• Re: Why do Pros put their grips on backwards?

    From K K@21:1/5 to Scott Bershing on Tue Sep 6 10:05:11 2022
    On Monday, April 13, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Scott Bershing wrote:
    This isn't true. Golf Pride doesn't pay players to play their grips, which
    is actually a better selling point, as most of them do anyways. I think
    that it has more to do with having a cleaner look at address. Most club manufactures put the logo on the underside of the shaft when looking at address for this same reason. BTW, every graphite shaft I know of can be installed with the logo in either the 6 or12 o'clock position.
    Scott
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    In article <199804121407...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
    dnthm...@aol.com (DnThMiddle) wrote:
    I have notice that tour players like Tiger Woods and Scott Hoch have their >>grips put on backwards. The golf pride logo on the underside of the club. >>Why
    is that?

    Photo opportunities. When they "hold the pose" at the finish of the follow >through......the logo(s) can be seen. Graphite shaft mfgs also screen their >logos on the "bottom" side of the shaft for the same reason.

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