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- From: mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers)
- Subject: Re: Regripping clubs - need advice
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.223927.16841@netcom.com>
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- References: <1h52ouINNfhn@agate.berkeley.edu> <21DEC199212461445@reg.triumf.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:39:27 GMT
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- In article <21DEC199212461445@reg.triumf.ca> brash@reg.triumf.ca (BRASH, ED) writes:
-
- >> - I have large hands (an XL Foot-Joy golf glove is snug on me)
- >> and I sometimes feel that there's "not enough meat" on my
- >> current grips to fit my hands. Should I ask the shop to put
- >> oversized grips on when I get the clubs regripped?
-
- >What they acutally do is put a number of layers of grip tape on the
- >shaft of the club, hence making the overall circumference after the
- >grip is put on larger.
-
- Actually, you can get true jumbo grips these days, although it does
- cut the variety down a bit.
-
- I was told by a guru that the current standard grip sizes are the
- same as they were in the '20s (equivalent sizes, that is; they didn't
- have slip-ons back then). People have gotten a lot taller and more
- big-boned this century, so it's reasonable that even the average person
- might find the "average" grip small.
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