Golf grip advice

[paininthenuts]

I recently ordered some grips for my Ping G2 irons. They arrived, however the hole in the grip was only 12 mil, whereas the end of the clubs are 15 mil. I returned these, and then ordered some golf pride grips. Knowing the problem, I emailed the seller requesting advice. I was told to order the 0.6 grip. Again it is to small. The supplier also does a 6.2 size, but I don't know what this refers to. can anyone advise me ?

[boogielicious]

55 minutes ago, paininthenuts said:

I recently ordered some grips for my Ping G2 irons. They arrived, however the hole in the grip was only 12 mil, whereas the end of the clubs are 15 mil. I returned these, and then ordered some golf pride grips. Knowing the problem, I emailed the seller requesting advice. I was told to order the 0.6 grip. Again it is to small. The supplier also does a 6.2 size, but I don't know what this refers to. can anyone advise me ?

The grips can stretch over the hole. The hole size is called the "core" size. Some grips are available in more than one core size. But you can use a smaller core grip on a larger shaft. What this does is stretch the grip a bit. The core is actually measured in the butt end of the grip, not the open end. The open end is a bit smaller because the shaft tapers. You should not have a problem installing.

[paininthenuts]

On 4/16/2016 at 0:21 PM, boogielicious said:

The grips can stretch over the hole. The hole size is called the "core" size. Some grips are available in more than one core size. But you can use a smaller core grip on a larger shaft. What this does is stretch the grip a bit. The core is actually measured in the butt end of the grip, not the open end. The open end is a bit smaller because the shaft tapers. You should not have a problem installing.

You can't imagine the hassle this caused me. After returning the first set of grips, I got the second ones that still didn't fit. Because everyone on various forums kept telling me they should fit, I ended up taking them to a pro. The pro told me they would not fit, and I needed 0.62 grips, but they had none in stock. This was despite the Ping customer service assuring me that all their irons were a 0.60 fitting. Well, I returned the Golf Pride 0.60 grips, and got 0.62. They fitted perfectly and took 5 minutes to install. To this day I am still confused, but the problem is sorted none the less. 

[iacas]

On April 21, 2016 at 10:38 AM, paininthenuts said:

You can't imagine the hassle this caused me. After returning the first set of grips, I got the second ones that still didn't fit. Because everyone on various forums kept telling me they should fit, I ended up taking them to a pro. The pro told me they would not fit, and I needed 0.62 grips, but they had none in stock. This was despite the Ping customer service assuring me that all their irons were a 0.60 fitting. Well, I returned the Golf Pride 0.60 grips, and got 0.62. They fitted perfectly and took 5 minutes to install. To this day I am still confused, but the problem is sorted none the less. 

You can put a .58 on a .600 shaft, so I don't know what that's all talking about. I mean, 2/100ths of an inch is not that much.

I'm glad you've got it sorted out though.

[Buckeyebowman]

I've re-gripped several sets of clubs myself and always had a little "work" to do to get the tip end of the grip over the butt end of the shaft. Yes, everything tapers down. Once that was done, it was easy peasy.