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Klean Well Established Member

Klean

I've recently gotten a bad case of golfer's elbow and my doctor suggested I get oversized grips on all of my clubs to relieve the stress of constant grip pressure.

Has anyone ever tried this? Not even sure if they make oversized grips for irons/woods.
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I've recently gotten a bad case of golfer's elbow and my doctor suggested I get oversized grips on all of my clubs to relieve the stress of constant grip pressure.

The best oversized grips I've found are the Lamkin Jumbo Oversized. I had them on my Hogan CFT hybrids a couple yrs. ago and they are sweeeeet!!!! As far as oversized grips relieving golfer's elbow, I have no clue.

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pat8 Member

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Oversized grips for irons/woods are made by all of the big grips companies, in most all of the better-selling/most popular models (golf pride has oversized grips in DD2, dual durometer, tour velvet, tour wrap, for example).
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M2daRizzle Well Established Member

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I use oversized grips because my hands are huge. I love them, I doubt you will be disappointed with the switch.

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Not to hijack your thread or anything, but this brings up a good uestion for me as well that I never really thought of until I saw this.

I have some nerve damage and arthritis in my hands which gives me trouble when I am gripping my clubs. I have never asked my doctor about this, but I wonder if it would help me to have oversized grips. I do not have big hands (about 7 1/4 inches from wrist to tip of middle finger) but the grips always feel so small in my hands so I get uncomfortable. They just don't seem to fit well in my fingers. which causes me to grip harder and do a lot of re-gripping while addressing the ball.

Any thoughts?
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joseywales Well Established Member

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Unless your hands are really big, don't be surprised if you start losing everything to the right. I had them put on by mistake once and thought I would just try them but everything went right. I couldn't wait to put stock grips back on.
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3 Wood:Launcher 13*(V2)
Irons:AP2 (Project X 5.5) (3-W)
HybridTWS 19*Gap wedge:CG15 50* Sand wedge:CG15 56*Putter:: XG9 (35")Ball:ProV1X
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photobob Member

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I've recently gotten a bad case of golfer's elbow and my doctor suggested I get oversized grips on all of my clubs to relieve the stress of constant grip pressure.

I'm trying out a few Lamkin Arthritic grips right now. They are oversized and have a "nubby" texture that is both soft and tacky. They really do help me keep a lighter pressure on the grip and are very comfortable.

They're about $2.50 ea at Golf Galaxy, so if you re-grip yourself, it's fairly cheap to buy a few and try 'em out.

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If it ain't broke, you're just not trying.-- Red Green

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wolverine318 Well Established Member

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Im a GP Tour Velvet Midsize fanboy. I have bigger hands and they feel better than stock. Ive heard they will help with arthrites although I dont know how much or if its true.
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Snake Well Established Member

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Has anybody tried those reverse taper grips (like these )? Just curious.

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Klean Well Established Member

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Unless your hands are really big, don't be surprised if you start losing everything to the right. I had them put on by mistake once and thought I would just try them but everything went right. I couldn't wait to put stock grips back on.

Interesting! That's what I was concerned about, whether the bigger grips will affect my swing. My hands are average size, so I guess I will have see for myself.

I'm trying out a few Lamkin Arthritic grips right now. They are oversized and have a "nubby" texture that is both soft and tacky. They really do help me keep a lighter pressure on the grip and are very comfortable.

Thanks for the info! I'll try one on one of my rock clubs (have a lot of these playing in Vegas) and see if it makes a difference.
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I have been using these grips for the last couple of seasons and they have been working out great. Try getting one of your clubs regripped, like a wedge, to see if you prefer more a mid-size or jumbo size grip (the Jumbos are really big!).

Kevin
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GoBigBlue Member

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I had these put on everything:Winn Polymer-Cord Hybrid Blue/Black Midsize. They are the latest from Winn. I love 'em. I do have big hands though. You know what they say about guys with oversized grips, right?

I'm also partial to Winn grips so, take it for what it's worth.

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photobob Member

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Has anybody tried those reverse taper grips (like

Yes, I did, but a different brand. While they did help take my right hand out of the swing to a small degree, I was largely unimpressed.

Your mileage may vary, but they weren't for me...

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-Bob

If it ain't broke, you're just not trying.-- Red Green

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907golfer12 Great Member

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...You know what they say about guys with oversized grips, right?

They have big hands?

You know what they say about people with big hands? They wear big gloves

Here's what I play:

Titleist 907 D2 10.5* UST ProForce V2 76-S | Titleist 906F4 18.5* Aldila VS Proto "By You" 80-S | Titleist 585H 21* Aldila VS Proto "By You" 80-S | Titleist ZB 4-PW TTDG S300 | Bob Vokey Spin Milled Oil Can 54.10 | Bob Vokey Spin Milled Oil Can 60.08 | Scotty Cameron Red X5 33" |

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JackieTreehorn Well Established Member

JackieTreehorn

I have small hands (wrist to tip 7") but my fingers are kind of fat. I played with oversize grips one season when I didn't know anything about clubmaking, but I seemed to like the feel. It was almost like the more surface area my hand had on the club, the more secure it felt.
Thinking I needed smaller grips, the next year I regripped and tried to squeeze women's grips on with one tape layer, (but had to cut the grip bottoms off since they were not fitting)! It turns out they don't feel any smaller than a normal grip would.
Now I am thinking of going back to midsize or oversize for my next regripping. ..wondering if anyone else has a similar experience of liking big grips for small hands.

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Delirious

I switched to super oversize grips by JumboMax after a friend let me try his. They are the size of a baseball bat handle, but they made me hit the ball way straighter. I have average size (M/L) mitts. My friends borrow my driver with the fat grip when we're playing a tight driving hole now.
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retexan599 Well Established Member

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Not to hijack your thread or anything, but this brings up a good uestion for me as well that I never really thought of until I saw this.

I also have arthritis in both my hands. This year I had all my clubs regripped with Winn Excel RF Oversize +1/8” Weather Black grips. The larger size and good tackiness has really helped reduce the soreness during the 2nd nine and afterwards. I bought the grips and had them installed at my local golfsmith. Very glad I did this. Btw, I wear a glove on both hands and have graphite shafts which also helps.

John Hanley
Sugar Land, TX
Driver: Pinemeadow ZR-1 460cc 10.5 degree; senior flex graphite shaft;
6-PW: ProStaff Oversize; graphite (about 13 years old);
Adams Tight Lies fairway woods.

Cleveland CG14 56° sand wedge

Zebra 395gm Mallet putter

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