How do you put whipping on an old golf wood?

Answer 1

Choose a single-stranded whipping that doesn't have hairy projections. Don't use whipping with waxy or other coatings. Starting above the hosel about a half inch or so, lay the end of the whipping along the length of the shaft, with the whipping end pointed TOWARDS the club head hosel. This is a little tricky, but next carefully wind the whipping around the shaft AND the whipping you have already laid against the shaft. The winding will give you a spiral and the spiral should have started at the grip end of the shaft. Wind the whipping around the shaft a few times, taking care to hold the windings tight. Next grab the end of the whipping that you had laid against the shaft and pull it tight. Slide the spiral together so no shaft is showing. Then continue the winding as far down the hosel as you want the whipping to be, but DO NOT continue to overlap the pulled tight end of the whipping. Leave it free to be trimmed later. next cut the whipping from its spool, leaving two or three feet to work with. You're almost done. Lay a short portion of the remaining whipping along the shaft, with the end pointed AWAY from the club head. Then continue winding the whipping around the hosel and the whipping you've just laid along the shaft. Be careful to keep a good hold on the loop that you've formed by winding over the loose end. It will try to tangle. Don't let it do that. When you're satisfied with the overall look of your work, pull both ends of the whipping tight, slide the spiral so that no hosel or shaft is showing and that you haven't made any overlaps. Give the whipping a last tug on both ends, carefully cut off the loose ends, and Presto! You're done! The windings of the whipping over the ends should hold the whole assembly tight, but you can use some lacquer or super glue if you want. Bobby