Note to Self after Layoff

[iacas]

Note to self after four-month layoff from even really touching a golf club: New Decade Multicompound (i.e. partially corded) grips may be great grips in the summer time, but are incredibly less so after a long layoff.

In other words.... ouch.



That is all.

[cigarnut81]

Nice post man!!!!!! I agree!! I picked mine up the other day and it did not feel good an the hands at all.

[ChiChiIsMe]

Note to self

Wouldn't this be better in a PM?

j/k

[iacas]

Wouldn't this be better in a PM?

Yeah, the stupid thing is I think you can PM yourself. :)

[pshizz]

have you ever played cords? even worse on the hands. When i go to a heated driving range during the winter, my hands kill after a couple shots.

[iacas]

have you ever played cords?

Yes. Used to play them exclusively. And as far as the left hand is concerned, the NDMCs are a corded grip.

[pshizz]

Yes. Used to play them exclusively. And as far as the left hand is concerned, the NDMCs are a corded grip.

yeah i know, but the glove helps alot by masking the cord part. My right hand has blisters on it after a long range session. I might make the switch to the carolina blue multicompounds.

[iacas]

yeah i know, but the glove helps alot by masking the cord part.

I don't wear a glove...

[Titleist Man]

I dont think they are that bad i have them now and will probably regrip again w/ the same ones except the white ones this time.

[Prairie Golfer]

I swung a few of my old clubs after a fifteen year layoff. I was pleasantly surprised that they stayed in my hands.

[Awsi Dooger]

My layoff is normally football season, when I'm swamped. A few years ago I started sending myself an email with an unmistakable header at the end of summer, with all the tips and swing thoughts I was working on, before the layoff. Not that my game improves but I'm always amazed the basic stuff I forget before I pick up the clubs again. After reading the email I'm generally less pathetic than I would have been, particularly in terms of alignment.

[LBlack14]

So are ya tellin me that the set of irons I just bought with MC's are gonna have to be regripped before I ever get to use them?

[goblue107501]

Wouldn't this be better in a PM?

That was hilarious.

I use a glove and don't have corded grips and the one thing I struggle with after the winter is getting the hands back. It takes a few sessions at the range and/or a few rounds to get to where they don't hurt anymore.

[kafka01]

I hit my first bucket today with some old corded blades i had lying around and i really expected a bunch of blisters, but nothing happend.

[pshizz]

I don't wear a glove...

then as tiger woods says, "get one."

[TheLauncher]

I hit a bucket yesterday, my first full swing action since the end of October, and my hands are not the only thing that's sore. It really is dreadful how out of shape I can get over the winter.

Question though, does anyone find that blisters are more common in the cold when the skin isn't quite as supple, or are my new grips more likely to blame for the soreness?

[iacas]

So are ya tellin me that the set of irons I just bought with MC's are gonna have to be regripped before I ever get to use them?

No. Once you get your calluses built up you'll be fine. They're great grips. And they really only sting on mis-hits (see also: four month layoff

).

then as tiger woods says, "get one."

No thanks. I've never worn a glove. Not about to start now.

[LBlack14]

I don't wear a glove and I havent' played since September. I've only started hitting balls in the last few weeks and I've always used Velvets of various brands. You're saying I'm in for some pain then?