What size grip should i get

I am not a doctor. A grip that is too big will prevent you from properly gripping the club with a comfortable grip pressure that allows you to have optimal control over the clubhead through the swing. This leads to poor play. In general larger grips will tend to minimize the action of the hands through impact, which can be beneficial to players that tend to hook the ball.

However, too large and you will find yourself unable to properly grip the club at all, resulting in inconsistent grip pressure and an inconsistent swing. Not necessarily.

Golf grips need to be properly sized to fit your hand. You can use small variations in the size of the grip to promote a fade or a draw, but this is something usually reserved for very skilled players. The average golfer should simply use a grip that fits their hand size correctly. Midsize grips are one size larger than standard grips. The vast majority of players fall within one of these two golf grip size categories. You can measure the size of your hand from the base to the fingertip of your middle finger and then consult the sizing chart listed here.

Privacy Policy. Skip to content. Pete Editor-in-Chief January 4, January 4, When it comes to fitting golf grips, grip size should be the first — and most important — factor to consider. Playing the proper size grip can help reduce tension and grip pressure, and increase comfort and control.

Junior grips are ideal for younger players, and many female players prefer an undersize or standard size grip. Jumbo size grips are ideal for players with larger hands or for players who have arthritis. The majority of adult male golfers will fit into one of two sizes: standard or midsize. Measure from the crease of your wrist where your hand meets your forearm to the tip of your middle finger. Some golfers find that a standard size grip is too small for their liking, but a midsize grip is too large.

Building up golf grips with extra layers of tape underneath is extremely popular with Tour players who are particular about their equipment. In many cases, Tour players will add extra wraps of tape only underneath the lower half of the grip, where their trail hand goes, in order to create a reduced taper feel and reduce grip tension.

I like to think of it as the gateway to your swing. Without the right grip, you could be setting up your shot for disaster. But if you already know this, then kudos!

Dialing into the right grip size means the energy transfer from your swing to the ball is at its highest efficiency. This means nothing gets wasted. And that's how you can achieve maximum ball speed, and perhaps more importantly, lossless energy transfer. Traditionally, players would use glove size to determine grip size. While having this as a starting reference can help, recent studies have shown that most players play better with a different size grip than what their glove size would recommend.

It's not so much about the size of the grip but the biodynamics of your hands and how you swing. Two players with the same size hands and same exact grips will likely find they hit better with different grips.

This is because everyone grips their club with a unique amount of pressure and form. This has to do with the shape of your hands, how much muscle you have, how your fingers wrap around the club, and most importantly how you swing. The path of your swing can determines how you guide the club. And this determines how tightly you grip the club.

Different grips also have different durometers the industry measurement for how hard a material feels. Youth players also should consider undersized grips. If the golf club grip is too small for your hands, the club could twist, forcing you to tighten your grip and squeeze the club at impact with the ball.

This will close the face of the club and cause the shot to hook instead of fly straight. If the grip is too large, the club can come loose at the bottom of the swing, opening the club face and creating a slice instead of a shot toward the target. Without the correct size grip, your shots are more likely to go to the left or right of the target instead of on line.

If you tend to have an outside to inside swing pattern, you likely will hit a lot of shots that slice or fade away from the target. To help straighten the ball's flight, consider changing to smaller-sized grips for your clubs.

This will promote a hook or draw pattern with shots and could counteract the tendency to hit a slice. Conversely, if your swing has an inside to outside pattern, you likely will frequently hit shots that hook away from the target. Increasing the grip size will promote a slice or fade and help to straighten the flight of your shots.