I posted my question in the wrong place so it did not show up as a new entry. Sorry
Grip Weight March 3 2006, 9:09 PM
Hi Geoff
Your information on the grip size made for interesting reading with regard to the feeling in your hands. I have experimented with a two-thumb grip on Harold Swash's C-Groove Amy putter (centre-shafted 33"). However I am very conscious of the heavy sensation of the grip to the extent that you can't feel the putter head. In one respect it is great to be able to position both hands on the putter alongside of each other and so level and square your shoulders, but on the other hand I think the grip weight has knocked out the balance of the putter. I have now fitted a Lamkin jumbo putter grip. I would imagine that a putter designer would strive to balance the weight of the putter head, with the shaft and the grip in an optimum way. I know shortening a putter shaft changes its swingweight and I presume a heavy grip will do the same. I don't know the exact weight of the 2-thumb grip, but the pure pendulum X1 grip is supposedly 160gm.
I would appreciate your views on these oversize grips from a perspective of the extra weight they add to the putter handle.
Kind regards
Neville Walker
Perth, Oz
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