Winn
Key Feature: By making this grip lightweight, the club’s center of balance moves away from the hands, resulting in a higher launch angle upon impact. That’s awesome.WinnLite Firm What We Like: Granted, it absorbs a lot of vibration, but does so without deadening the feel. And the corded design isn’t abrasive like other corded materials sometimes are. Who It’s For: Typically, faster swingers prefer firmer, corded grips. Material: Proprietary V17-PolyCord material Design: WinnLite velvet corded Size: Standard, midsized winngrips.com |
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