HTL
Tour Winner
Was told yesterday to make my grips tacky? what is this and why?
Tacky?
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happyhacker
Challenge Tour Pro
Depending on the age of the grips, just washing and cleaning them can make them tacky again.
Failing that you can buy stuff to treat them, or new grips.
Tacky grips provide a better grip on the club and should help avoid the club slipping in your hands whilst swinging.
Thats my very limited knowledge dispatched, someone with more will be along shortly i'm sure!
Failing that you can buy stuff to treat them, or new grips.
Tacky grips provide a better grip on the club and should help avoid the club slipping in your hands whilst swinging.
Thats my very limited knowledge dispatched, someone with more will be along shortly i'm sure!
John_Findlay
Tour Winner
Hi htl.
It just means to make your grips more sticky or grippy. If you find that your grips have gone quite shiny and slippy then you end up gripping them tighter...fatal for your golf swing. You end up inhibiting your natural wrist cock and swinging stiffly and without any "flow". You'll lose a heap of distance and control. Seve used to say that you should grip the club with the same tightness you would if you were holding a small bird in your hand.
The best thing to do is rub your grips down with a towel and hot, soapy water. Or even better, get your slippiest clubs re-gripped. I re-grip my most used clubs, my wedges, once a year. Nevada Bob's do each club, including fitting, which only takes 2 minutes, for £3 in my area so it doesn't cost the earth. Hope this helps.
Cheers
John
It just means to make your grips more sticky or grippy. If you find that your grips have gone quite shiny and slippy then you end up gripping them tighter...fatal for your golf swing. You end up inhibiting your natural wrist cock and swinging stiffly and without any "flow". You'll lose a heap of distance and control. Seve used to say that you should grip the club with the same tightness you would if you were holding a small bird in your hand.
The best thing to do is rub your grips down with a towel and hot, soapy water. Or even better, get your slippiest clubs re-gripped. I re-grip my most used clubs, my wedges, once a year. Nevada Bob's do each club, including fitting, which only takes 2 minutes, for £3 in my area so it doesn't cost the earth. Hope this helps.
Cheers
John
HTL
Tour Winner
Thanks mate, will try the hot soapy water, am changing my irons over xmas so will make do with what ive got for time being.
viscount17
Money List Winner
Is this true for all shots? I think I've crushed more than a few by now.
unless the grip has gone shiney, it should soapy up nicely!
John_Findlay
Tour Winner
Viscount, I'm not sure that Seve meant all shots. If I did then maybe I wouldn't be playing off 9! However, it does make a great difference to my driving distance when I soften the grip pressure and let the swing flow freely.
HTL
Tour Winner
Whenever i try to relax my grip, i get a voice in my head telling me the club is going out fly out of my hands. Hence why i need tacky grips.
Keep trying to relax and flow freely when playing, however, when relaxed i tend to leave the club head open and slice the ball to the right.
Keep trying to relax and flow freely when playing, however, when relaxed i tend to leave the club head open and slice the ball to the right.
viscount17
Money List Winner
Thanks J_F, I'll give it a try on the range but I have the feeling that like htl, I'll be flying right.
There are some shots that I instinctively soften, wedges and putting, but these may be the wrong ones!
I tighten when going for distance and really strangle it when not on the fairway.
There are some shots that I instinctively soften, wedges and putting, but these may be the wrong ones!
I tighten when going for distance and really strangle it when not on the fairway.
