Tips from The Workshop – Grips

Here are a few tips to getting the best from your grips, after all it’s the only part of the club you have contact with. In order to keep a good state of tackiness we would advise the purchase of a nailbrush in order to give the grips a scrubbing every once in a while. We recommend every 2 months take the clubs out of your bag.

• Using a slightly luke warm water filled basin or in the sink scrub the grips with a mild soapy mixture.

• Scrub the grip up and down while turning it with the club head part under your armpit.
• Once you have done the set run clean water over the grip to remove all the soap and rub them dry with a dry cloth or towel.
• Leave them to dry naturally lined up against the wall out of the bag. (Never put wet grips back into your golf bag).
• If you have corded grips a light rub of some mild sandpaper will bring out the cord again and lengthen the life of the grip. Then wash them the same as the grips above.
• If the grip looks shiny or feels hard if you push your nail into it or shows any signs of cracking it is time to re-grip.

Just drop the set into ForeGolf, for as little as €5 per grip you can turn your club into a new one again. If necessary we can re-grip you set in a day for you, we know what it’s like when the sun makes an appearance and the golf course beckons.

You should really wash your grips every month and change them once a year. You could even get the new Irish grips by Golf Pride, available from ForeGolf. When we work on Tour, David and I would change grips for some players every 3 weeks !

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