Your ability to control the clubface in golf is largely due to what your wrists and hands can do in the swing. If your golf grip doesn’t fit your hands, you may struggle to rotate the clubface properly. You’ll probably see issues with straight shots and consistent contact. Making sure you have the proper grip size will help.
How to measure your hand
To determine your swing grip size, you’ll need a measurement from your wrist crease to the middle fingertip of your lead hand in the golf grip.
Steps
- Open your upper grip hand (left for right-handed golfers, right for left-handed golfers).
- Use a ruler or tape measure to measure from the wrist crease to the tip of your middle finger.
- Compare your measurement to the chart below.
Golf grip size chart
Now that you have your hand length, you can use the chart below. Another popular method is to use your golf glove size to determine the recommended grip size. This table gives you two ways to confirm you’re choosing the right grip.
| Hand Measurement (Wrist → Middle Finger) | Glove Size (Upper Grip Hand) | Recommended Grip Size |
|---|---|---|
| < 5″ | Junior / Women’s XS | Junior |
| 5″–6.5″ | Men’s S / Cadet S / Women’s S, M | Undersize |
| 6.6″–7.5″ | Men’s M, M/L / Cadet M, M/L / Women’s M/L, L | Standard |
| 7.6″–9″ | Men’s L, XL / Cadet L, XL | Midsize |
| > 9″ | Men’s XL, XXL, XXXL / Cadet XXL | Jumbo |
The Plus 4 concept and no-taper technology
Golf Pride’s Plus 4 technology refers to making the lower portion of the grip (the trail-hand area) thicker. This is important when discussing grip sizing because it changes how a grip feels without changing its listed size.
A Plus 4 grip is the equivalent of adding four extra wraps of grip tape under the bottom half.
This reduces taper and creates a more consistent diameter from top to bottom. If you’re between sizes or find that the lower hand feels too active with your current grip, a Plus 4 design can make a standard grip feel closer to midsize in the lower hand without increasing the size in the upper hand.
Benefits of reduced taper for grip fit
- Encourages lighter grip pressure in the lower hand.
- Promotes a more even feel throughout the swing.
- Helps prevent the trail hand from over-rotating the clubface.
Putter grip sizing
When it comes to putter grips, hand size is not the main factor. SuperStroke emphasizes that stroke style should drive your choice, not hand size.
SuperStroke focuses on features like their No-Taper Technology (for even grip pressure), SPYNE® Technology (for consistent hand placement) and a range of shapes and textures. They do not officially prescribe specific grip sizes based on stroke type or hand size.
However, some golfers suggest choosing size based on putting stroke style, e.g., thicker grips for straighter strokes and slimmer grips for more arcing strokes.
Tips if you’re between sizes
If your hand measurement falls between two categories:
- Add extra wraps of grip tape to slightly increase thickness without changing to the next official size.
- Consider “Plus 4” or no-taper designs for more lower-hand stability.
- Test both sizes if possible; feel matters as much as measurement.
- Remember that softer grips can feel slightly larger, while firmer grips can feel smaller.
Final thoughts
The right grip size can have a huge impact on your control, comfort and consistency. For swing grips, use your hand measurement (and glove size) to find the best fit. For putter grips, focus on your stroke style and desired feel, not just your hand size.
When in doubt, test a few options before regripping your entire set.
OpMan
10 months ago
Maaaannnnnn…….!!!!!
I HATE this simplistic grip thing based just on size!!!!
Why are you STILL in the dark ages with this????????
Don’t forget WEIGHT!!!! And swingweight effect!!!!
You CAN’T just swap out ANY grip side from one to another, whether it be up in size or the other way –
Without considering how you will lose swingweight or gain swingweight and how that affects how the club will actually feel and swing!!!
There’s a reason why you see so many weird clubs in the USED BIN at your local shops that you can believe people gave up to sell, even recent clubs, most likely traded in by people who put on a thick grip or a thin grip, not knowing anything about the effects of weight, being told in a snap that a change in size might work, and because the dude, unbeknownst to him as he’s a beginner or just a casual golfer, just could not swing the club thinking it’s just not right for him, thinking it was the head or the shaft or whatever – when it was just the wrong grip weight effect on the club!!!!!
COME ON MGS –
This is when you should be a Hero and actually show what happens when people swap out grips, and give us detailed effects on the weights and the change in the FLEX of the club, and do a whole CHART from one end to the other, length to length, shaft weight to shaft weight, head weight to head weight, shaft flex to shaft flex, and what people could possibly find that will work for them!!!!
FFS man…. Come on man…….
Josh
10 months ago
Does changing the grip move the dial on the swingweight scale? Absolutely.
But unless you’re holding the club above or below the grip, the overwhelming majority of the increased mass of the bigger grip is going to sit inside the rotational center of your hands *dramatically* reducing any change to the experienced swing weight. I guess if you have some insane taper you could see a tiny counterbalanced effect…
Then you rant about grips impacting flex, and I think you are probably referring to the difference if you try to put a gripped shaft in a harmonic gauge. Which, again, is almost entirely negated when a human being holds a club instead of a vise.
I guess I’m just saying that half a dozen random capitalizations and punctuation that looks like it was done as a drive-by might be undermining your incredibly pedantic arguments.
OpMan
10 months ago
Mate.
Go build one yourself. Just do a grip swap. Pretend you’re doing it for a friend, pretend you know something he doesn’t know LMAO
Grab a club off the shelf, with a standard grip, and then pretend he has big hands, and grab a JUMBO grip in the same brand, same type, and put it on, where that jumbo grip is 10 to 15 GRAMS heavier!!!!!!!!! without changing the weight of the head, the shaft, or cutting it down!!!!
That is the kind of thing people do without knowing anything and then wonder why nothing improved.
Now shut up, grow up, you’re the one who is pedantic, Peter Griffin!!!
I’m a club builder with over 20 years experience! And 40 years of playing!!!