DEMOINES GRIP TESTING – Prescription Golf

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 Grooved Grip.

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

His Driver

Test Driver

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 Grooved 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 Grooved 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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