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Grip Q & A

A quick one-on-one with Bob Lamkin, president and CEO of Lamkin Corporation

Q: We've all seen golfers who are playing clubs with grips that look like they are about to crack off. What's wrong with that picture?

A: For many, many years, we've tried to get the playing public, core golfers and the people who care about improving their golf game to understand they will play better golf by paying attention to two simple areas. Number One, regripping your golf club so you don't have that choking grip pressure on your club. The fresh grip will let you have lighter grip pressure. Second is grip sizing. You can actually play better golf by being fitted for your grips like you would be fitted for your golf clubs. So what we're trying to do is get the technology moving from the golf clubhead to the shaft and up into the grip and not have the grip an afterthought. Instead, we want to see a larger degree of importance placed on grip sizing and playing better golf.

Q: What are the biggest factors for a player to consider in choosing a grip?

A: Well, one of the biggest factors for a player going in to get regripped is talking with someone behind the counter who is cognizant of regripping and that they have all different grip sizes available. One grip size doesn't fit all, so it's important that the pro shop or retailer have grips on shafts in varying sizes that you can fit yourself or have a PGA professional fit you. Players must be comfortable with their grips. It could be a cord grip, a rubber grip or it could be a wrap-style grip. All of those three categories come in four-, five-, six different sizes. So it's important that you get the grip that feels comfortable in your hands and then you get that particular grip pattern sized to fit your hand.

Q: In choosing a grip, is climate a determining factor in what kind of grip texture a player should use?

A: There's no question about it . Pretty much all of the grip styles feel good when it's 72 degrees and sunny like it is here in Southern California. But when you're playing in the spring in Chicago, you might want to have a grip that's not a cord grip because it could feel a little harder for you in that spring weather. Contrast to that, down in the Southeast a cord grip might be great for you because it's a little more humid and that grip is a little more functional in that weather. So, we find that our grip patterns are actually regionally popular or regionally strong, depending on which part of the country they're being played.