DEMOINES GRIP TESTING

Golf Putters

The PGA tour players warmed up with their driver and hit 5 recorded shots with impact paper on their driver face. They then were handed a club they never hit before and without a practice swing hit 5 shots with the test driver; a 9.5 degree, older Bridgestone J33R with PM702s graphite design stiff shaft and the four longitudinal grooved golf grip, called Synapse®.

Player #1: Two regular PGA tour wins and one international. After the following testing he placed 13 grips on clubs.

Their Driver
  
Test Driver
His Three Wood; no test 3 wood.

Round 3 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 34 5 4 4 3 2 5 4 4 3 34 68
Status E E E E 1 E E E -1 -- E -1 -1 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 -3 -- -3
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 2 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd2 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 34 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 3 37 71
Status E E E 1 1 1 E E -1 -- E E 1 2 2 1 1 1 E -- E
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 1 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd1 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 39 4 4 4 4 3 7 3 4 4 37 76
Status E 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 -- 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 -- +5
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

STATS Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 TOT RANK
EAGLES -- -- -- 0 N/A
BIRDIES 1 4 6 11 T11
PARS 12 10 9 31 T36
BOGEYS 4 4 3 11 T9
DOUBLE BOGEYS 1 -- -- 1 T13
OTHER -- -- -- 0 N/A
DRIVING ACCURACY 57 36 71 54.8 T71
DRIVING DISTANCE 260.0 290.0 306.0 285.3 63
PUTTS PER ROUND 33 28 31 30.7 T68
PUTTS PER GIR 1.909 1.700 1.786 1.800 T33
GREENS IN REG 61 56 78 64.8 T59
SAND SAVES -- -- 0 0.0 T39

Summary: He hits 54.85 fairways at 285.3 yards. His last round was 71% fairway at 306.0 yards. His year to date average is 63% fairways and 273 yards.

Player #2: 10 PGA tour wins including one Masters. 2 Champion tour wins. No recent success.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

Results with his driver with his grip in play.

DRIVING ACCURACY 57 57 64 59.5 T65
DRIVING DISTANCE 279.0 285.0 284.0 282.7 T68

Player #3: 19 regular PGA tour wins including 2 Masters. No Champion tour wins.

His Driver
  
Test driver
 
Driver in play on Pro Am.
  

Results with his driver and Synapse® grip on as well as wedges.

DRIVING ACCURACY 57 71 64 64.3 T54
DRIVING DISTANCE 247.0 287.0 279.0 271.0 80
PUTTS PER ROUND 29 30 32 30.3 T44
PUTTS PER GIR 1.545 1.917 2.000 1.833 T54
GREENS IN REG 61 67 72 66.7 T52

Player #4: No regular PGA tour wins. One Nationwide wing and one win on Champions tour; the PGA championship.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

Results with his driver.

DRIVING ACCURACY 64 71 71 69.0 T35
DRIVING DISTANCE 314.5 317.0 324.5 318.7 5

Summary: His testing was not very good, but his play was as he finished T10 and -9.

Player #5: 8 regular PGA tour wins, including one US Open. Two wins on Champions tour.

His Driver
  
Test Driver
His driver with Synapse® grip, tried to mishit
  
Same with hooks and slices

Results with 13 grips in play.

Round 3 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 34 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 5 36 70
Status -1 -1 -1 -1 E -1 -1 -1 -1 -- -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -- -1
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 2 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd2 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 34 4 5 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 34 68
Status E 1 E E E E E E -1 -- -1 -1 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -- -3
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 1 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd1 3 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 35 4 5 5 4 3 6 4 6 5 42 77
Status -1 -1 E E E E E 1 E -- E E 1 1 1 2 3 5 6 -- +6
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

STATS Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 TOT RANK
EAGLES -- -- -- 0 N/A
BIRDIES 2 5 3 10 T22
PARS 9 11 13 33 T21
BOGEYS 6 2 2 10 T12
DOUBLE BOGEYS 1 -- -- 1 T13
OTHER -- -- -- 0 N/A
DRIVING ACCURACY 36 93 50 59.5 T64
DRIVING DISTANCE 274.5 287.5 286.0 282.7 T68
PUTTS PER ROUND 30 31 32 31.0 T73
PUTTS PER GIR 1.900 1.750 1.800 1.805 37
GREENS IN REG 56 89 83 75.9 T14
SAND SAVES 0 100 -- 50.0 T12

Summary: He hit 59.5% fairways at average 282.7 yards.

Player # 6: Seven regular PGA tour wins. Rookie on Champions tour.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

Results of play with his driver.

DRIVING ACCURACY 50 79 71 66.7 T46
DRIVING DISTANCE 312.0 300.0 300.0 304.0 27

Player #7: Six regular PGA tour wins including the PGA championship. Three Champion tour wins.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

Results of 3 days play with his driver and his grips.

DRIVING ACCURACY 64 71 79 71.4 T30
DRIVING DISTANCE 313.0 289.5 297.0 299.8 T36

Player #8: Four regular PGA tour victories. Rookie on Champion tour.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

His results in play with his driver.

DRIVING ACCURACY 50 57 43 50.0 77
DRIVING DISTANCE 272.0 298.0 298.0 289.3 T56

Player #9: Two regular PGA tour wins. 2nd year on Champions tour.

His Driver
  
Test Driver

Results with 13 grips in play.

Round 3 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 35 5 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 35 70
Status E 1 1 E E E E E E -- 1 E E -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -- -1
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 2 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd2 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 33 4 5 4 4 2 5 3 4 4 35 68
Status -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -2 -- -2 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -- -3
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

Round 1 - Glen Oaks CC
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOT
Par 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 35 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 36 71
Rnd1 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 36 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 39 75
Status E E E E 1 1 2 2 1 -- E -1 E E 1 1 2 3 4 -- +4
Scorecard:
Ace / Double Eagle
Eagle
Birdie
Par
Bogey
2+ Bogeys

STATS Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 TOT RANK
EAGLES -- -- -- 0 N/A
BIRDIES 3 4 3 10 T46
PARS 8 13 13 34 T36
BOGEYS 7 1 2 10 T14
DOUBLE BOGEYS -- -- -- 0 N/A
OTHER -- -- -- 0 N/A
DRIVING ACCURACY 57 57 50 54.8 T72
DRIVING DISTANCE 303.0 292.0 312.0 302.3 T30
PUTTS PER ROUND 33 29 31 31.0 T59
PUTTS PER GIR 1.909 1.786 1.857 1.846 59
GREENS IN REG 61 78 78 72.2 T31
SAND SAVES -- -- -- 0 N/A

Player #10: Two regular PGA tour wins. One win on Champions tour. Plays both tours at present.

His Driver
  
Test Driver
He hit more concentrated and towards middle.

Results with his driver and his grip.

DRIVING ACCURACY 86 71 64 73.8 T23
DRIVING DISTANCE 289.0 297.5 295.5 294.0 T50

Player #11: PHIL BLACMAR

He did no testing at this event, but previously. He practiced 3 days with 13 grips and decided they did not work for him.

Results of his play with his grips.

DRIVING ACCURACY 50 57 50 52.4 76
DRIVING DISTANCE 301.5 311.5 304.0 305.7 22

Summary: He was +4 for 71st out of 80 players.

CONTINUING PLAY

RB: Driver only

DRIVING ACCURACY 57 36 43 45.2 79
DRIVING DISTANCE 284.0 313.5 293.5 297.0 T47

KC: Driver only

DRIVING ACCURACY 79 78.6 T13
DRIVING DISTANCE 301.5 301.5 T30
PUTTS PER ROUND 28 28.0 T12
PUTTS PER GIR 1.636 1.636 T9
GREENS IN REG 61 61.1 T35

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