I know the correct answer to this is try it and see if you like it… but is anyone playing jumbo grips? I’ve played midsized my whole life. I wear an xxl glove.
I picked one up yesterday (just a loose grip) and it felt good… I might just get some bulked up tape under my midsize grips…
I have big hands too and have experimented with oversize grips. I also thought oversize grips could help restrict my wrist release through impact and lead to more consistent shots (a la Bryson). At first I really liked the oversize grips and played them for about a year. But ultimately I felt like they inhibited my feel (that’s a lot of rubber between your hands and the shaft) and the responsiveness of the club, and also affected my ability to feel the club head (ie swingweight). So I switched back to lamkin Crossline midsize, which for me is the best of all worlds. The Crossline midsize feels slightly larger than the golfpride midsize, which for me feels too skinny, makes the club feel more like a pencil in my hand.
I had a similar experience to Devon. I have big hands and love the feel of an oversized grip in my hands. I also used them for about a year, but went back to midsize to gain back more feel in my swing (club head).
I think my current plan is to throw on 2 extra wraps of tape next time I get a club gripped and see how it feels.
Not a bad idea. I have experimented with extra tape under the wraps as well. I think 2 extra wraps is safe. If you start putting too many layers of tape underneath, it starts to change the performance of the grip (i.e. affects the torsion control, as the tape has different properties than the grip rubber). Another thing to experiment with is tape just below the bottom hand (right hand for right handed golfers). This gives the right hand a bigger feel and reduces the taper without messing with the thickness of the top hand too much. I find it’s usually just in the lower hand where the grip feels too thin, while the top hand feels good, especially on a Lamkin Crossline Midsize for me.
Yeah, honestly, I’ve been playing the MCC+4s in most of my stuff (but not all of it) and I think that’s made the difference… might just have to make the jump on the rest of my clubs.
Don’t know if you’re referring to the giganto “putter” grips Bryson uses on his irons. i use CP2Pro jumbos with 1 full wrap. I have long fingers and mids (even multi wraps) my fingertips slightly overlap heel pad, too small. You’re looking for barely touching the heel pad with fingertips.
Another advantage to jumbos is they tend to lessen hooks.
Ha, no, I’m just talking the regular Jumbo grip… I don’t struggle with a hook, so it wouldn’t be for that… My hands are big enough that jumbo would fit fine, and I can get away with midsize…
I have a couple driver shafts kicking around, I might switch one this off season and see how it feels.
Almost ashamed to admit this, but I once went to two wraps under jumbos in order to get a predictable fade. Played a summer at a course that favored a cut on all but two holes!
Nothing wrong with that!