An Interesting Golf Grip Patent Application Publishes

Recently a very interesting grip patent application published as US Pub. No. 20070123365 titled “Golf Club Grip.” The application describes the invention as:

A golf club grip for attachment to a golf club shaft formed of a lower section having a first diameter and an upper section having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. Both the lower section and the upper section each extend approximately half the length of the golf club grip with an interface section connection the lower and upper sections. The structure of the golf club grip promotes better feel and allows a golfer’s non-dominant upper hand to obtain a firmer and stronger grip while allowing the dominant lower hand to impart more force to the ball with the golf club.

So what does that mean? Well, the figures do a good job of illustrating the concept (despite the fact that they look like they were sketched on a napkin).

The golf club grip of the present invention provides an increased feeling of control of the golf club by the non-dominant hand and a simultaneous decreased feel of control of the golf club by the dominant hand. The golf club grip also provides increased gripping strength of the non-dominant hand with the smaller diameter. The grip also provides decreased gripping strength of the dominant hand by virtue of the physical difference in the gripping diameters afforded to each hand by the grip. The golf club grip also provides increased wrist-flex and release of the non-dominant hand actually and relatively to the dominant hand and decreased wrist flex and release of the dominant hand actually and relatively to the non-dominant hand by virtue of physical difference in the gripping diameters of the grip.

Interesting concept. I would give it a try.

David Dawsey – The IP Attorney With a Grip on Golf Patents

PS – it appears that the inventor of this grip may also be the inventor associated with the Macro Golf putter grips