Love thy pro!

[Oddsocks]

In the current climate its easy to forget your pro in effort to get the best price possible. After much thought I decided I needed my grips changing as I've been struggling of late with grip issues when hands are damp through sweat or rain.

So once i bit the bullet and made the decision i was faced with 2 further decisions, regrip myself, at the cost of about £50-£55 for the grips, solvent and tape, or put them into a shop.

Now as i really wanted them back for this week, i thought it would be ideal to wack them into a shop and have done with, so up comes google and the 3 local pro shops were called,

Grips wanted 10 x Multi compound golf pride with 1 extra layer of tape.

Local # 1 - Very busy cant be done until next week, £80.00
£8.00 Not bad..... but not ready for this weekends 2 day trip

Local # 2 - Very busy, can squeeze you in, £90.00. £9.00 each, getting expensive but will be back in time, can save £35 minimum doing it myself.

Local # 3(AMERICAN GOLF) - Can fit you £10.50 per club, standard price no discount on 10... Your having a laugh, £10.50 for a grip that i can by for £3.50 on ebay... taking the piss.

so after not getting anywhere i noticed the range which i practice and have lessons at is now offering regrips, enquired with the guy i have lessons with " how does £60.00 and pick them up tomorrow lunch time sound "

So £45 cheaper than AG, and only £5.00 more expensive than i can buy the stuff myself , i will be picking up my nice regripped bats this afternoon... then it got better.

Pro - " aren't you away playing this weekend ".....
Me - " yup, whys that ".......
Pro - " how do you fancy swapping your last lesson for a 9 hole playing lesson tomorrow "

Sweet, so not only are my clubs all regriped for the weekend, instead of a 40min lesson on the video bay, ive now got a 9 hole playing lesson.

Remember people, love thy pro,

 

[G1BB0]

sounds awesome. I doubt all will offer that kind of service though. If I had a pro like that I would use every time just for convenience and peace of mind

 

[chris661]

£3.50 a grip sounds like a dodgy fake to me

 

[Oddsocks]

Chris, it was from gamola's ebay store.

 

[bobmac]

If your local pro buys Golf Pride multi compound grips from his/her supplier it will cost them approx. £5 per grip

 

[Aztecs27]

The pro's at my local range charged me £5 (I think, may have been less) to re-grip my irons with grips I'd purchased from eBay.

Jolly nice of them.

My teaching pro is a bit of a knob, but he seems a lonely old sole, so I kind of feel sorry for him

 

[Oddsocks]

If your local pro buys Golf Pride multi compound grips from his/her supplier it will cost them approx. £5 per grip

if im honest bob, i reckon he is doing it cheap as my last lesson is due and i reckon he is hoping im going to book another group session.

 

[Curls]

The pro at Welton is a diamond, regripped the last set I had for a song and is always available to teach (and teach bloody well) when you need him. Nice guy too, can't say enough about him.

 

[The19thHole]

talking of grips... how long do they last for? (say playing every wkend)

 

[Oddsocks]

my tm grips are a year old and are not worn, just struggle with grip when theres moisture on the grip, most say around a year to 18months

 

[ScienceBoy]

Wasn't there a story from a guy on here once where its was his wife that "loved thy pro" instead?

 

[Piece]

impressive

 

[swanny32]

Yep, I can second this. Golf Pride grips online £4.50 at certain websites and then have the problem of fitting them myself, and I'm crap at things like that. My pro is doing them for me at £3.00 a grip and fitting all 9 of them for £15 and no doubt a pint after our usual Friday night 9 holes. Top bloke!