Grip DIY Fitting Guidelines

Grip DIY Fitting Guidelines
Professional recommendation: "...To ensure correct fitting and sizing, I recommend you take your funky golf grips and grip tape
to your local PGA professional. They will have all the necessary tools and are qualified to fit your grips correctly. There will be a
small service change and will usually take no longer than 24 hours..."
Tools Required:
Stanley knife (hooked blade is needed for graphite shafts)
Double Sided grip tape (supplied)
White spirit
Towel
Workbench with secure vice (optional)
Safety Disclaimer
All work undertaken at the risk of the user
Safety Precautions
Never work the blade of the knife towards you, work down
the grip away from you.
1a
1b
1c
Place shaft of golf club into vice
clamp (parallel to the floor in the
playing position and secure in vice).
Using a stanley knife, cut grip off shaft
working away from yourself.
Once the grip has been removed,
make sure all the tape has been
removed from the shaft.
This may involve scraping the grip
tape off using the blade away from
you. Using a clean cloth, rub some
white spirit over the shaft to remove
any sticky residue from the old grip
tape.
2
Apply grip tape (supplied) to the shaft as in diagram, leaving half
an inch over the end of the shaft. The extra half an inch at the
top of the grip is spread around the top to make sure the grip
fits correctly and to stop any excess grip fluid going down the
shaft.
Remove backing tape from double sided tape.
3
Make sure grip tape is securely
wrapped around the shaft. Try not
to have any lumps or creases.
3b
Tuck excess tape into the end of
the golf shaft.
4
Align golf club squarely in the vice.
5
Place your finger over the hole in
the butt of the grip and fill the grip
approximately 1/3 with white spirit.
Shake the grip up and down with
white spirit in the grip whilst
keeping finger over the hole in butt
of grip.
6
Pour white spirit from the grip on to
all the grip tape on the golf club.
7
Slip grip onto the shaft over all
the tape.
7b
Making sure the grip is pushed all
the way on to the shaft taking care
to align grip correctly.
8
Wipe off excess white spirit. Check alignment
of grip (vertical lines on the grip should
be in line with the club face).
Leave to dry for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
NB: If you are removing grips from graphite shafts, be very careful not to scrape or cut into the graphite as you will
damage the graphite fibres. A hooked blade is recommended.