Golf Grip Size Calculator

How the Calculator Works

Most grip charts use one input. Glove size alone misses long-fingered golfers with narrow palms, and hand length alone misses wide hands. The calculator reads both, averages them when they disagree, and then lets the finger test move the answer one step up or down.

These bands follow the sizing that grip makers print on their charts and boxes. They differ slightly by brand, the same way shoe sizes do, so treat the borders as soft.

The Finger Test

Grip your current club in your top hand only, the way you would at address. Look at the tips of your middle and ring fingers.

• They dig into the pad of your thumb or palm: the grip is too small. Go up one size.
• They just touch: right size. Keep it.
• There is a gap: the grip is too big. Go down one size.

This beats any chart because it measures your hand on the actual handle. If you only do one thing on this page, do this.

A Worked Example

Hand length 8.4 inches, glove size men's large. Hand length alone says midsize (step 4 of 5). Glove alone says standard (step 2). The average, rounded, lands on standard plus two wraps. Then the finger test: on his current standard grips the fingers dig into his palm, so the calculator moves him up one step to midsize.

Without the finger test he would have ended on two wraps, which is also a reasonable thing to try for a few rounds before paying for a full set of new grips.

Putters Are Different

Putter grips are exempt from the circular cross section rule and come in fat, flat-fronted shapes that have nothing to do with hand size. Pick those by stroke and feel, not by this chart. The fastest way to see if a new putter grip helps is to count putts: the putting tips guide covers what a good number looks like, and the shaft flex calculator covers the other half of the club.

Frequently Asked Questions