Game Golf Tags

[Pretzel]

What is the best way to screw in the tags firmly?

I can get the tags most of the way flush, but a small gap remains since I have to press down on the tags to twist them in, which increases the friction on the rubber grip enough so as to prevent me from screwing it in further. I would use a pair of pliers, but I'm worried about damaging the tags since I don't know how much squeezing they can withstand. Is there a trick to getting them to seat fully flush against the grip?

[iacas]

I do think they should have been oblong, like an oval.

Just squeeze the tag, hold it still, and twist the club. I like to add a dab of silicone glue beneath before screwing them on.

[Club Rat]

Pliers work well. As Erik mentioned, lightly grip the tag and twist the club.

[Pretzel]

29 minutes ago, iacas said:

I do think they should have been oblong, like an oval.

Just squeeze the tag, hold it still, and twist the club. I like to add a dab of silicone glue beneath before screwing them on.

An oval would've been much appreciated.

The New Decade MultiCompounds have concave tops on the grips, which is what makes it hard. My wedges have grips with convex tops, which made it much easier.

[dkolo]

15 hours ago, Pretzel said:

The New Decade MultiCompounds have concave tops on the grips, which is what makes it hard. 

Do they? I wonder if it's a different model year than what I have; the couple of those grips I have on my Big Bertha clubs are dead flat.

[Pretzel]

3 hours ago, dkolo said:

Do they? I wonder if it's a different model year than what I have; the couple of those grips I have on my Big Bertha clubs are dead flat.

I could be wrong, but they apear to be slightly concave on my clubs. They're close to flat, but not quite it seems. 

[Club Rat]

21 hours ago, Pretzel said:

The New Decade MultiCompounds have concave tops on the grips

You could use a mill file to remove the crown of the grip.

Or use a belt sander, it is super quick.....

[Pretzel]

2 hours ago, Club Rat said:

You could use a mill file to remove the crown of the grip.

Or use a belt sander, it is super quick.....

Ha ha, I think it'll actually look nice with no gap between the tag and the end of the grip once I tape up a small pair of channel locks (to prevent marring) and twist it in that last little bit.

[Dave2512]

I use the GPNDMC and tags seat flat. Those grips are a bear to install without a gob of solvent, maybe yours have some play at the top.

[Pretzel]

1 hour ago, Dave2512 said:

I use the GPNDMC and tags seat flat. Those grips are a bear to install without a gob of solvent, maybe yours have some play at the top.

Yeah, it takes plenty of solvent. I just can't screw the tags in far enough by hand, since I have to push down while twisting to get it to move. Once it gets close to being completely installed, however, the tag presses up against the butt of the grip when I push down to twist it in further, increasing the friction too much for me to turn it in completely. I solved the problem by using a pair of vice grips (taped up to prevent marring) so I had more leverage to turn the tags.