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Thinking of trying Jumbo's on my irons to combat a hook. Thoughts?

Driver: Titleist D13
5 Wood: RBZ First Gen
4 to PW: R9 TP's
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Thinking of trying Jumbo's on my irons to combat a hook. Thoughts?


I think people who use oversized grips are often kidding themselves and seemingly basing it on the "old" ball flight laws.

If your ball starts at the target or even slightly to the right of it, your clubface rotation is not the issue - your path is causing the hook, and fatter grips won't do much to help you.

I've never seen much evidence to support the science behind "bigger grips = slower release." Not at the size and scale of grips, anyway.

Anyway… I'd look at the grips that FIT your hands, and then figure out what you need to change in your golf swing. Changing grip sizes to fix the swing doesn't ever seem to work. If you have large hands, you may want slightly larger grips. If you have small hands, slightly smaller grips.

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I've played every size grip at one time or another and I would say a larger grip promotes a draw because it seems to encourage a stronger grip on the club.

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Thinking of trying Jumbo's on my irons to combat a hook. Thoughts?

I'd be highly skeptical this would make any difference, but even so, this would be about 40 or 50 places down the list of things I would try to fix a destructive shot pattern. There's a lot of things you should work on first. Do you have an idea why you're only hooking your irons and not your driver? I'm actually the same way, where my miss is an over draw with the irons, but that rarely happens with my woods. For me, I'm realizing that I get my weight too far forward because I'll often have a lousy lie on the course and I'm trying to make clean contact, and it pushes the path outwards too much. I don't have that same tendency with my woods, obviously, which are usually on a tee or in a good lie.

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Callaway X-24 10.5° Driver, Callaway Big Bertha 15° wood, Callaway XR 19° hybrid, Callaway X-24 24° hybrid, Callaway X-24 5i-9i, PING Glide PW 47°/12°, Cleveland REG 588 52°/08°, Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind 56°/13°, 60°/10°, Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter w/SuperStroke Slim 3.0 grip, Callaway Chev Stand Bag, Titleist Pro-V1x ball

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I actually hook the driver too. These are my misses and when I am off they show up more and are harder to shake, I am not looking for a fix just wanted something so I can swing a little bit more free or combat the hook.

Driver: Titleist D13
5 Wood: RBZ First Gen
4 to PW: R9 TP's
Putter: Nike Method
Wedges: Cleveland  

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I actually hook the driver too. These are my misses and when I am off they show up more and are harder to shake, I am not looking for a fix just wanted something so I can swing a little bit more free or combat the hook.

Have you tried actually clubs with jumbo grips to see whether you'd like them / they'd fit your hands / resolve your hooks?

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Callaway X-24 10.5° Driver, Callaway Big Bertha 15° wood, Callaway XR 19° hybrid, Callaway X-24 24° hybrid, Callaway X-24 5i-9i, PING Glide PW 47°/12°, Cleveland REG 588 52°/08°, Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind 56°/13°, 60°/10°, Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter w/SuperStroke Slim 3.0 grip, Callaway Chev Stand Bag, Titleist Pro-V1x ball

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I actually have a jumbo on my old sruver, seemed like I had more control kind of a dead feel.

Driver: Titleist D13
5 Wood: RBZ First Gen
4 to PW: R9 TP's
Putter: Nike Method
Wedges: Cleveland  

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I actually have a jumbo on my old sruver, seemed like I had more control kind of a dead feel.

Well, look, I'd look at it this way: you can spend about $100 re gripping your clubs and most likely not getting the result you're looking for or you could try a lesson from a pro with a launch monitor and pinpoint the issue for the same money. If you're gonna regrip anyway, you probably won't make it worse, with the caveat that @SavvySwede made, so if you're comfortable with it in that case, go for it. It's just not likely to help is the point I think you can take away from what we're saying. Post a swing video in a thread for yourself in the Member Swings forum and maybe it'll give you some things to consider

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Callaway X-24 10.5° Driver, Callaway Big Bertha 15° wood, Callaway XR 19° hybrid, Callaway X-24 24° hybrid, Callaway X-24 5i-9i, PING Glide PW 47°/12°, Cleveland REG 588 52°/08°, Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind 56°/13°, 60°/10°, Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter w/SuperStroke Slim 3.0 grip, Callaway Chev Stand Bag, Titleist Pro-V1x ball

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For me, grip size does not do much for hook, draw, fade, or slice.  I've tried many grips over the decades from DL-Gold, DL-White, GP mid-size, to GP standard, and experimented with layers of tape.  I've settled on either mid-size with grip tape, or standard with a layer of tape under the grip tape, both non-ribbed.

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if you think it is your grip you could try strengthening your grip by turning your top hand so two knuckles or so are showing on your top hand at address. this would keep the hands from turning the clubhead too much.

My clubs-

Driver- Cleveland XL270 

3 wood- Cleveland XL270 HL 3 wood

hybrid and irons-Cleveland Mashie 3 hybrid 

                        Adams a4r 4 hybrid-gw

wedges- a4r pw, gw, snakeyes 

             Callaway x-series jaws 56 Degree, 60 Degree

putter- Oddessey metal-x 

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if you think it is your grip you could try strengthening your grip by turning your top hand so two knuckles or so are showing on your top hand at address. this would keep the hands from turning the clubhead too much.

I would think a weaker grip would be the way you'd go if you want to stop an over-draw.

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Callaway X-24 10.5° Driver, Callaway Big Bertha 15° wood, Callaway XR 19° hybrid, Callaway X-24 24° hybrid, Callaway X-24 5i-9i, PING Glide PW 47°/12°, Cleveland REG 588 52°/08°, Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind 56°/13°, 60°/10°, Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter w/SuperStroke Slim 3.0 grip, Callaway Chev Stand Bag, Titleist Pro-V1x ball

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I would think a weaker grip would be the way you'd go if you want to stop an over-draw.

Oh my apologies I somehow misread his post as a slice.

My clubs-

Driver- Cleveland XL270 

3 wood- Cleveland XL270 HL 3 wood

hybrid and irons-Cleveland Mashie 3 hybrid 

                        Adams a4r 4 hybrid-gw

wedges- a4r pw, gw, snakeyes 

             Callaway x-series jaws 56 Degree, 60 Degree

putter- Oddessey metal-x 

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