Welcome to another edition of the Fully Equipped mailbag, an interactive GOLF.com series in which our resident dimplehead (a.k.a., GOLF’s managing editor of equipment, Jonathan Wall) fields your hard-hitting gear questions.
I’ve seen some players on tour have their club grips built up with extra wraps of tape underneath the rubber instead of going to midsize or oversize version. Is there a benefit to using wraps of tape versus increasing the size of the grip? — Nick Worthy
There isn’t a cut and dry situation where you should use more wraps of tape over going up in grip size, or vice versa. It really comes down to the overall weighting of the club and how you want it to feel in your hands.
For those who are unaware or maybe never heard the term “tape wraps,” there’s usually a single layer of grip tape (most are double-sided) underneath the grips on all your clubs. It helps keep the grip in place once the grip solvent — used to activate the tape and make it slick so the grip slides on — dries after the entire process is completed.
With that in mind, not every golfer likes the feel of a single wrap of tape under their grip. Some golfers have bigger hands and need the size of the grip to be increased to fit their mitts — but don’t want to do it by simply going to a larger grip.
