Golf Grip Size Chart: Hand Length to Grip Size
How to measure your lead hand, Golf Pride's hand-length ranges for each grip size, and how to fine-tune with tape.
Measure your lead hand from the wrist crease to the tip of your middle finger, then find that length in the chart below. Golf Pride's ranges run from junior (under 5 in) to jumbo (over 9 in), with standard at 6.6–7.5 in.
Hand length to grip size
| Grip size | Hand length (wrist crease to middle fingertip) |
|---|---|
| Junior | Under 5 in |
| Undersize | 5–6.5 in |
| Standard | 6.6–7.5 in |
| Midsize | 7.6–9 in |
| Jumbo | Over 9 in |
How to measure your hand for a grip
Use your lead hand: the left hand for a right-handed golfer, so a left-handed golfer measures the right hand.
- Hold the hand out flat, palm up, fingers together and straight.
- Place a ruler against the palm, starting at the crease where the wrist meets the hand.
- Measure in a straight line to the tip of the middle finger, your longest finger.
- Find that length in the chart.
For what the size names mean in practice, see standard vs midsize golf grips.
Test the grip, then fine-tune with tape
A chart gives a starting size, not a verdict. This guide has no sourced fit test, so if your length sits near a boundary, have a club fitter check the grip in your hand before you regrip a full set.
To adjust between sizes, Golf Pride suggests 2 to 4 extra wraps of tape under the grip, which makes the grip larger and firmer. Golf Pride's rule of thumb, as quoted by Golfonaut, is that one extra wrap adds 1/64 in of diameter, so four wraps add about 1/16 in (4 × 1/64). Test on one club first.
Grip size also interacts with club length. If you are buying clubs, not just regripping, see the golf club length chart as well.