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.
The following results show the impact spot on each; their driver on the left and Test Driver on the right. The results show that all players had the impact spot move more towards the center of the club face and/or the impact spots became more one on top of the other.
Only the Nationwide tour player recognized immediately during the test that he was now hitting in the middle of the club face. The others were surprised to see the results. The former major winner wants the grip on all his clubs. The last report at the bottom of the page is the first player of any caliber that I have tested that did not show marked improvement. In his case he hit near the center to start.
Available tournament driving stats from the tournament are printed below when available.
| DRIVING ACCURACY | 50 | 36 | 50 | 43 | 44.6 | T50 |
| DRIVING DISTANCE | 289.0 | 295.5 | 275.0 | 278.0 | 284.4 | 50 |
He is 100th in total driving stats
| DRIVING ACCURACY | 29 | 36 | 32.1 | N/A |
| DRIVING DISTANCE | 290.0 | 313.5 | 301.8 | N/A |
| DRIVING ACCURACY | 50 | 36 | 42.9 | N/A |
| DRIVING DISTANCE | 283.5 | 261.5 | 272.5 | N/A |
| DRIVING ACCURACY | 71 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 66.1 | 3 |
| DRIVING DISTANCE | 269.0 | 294.0 | 273.5 | 266.0 | 275.6 | 71 |
Addendums for other subjects’ results: