Grip size gets the attention and grip weight gets the spec sheet. The weight is the number that changes the club's balance, because it sits at the far end from the head. Check it before you regrip the whole set.
The ToolWhat your regrip does to swing weight
Pick the grip coming off and the grip going on, or type the grams from a spec sheet. The result is per club, under both published rules, plus the change in total mass.
Choose two grips to start.
Menu weights are the makers' published figures listed in the chart below. Swing weight rules: Golf Pride, 4 g per point; Hireko, 5 g per point; heavier grip, lower swing weight. Results are estimates of the scale reading, not of feel. Tape is not included; two pieces weigh about 4 g by Britt Lindsey's figure on RalphMaltby.com, which is close to one point on its own. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
The ChartPublished grip weights, by maker
These are the figures on the makers' own pages in September 2026, in grams. Golf Pride publishes one table for everything; Winn and SuperStroke publish a weight on each product page. Lamkin's spec sheet could not be reached when this was checked and retailer figures are not the same thing, so Lamkin is not in the table. JumboMax publishes weights for its JMX UltraLite, from 29 g at its standard oversize to 50 g at extra large, with a tolerance of plus or minus 2 g; its Tour Series page states the tolerance but no weights, so JumboMax is covered in the text rather than the table.
| Grip | Undersize | Standard | Midsize | Jumbo / Oversize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Pride Tour Velvet | 47.5 | 51.5 (58 core) / 49.5 (60 core) | 53.0 | 61.0 |
| Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4 | — | 52.0 | 65.5 | — |
| Golf Pride MCC | — | 46.5 (single colour) / 50.0 (dual) | 59.0 / 63.5 | — |
| Golf Pride MCC Plus4 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 66.0 | 82.0 |
| Golf Pride CP2 | 45.0 | 51.5 | 64.0 | 81.0 |
| Golf Pride CPX | 46 | 52 | 66 | 82 |
| Golf Pride Z-Grip | — | 50.5 | 57.5 | — |
| Golf Pride Tour Wrap | 43.0 | 50.0 (58) / 48.0 (60) / 55.0 (60, white) | 58.0 / 65.0 (white) | 73.0 |
| Winn Dri-Tac | 35 (ladies) | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Winn Dri-Tac Wrap | 37 (ladies) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Winn Excel Wrap | 38 (ladies) | 42 | 43 | 47 |
| Winn Dri-Tac Lite | — | 22 | 23 | 33 |
| SuperStroke Traxion Tour | 35 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| SuperStroke Cross Comfort | 35 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| SuperStroke S-Tech | — | 50 | 65 | — |
The same grip in two colours can weigh differently: Golf Pride lists the single-colour MCC at 46.5 g and the dual-colour at 50, and the white Tour Wrap at 55 against 48 for the black. "Midsize" means almost nothing about weight. Winn's Dri-Tac adds one gram from standard to midsize. Golf Pride adds 3.5 g on a 60-core Tour Velvet, 1.5 g on the 58-core version, and 14 on an MCC Plus4. SuperStroke's S-Tech adds 15. And Winn's Dri-Tac Lite at 22 g is half of Golf Pride's lightest standard grip, which is the whole point of it.
The DisagreementFour grams or five: the swing weight rule
Adding weight to the grip end lowers swing weight, because swing weight is a balance about a point 14 inches from the butt and the grip sits on the butt side of it. Everyone agrees on the direction. The size of the effect is published two ways.
| Source | The rule, in its words |
|---|---|
| Golf Pride | "For every 4 grams heavier your grip is than your current grip, your swing weight decreases 1 point. For every 4 grams lighter your new grip is, your swing weight increases 1 point." |
| Britt Lindsey, answering on RalphMaltby.com | "4 grams of weight change on the grip end = 1 swingweight point change." In a second answer: 9 g on the grip end is 2.25 points. |
| Hireko | "For every 5 grams of grip weight more than standard, it will reduce the swingweight by 1 point." |
Four and five are not far apart, and the estimates are close for small changes. On a big one they are not. Put an 82 g MCC Plus4 jumbo on a club that had a 50 g grip and Golf Pride's rule says you have lost eight swing weight points; Hireko's says six and a bit. Either way a D2 club is now somewhere around C6 to C8, which is why jumbo grips so often come with a request for lead tape on the head.
What "standard" weighs for the purpose of the rule also drifts. Hireko says a men's standard grip "tips the scales between 50 and 52 grams." A document titled Swingweight, hosted by Advanced Ball Striking with no named author, uses 50 g for its table and "approximately 50-55 grams" in its text. So a 48 g Dri-Tac is a light grip by any of those baselines, and a 42 g Excel is lighter still, before you get anywhere near the 22 g Lite.
The Hidden GramTape
The grip is not the only thing you add. Lindsey's answer puts two pieces of tape at "approximately 4.2 grams," which under his own rule is about one swing weight point before the grip has gone on. The Swingweight document gives 2.8 g for a 10-inch strip of two-inch grip tape and 1.4 g for a 10-inch strip of two-inch build-up tape, and says each 1/64 inch of build-up costs about half a point. If you are building grips up to a midsize with tape rather than buying midsize, the tape is doing some of the weight change on its own.
The ChoiceWhat to do with the number
If you liked how your clubs felt and are changing grips for feel or tack, match the weight. A CP2 to a CP2, a Dri-Tac to a Traxion Tour, a Tour Velvet to a Z-Grip: standard-size swaps within 2 g, and nothing changes but the rubber. If you are going bigger for comfort, our arthritic hands guide covers which oversize grips make sense; look at the midsize column first, because a Winn Dri-Tac oversize costs you 2 g, a Golf Pride Tour Velvet jumbo 9.5 to 11.5, and an MCC Plus4 or CPX jumbo about 30. And if the set feels heavy in the hands after a regrip, the calculator above estimates what the scale would say; how heavy a club feels is a separate question, and Hireko's fitting guide keeps the two apart.
RelatedThe rest of the grip
Size is the other half: the grip size chart sets the makers' hand-measurement charts side by side. Dri-Tac versus CP2 Wrap is the soft-grip decision most people are actually making, and the two sit 3.5 g apart. When you are ready to do it yourself, regripping at home covers the tape, the solvent and the order.
FAQQuick answers
How much does a golf grip weigh?
A standard-size men's grip is usually 48 to 52 g: Golf Pride's CP2 (60 core) and Tour Velvet (58 core) are 51.5 g, Winn's Dri-Tac and SuperStroke's Traxion Tour are 48. Lightweight grips go much lower, Winn's Excel at 42 g and Dri-Tac Lite at 22. Jumbo grips reach 81 to 82 g at Golf Pride.
Does a heavier grip lower swing weight?
Yes. Weight at the grip end lowers swing weight. Golf Pride, and Britt Lindsey on RalphMaltby.com, say every 4 g is one swing weight point; Hireko says 5 g. A grip 8 g heavier takes a club from D2 to about D0.
Do midsize grips weigh more than standard?
Usually, but not by a fixed amount. Winn's Dri-Tac adds 1 g from standard to midsize, Golf Pride's Tour Velvet 3.5 g, its MCC Plus4 14 g, and SuperStroke's S-Tech 15 g. Check the maker's own figure for the model you are buying.
How much does grip tape weigh?
Britt Lindsey on RalphMaltby.com puts two pieces at about 4.2 g; the Swingweight document gives 2.8 g for a 10-inch strip of two-inch grip tape and 1.4 g for the same strip of build-up tape. Under the 4 g rule, ordinary grip tape is worth close to one swing weight point by itself.
What is the lightest golf grip?
Winn's Dri-Tac Lite at 22 g standard, 23 midsize and 33 oversize. JumboMax's JMX UltraLite runs from 29 g at its standard oversize to 50 g at extra large by JumboMax's specifications, and is described as up to 25 per cent lighter than a standard grip.
Does changing grip weight change how far I hit it?
Not directly. It changes the club's balance and how heavy the head feels, which can change your tempo. Golf Pride, Winn and SuperStroke publish weights and the swing weight effect, not distance figures. JumboMax's UltraLite page carries a distance endorsement from Bryson DeChambeau, which is marketing rather than a measurement.