No charge, for Tiger. But the way Woods gets the grip is way cooler, right? Likely out of deference to his paid sponsors, Woods has usually used a marker to black out the distinctive white outline of Mr.
But not always. At some tournaments over the years, the white outline of Mr. Ping has been on display, keeping Woods company when he squats to read putts. Ping stamped on it, but not in white. The PP58 Blackout, to the cognoscenti. Ping — sometimes called Pingman but the company prefers the use of the honorific — was not actually modeled on either Ed Fiori or a walrus.
It was modeled by a Ping salesman named Charlie Faircloth, who covered Florida for the company in the late s. Charlie Faircloth just seemed to me like a regular golfer, with his feet out, a gut and a big red rose.
At the Merchandise Show, two Golf Pride engineers came through the Ping booth, Greg Cavil and Joe King, young, smart guys who were clearly in awe to have the chance to speak to one of the legends of the equipment business. As Solheim explained the lore the PP58 grip they hung on every word. He told them about the grip-making tools that his father designed that Golf Pride later used. They engaged in some more engineering talk.
Interlocking Grip: Method of holding the club by wedging or locking the right pinky finger between the left index and middle fingers. Neutral: Position in which the hands are directly aligned with the clubface. The golfer with a neutral grip can typically see two full knuckles on the back of the left hand when addressing the ball. The golfer with a weak grip can typically see one full knuckle on the back of the left hand when addressing the ball.
The golfer with a strong grip can typically see more than two full knuckles on the back of the left hand when addressing the ball. Reverse Overlap Putting Grip: Conventional putting grip style with the left hand above the right and the left index finger extending downward, on top of the fingers of the right hand.
When Woods arrived on site at Winged Foot, his Newport 2 was in tow. But the putter grip was noticeably missing. The horizontal indentations on the rubber surface give the grip a distinctly firm feel. For someone who has played a no-frills rubber grip for most of his career, the Lamkin version likely matches up in the feel department.
The pistol grip shape is also very similar to what Woods has played in the past — although the addition of more rubber could make the grip feel slightly larger in his hands. During his time at Stanford, it was his grip of choice on an Odyssey Dual Force putter. Only that grip was made by Golf Pride.
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