Lost distance with larger grips, has anyone experienced something similar?

[jsocas]

Approx 4 weeks ago I decided to change the grips of my clubs for midsize GP New Decade. I have big hands and decided to put 3 rolls of tape under. It felt good to start with but  when I went to the course I noticed that my natural draw with my irons was almost gone. I have to exagerate my rotation and close the face of the club significantly to get to hit a draw. I imagine that having larger grips somehow changed the way I grip the club I guess making me having trouble drawing the ball. So now most of my shots are straight and my miss is a fade. All this made me loose approx 5 to 10 yards per club. NOt sure if anyone here has experienced something similar.

[Zack]

When I had my grips re-gripped to a midsize, the installer asked me if I knew they were midsize. I said ya, why? He said if the grip is to big it can cause you to miss hits to the right. (I'm a right handed golfer). I've never had an issue with mine, I have midsize golf pride vdr's with one piece of tape under them. Maybe your new grips are causing your swing to change a little bit.

Zack

[glock35ipsc]

Fatter grips tends to quite down the wrists and hands, which is why a lot of people use midsize or larger grips on wedges.   Same as the jumbo size putter grips are good to help people that are to "handsy" with their stroke.

[NuclearMike]

I heard the same thing about oversize grips tending to make the shot shape a fade or slice but I'm drawing the ball for the first time ever.  I know that taking almost 10 years away from the game and coming back without lessons that my swing has changed but it seems that the last thing I need to worry about is slicing the ball.  As far as losing distance I haven't had enough course time to tell.  My range (where I hit about 250 balls a week) has a bunch of old range balls, so I can't tell with any real accuracy how far I hit anything.

[LongballPro]

You may want to try using 1 piece of tape. I have rather large hands myself and use midsize grips. I just did a regrip earlier this season and put on an oversize grip instead of a midsize by mistake. After it was on, I decided to try it to see if there was much difference and I found the exact same results as you have found.

The extra wraps fill out the grip a little more. If you have been using standard grips until now, you may find that the single wrap with the midsize grip is all you need. I would at least try one club to start. Let us know how it goes

[jsocas]

thanks for the advice, I've been thinking about taking some tape off but I haven't figured out how to remove the grips without cutting them. If anyone here knows how to do it I'll appreciate any info. Thanks again.