Have You Ever Clean Your Grips?

[p1n9183]

Watching a youtube video from Rick Shields, his tour pro Caddie for that round cleaned his grips before the round. He was surprised but glad because he felt  them a lot more grippy than normal. 

I have a mid am competition stating this friday and I normally clean the grooves of my irons before a tournament I consider important, but never came to mind to clean the grips. 
Yesterday after cleaning the grooves I proceeded to clean the grips, after letting them dry they were supper grippy, even more than when they were new.
We will se how they are in a couple of days at the course, if they feel the same I think i will keep doing this before each tournament I consider important. 

[iacas]

I clean them WAY more often than my students do, I can tell you that.

[GolfLug]

No.. but I should. It can only help. Of course, it only occurs to me when I'm not around my clubs. lol

[Bunkerblaster]

Usually once a month. I play 3 times a week, and use Star Sidewinder mid- sized grips.

[ChetlovesMer]

I can honestly say unless I drop my club into something, I've never cleaned my grips. 
But, having thought about it now, maybe I should? 

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I can honestly say unless I drop my club into something, I've never cleaned my grips. 
But, having thought about it now, maybe I should? 

Nah. Goose poop is an excellent grip aid.

[Ty_Webb]

I used to do it before every competition round. These days I would do it very occasionally. I should do it a lot more, but I rarely have the inclination and the thought to do it at the same time.

[bkuehn1952]

31 minutes ago, Ty_Webb said:

I used to do it before every competition round. These days I would do it very occasionally. I should do it a lot more, but I rarely have the inclination and the thought to do it at the same time.

Same here. Time to start again.

Thanks @p1n9183 for the reminder.

 

Edited September 11, 2024 by bkuehn1952

[Sammydreep]

Not nearly as often as I used to. 
Since I changed to Pure grips, they hardly ever seem to need cleaning nearly always grippy 

With my previous grips  It was always very noticeable after you had cleaned them, not so much now. 

[WillieT]

I need to....I spend time cleaning the grooves as noted earlier. It would be a simple matter of making a few more minutes available to do the same for the grips.  

[Archie Bunker]

I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that go to the expense of replacing their grips, when only a good cleaning will extend their life. Can make a very noticeable difference, depending on the grip material.

[3jacker]

On 9/11/2024 at 12:10 PM, iacas said:

I clean them WAY more often than my students do, I can tell you that.

Lol! I bet. 

I clean them when it becomes unavoidable.

[arturo28mx]

I wash them in the sink and running water with liquid dish soap, rubbing with my hand only or a scotch brite pad and it works very well

[Fines]

I usually do it once, sometimes twice, a month

[wacker]

On 9/11/2024 at 4:54 PM, p1n9183 said:

Watching a youtube video from Rick Shields, his tour pro Caddie for that round cleaned his grips before the round. He was surprised but glad because he felt  them a lot more grippy than normal. 

I have a mid am competition stating this friday and I normally clean the grooves of my irons before a tournament I consider important, but never came to mind to clean the grips. 
Yesterday after cleaning the grooves I proceeded to clean the grips, after letting them dry they were supper grippy, even more than when they were new.
We will se how they are in a couple of days at the course, if they feel the same I think i will keep doing this before each tournament I consider important. 

I clean the heads the grips of my clubs at least once a week. Regrettably I am still a poor golfer 

[The Recreational Golfer]

In summer, I have a wet towel and wipe the grip on a particular club after a few shots with it. 

[Shindig]

A few months ago, I scrubbed a bunch of grips with a wet towel (that was clean before I did this).  I should do that more often.

I also am really not sure how to know when my grips are dirty enough to warrant cleaning, but I shower every day, so maybe it makes sense I should clean my grips after every round, or at least on a regular basis.

And I'm really not sure how often I should replace them.  I still have the pure grips on my 5-iron through lob wedge, plus my fairway wood.  I installed those almost seven years ago, maybe it's time for new?  Maybe I wouldn't have to replace them as often if I kept them cleaner.  Hmm, I think this weekend I'll clean my grips.  I should find an authoritative source on how to do that, maybe the towel thing I described a minute ago isn't it.

[iacas]

Water, a little soap, maybe a brush but even that’s probably not needed, and 10 minutes of your time.