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ajschn06

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Why do manufacturer put grips on with the logo facing down?

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I think its for the looks.

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Originally Posted by ajschn06

Why do manufacturer put grips on with the logo facing down?


Because better players tend to ask for them that way. They don't want to stare at a logo or look down and see one, particularly since a slightly off-center logo can mess with your alignment.

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It does not take as much time to put them on, because the grip doesn't have to be put on perfectly.

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It makes the club look cleaner. Additionally, if one is really gripping down on the club, there could be a small "feel" difference if your thumb is sitting on the part where the branding is. I highly doubt it, just throwing the idea out there.


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I have mine put on logo down so it doesnt mess with the alignment, cause if its slightly off it could mess you up.

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wrx_junki Great Member

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I look at my club face when looking to see if its closed/neutral/open not the grip so I've never saw a need to grip logo down. I think this is another thing that the pros did and the masses followed.

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Originally Posted by andef

It makes the club look cleaner. Additionally, if one is really gripping down on the club, there could be a small "feel" difference if your thumb is sitting on the part where the branding is. I highly doubt it, just throwing the idea out there.


I am actually the opposite.  I prefer the grip logo to be up so if I am gripping down on the club, the fingers on my right hand won't have an incosistent touch on the logo.  I have very little pressure on my right thumb so if that is over the grip logo it doesn't bother me at all.

Personally, I don't care about the look one way or the other.  And if it is slightly off line, that won't bother me either.  I don't align the club based on the grip.

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It makes the club look cleaner. Additionally, if one is really gripping down on the club, there could be a small "feel" difference if your thumb is sitting on the part where the branding is. I highly doubt it, just throwing the idea out there.

I am actually the opposite.  I prefer the grip logo to be up so if I am gripping down on the club, the fingers on my right hand won't have an incosistent touch on the logo.  I have very little pressure on my right thumb so if that is over the grip logo it doesn't bother me at all.

Personally, I don't care about the look one way or the other.  And if it is slightly off line, that won't bother me either.  I don't align the club based on the grip.


I'm pretty sure my suggestion is not the reason behind this technique. In my case, I don't ever remember gripping that far down on the club and you're right, I would probably feel the same way. But then again, I'm more of a "technical player" than a "feel player" so neither bothers me. My first set up clubs had the logo up and all Titleist clubs have the logo down. It hasn't affected me at all.


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It's funny, saw a guy regrip his entire set with Titleist Golf Pride Tour velvets today...then ask for them to be logo down. Bet that guy will really play better spending an extra $3/grip when he can't even see the Titleist logo.

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It doesn't matter to me. I'm not one to do something to my clubs because that's "what the pros do". I can understand the cleaner look thing, but I'm too busy looking at the clubhead/ball to let the grip mess up my alignment.

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I do my own regripping, and its just easier to install them logo down.

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Just the "style" the past few years...10 years ago NO ONE would have asked to have it done it this way.  Some how the fad has caught a wave of momentum...in a few years it will be gone.  If it mattered people would buy only plain black grips...which they dont...they want to emulate the tour players.

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Originally Posted by weavej2

Just the "style" the past few years...10 years ago NO ONE would have asked to have it done it this way.  Some how the fad has caught a wave of momentum...in a few years it will be gone.  If it mattered people would buy only plain black grips...which they dont...they want to emulate the tour players.



Not really true.   About 20 years ago I was playing with a coworker who was a + handicap along with a couple of his playing buddies, also excellent golfers.   I noticed that two of them had the logos on the backside of the shaft, and being the duffing hacker that I was asked if someone screwed up making their clubs.   Their response was just like others said here - it was because they wanted to be able to shape shots better and focus on the clubhead, and having the name in plain view messed with their thinking as they addressed the ball.    So I know of at least 2 people who would disagree with your "NO ONE" contention.


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Hasn't Titleist been doing this for a series of years? I've only played golf for two years but from what I've seen it's one of the few brands, if not the only one, that does this with all clubs.

Titleist has always been a player's club manufacturer so I'd assume they've been doing this for a while. Anyone "experienced" player can clarify this?


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Originally Posted by weavej2

Just the "style" the past few years...10 years ago NO ONE would have asked to have it done it this way.  Some how the fad has caught a wave of momentum...in a few years it will be gone.  If it mattered people would buy only plain black grips...which they dont...they want to emulate the tour players.


If I could find plain black tour velvet style grips I would get them in a heartbeat.  Premio is the closes I've found to that, but they still have the arrow on the one side.  If anyone knows where to get some let me know.

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