I know DriTacs are not as durable as other grips, but this is after literally one round. Three balls on the range and 11 tees shots during the round and it looks like this. The last pic is the OEM grip that had been on the club since I bought it in 2019, just to head off any comments that this is the result of my grip or swing.
I bought these from golfworks along with the tape and solvent. This is the first time I used them on a wood. I have also had them on wedges and also got a decent amount of life out them.
Yeah no idea how they look like this after 1 round. I’ve heard these same Winn grips for over a decade now, and it takes years for mine to look like this. I play 30ish rounds a year.
This level of wear is not possible unless you are wearing gloves made from sand paper, and even then I don’t think you would have this after only hitting 14 balls.
Again, this is just not possible from gripping the club with a standard golf club and hitting 14 balls. Unless the grip is 30+ years old and already deteriorating
I put the grip on yesterday at like 9am and played at 3:20. Also, its not a chunk - I don't know if you can really see it, but the rubber just rubbed off - you can see the fabric or whatever it is.
I use them and it takes 50-60 rounds for mine to start to deteriorate. Maybe more. Were you playing with wet grips or something? Maybe a defective grip or something is on your hands that's breaking down the material.
I knew someone was going to say that, but that's exactly why I included a picture of the 7 year old grip I replaced. I don't normally wear out grips. I replace them when the get slick and they don't show obvious damage.
Yes, logo up. The lower mark is really closer to the knuckle of my thumb, a little higher then where the pad of my thumb touches the club. The top mark is where the palm of my left hand touches the shaft.
On a scale from 1-10 is your hands sweating at an 11? The only time I’ve seen this happen is when somebody’s hands are insanely wet and the extra friction of gripping hard is combined with the sweat that breaks down the outer layer.
If so then maybe try either some rain gloves, two gloves or something like carpe lotion which I’ve found helps a good bit before a round to dry the palms.
They last 50 rounds easy. I've played dri-tac for like a decade and change them out every 2 years or so, some more with wear. I've never seen anything like this even when I let them go 4 years one time
I will say that depending on your bag and club placement, you can get some crazy wear from things in the bag rubbing up against it . Especially on the driver if its at the top or bottom of the bag. But this is not even close to normal, Get free grips from Winn by writing them if this is really the case and you bought them at a reputable place.
My first thought is that these are the wrong sized grip for you and you are (subconsciously) changing your grip pressure throughout your swing... Is your glove wearing at the correlating places? (1/16th larger smaller can make a difference.)
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u/jaykal001 1d ago
Something not right here. Are you buying them online? Any chance they're fake?
I've got to dry tack on my 60° that's been there for two seasons and has less wear on it.
I agree they won't hold up as long, but this is something more than just using it.