The interesting science behind the putter grip that just won two tour events

Brooke Henderson and Tony Finau both won big events with Garsen putter grips last weekend.
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Welcome to Play Smart, a column to help you play smarter, better golf from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen (who you can follow on Twitter right here).
I’ve always found it funny that that golfers have exactly one connection to the club that we’re swinging: Through the grip. Yet for as important as our grips are to our overall golfing well-being, we don’t talk about it as much as we should.

Nevertheless, grip technology