The Secret “Bondo” Grips of Jack Nicklaus & Greg Norman (Inside Clay Long’s Studio) #golf #masters
I was at Clay Long’s design studio in Carlsbad, CA, when he told me, “You’ll only see this here.”
He climbed into the rafters and pulled down a box that belongs in a museum. Inside were the original custom iron molds from his days at MacGregor. These aren’t just grips—they are physical “Bondo” molds of the greatest hands to ever play the game.
We’re talking about the exact grip profiles of:
Jack Nicklaus (The iconic interlocking grip)
Greg Norman (The Shark’s power grip)
Larry Mize (The classic weak grip)
Paul Azinger (The famous strong grip)
Curtis Strange & Hale Irwin
Why are these sitting in a box in the rafters and not in the PGA Hall of Fame? Imagine a “Cooperstown for Golf” where you could actually hold these and feel exactly how the legends gripped the club. Should we take these on tour so golfers around the US can finally feel greatness?
#GolfHistory #ClayLong #JackNicklaus #GolfGear #MacGregorGolf #CustomGrips #GolfInstruction
#masters
Seeing the difference between Azinger’s strong grip and Larry Mize’s weak grip in person is ming boggling. If you could 'test-drive' one legend’s grip, whose would it be?