sweaty sock
Hacker
Just on the back of the armlock debate, how far do we go? Are giant grips equally making it far too easy on the greens. Rose, Jordan, Choi, all transformed when using them....
Would you ban the thick grip putter?
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sweaty sock
Hacker
Also they're £30 each, massive barrier to entry!
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Robster59
Tour Rookie
No. It's a different argument to the arm lock debate. I am not a fan myself, but obviously they work for some.
Mandofred
Well-known member
Golfers don't like change. Just ban everything that wasn't used in the 1960's. Small headed clubs.....yeah!!!
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I cannot vote either way with the choice and reason give.
Massive hands has nothing to do with big thick putter grips.
Thicker putter grips are about trying to take the wrist out of the stroke.
Massive hands has nothing to do with big thick putter grips.
Thicker putter grips are about trying to take the wrist out of the stroke.
Sats
Challenge Tour Pro
I found that the head weight and toe hang/face balancing was more of an influence to my stroke than the putter grip.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Ban the huge mallet heads while we're at it. Blades only I reckon. Ugly things those mallets.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Won't matter, I will be able to knife a blade 300 yards over the green just as efficiently as I can with a nice big cavity back!Shall we apply the same "blades only" principle to sand wedges as well...
sweaty sock
Hacker
So same as armlock then?
peld
Well-known member
to reiterate a point that is often made - if all these aspects (armlock, belly, grips, broom handle etc) made a material difference then all players would do it.
The Dog.
Active member
No I would not ban thick grips. No reason to.
r0wly86
Head Pro
That really depends on the person rather than it just being an objective advantage.
If you are a good putter then maybe the advantage is so small that it is immaterial to you, and so why would you change to a whole brand new technique that requires practice, especially as a pro where taking months to get to grips with a new technique could cost you fortune.
However if you are a poor putter then the advantages could be massive, especially if the new technique or feature counteracts the issue you have. For instance if your putting stroke is prone to coming off line or twisting then anchoring against the arm or body could make a massive difference. Whereas if you don't have that problem then it wouldn't make much of a difference.
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Deleted member 1147
Guest
I wouldn't ban them, but if they were banned I wouldn't mind.
Jamesbrown
Head Pro
No, it feels nice with my prayer grip. I do not have massive hands. I wear ladies XL gloves ?
MadAdey
Money List Winner
I am down with that. Until I got my i210 I had always used blades. Really wouldn't bother me going back to them.
Wildrover
Tour Rookie
Completely different to the armlock debate as they don't fundamentally change the way the stroke is made. You only have 2 points of contact.
jmf1488
Club Champion
Bryson has one of these grips on his driver. Couldnt believe it when i seen it at the open.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
All his clubs have the thickest grips possible. Each to their own - whenever I've tried a grip even slightly thicker than standard it feels awful, like swinging a tennis racket, ha.
sweaty sock
Hacker
They're both ways to stabilise the wrists though. So although mechanically they are different, if your banning armlock, which seems to be the view of that thread, for stabilising the wrists should we not also ban big grips for doing the same thing?
And theres no positive lock from arm lock, if i break my left wrist the shaft just moves away from my arm? So it is in effect a conventional stroke?
