Moisture-resistant golf club grip cover

Abstract

This invention is a set of moisture-resistant golf club grip covers, where the golf club grip cover is removed in order to perform a golf stroke. A golfer can take several golf clubs to his or her golf ball, and lay the clubs on the ground without risk of getting the grips wet or dirty. Each golf club grip cover is a tapered fabric tube, closed at its smaller end. The closed end is sized to have a loose fit over the top (large end) of a golf club grip, and the open end is substantially larger than the closed end. The open end of each grip cover preferably has a stiffening member in order to urge it into an open condition, and has a snap or hook-and-loop fastener located about mid-width. After being placed over the grip, a grip cover is secured to the golf club simply by squeezing the open end flat until the snap or hook-and-loop fastener engages. The set of grip covers are also preferably made of a bright and distinctive color so the golfer will easily notice any grip-covered club that has been left on the ground.

1 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip comprising:
 a flexible tapered hollow cylindrical body having a length that is longer than the golf club grip, a closed upper end with a perimeter slightly longer than the perimeter of the large end of the golf club grip, and an open lower end with a perimeter that is longer than the perimeter of the closed upper end; and   closure means attached to the body at a location near the open lower end.   
     
     
         2 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 1 , further comprising a stiffening member locate near the open lower end of the body, where the stiffening member urges the open end into an open condition. 
     
     
         3 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 1 , where the body is made from a water-resistant nylon fabric. 
     
     
         4 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 1 , where the closure means is a snap fastener. 
     
     
         5 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 1 , where the closure means is hook and loop fabric. 
     
     
         6 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 1 , where the length of the body is about eleven and a half inches; the width of the closed upper end when the body is flattened is about one and a half inch; and the width of the open lower end when the body is flattened is about two and a half inches. 
     
     
         7 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 6 , where the closure means is a snap fastener. 
     
     
         8 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 6 , where the closure means is hook-and-loop fabric. 
     
     
         9 . A moisture-resistant cover for a tapered golf club grip as described in  claim 2 , where the stiffening member is a strip of plastic with a width of about three-quarters of an inch, and a length of about five inches. 
     
     
         10 . A method of golfing, using a golf bag and a set of golf clubs having a tapered grips, comprising the steps of:
 a) providing a moisture-resistant golf club grip cover comprising a flexible tapered hollow cylindrical body having a length that is longer than a golf club grip, a closed upper end with a perimeter slightly longer than the perimeter of the large end of the golf club grip, an open lower end with a perimeter that is longer than the perimeter of the closed upper end, and closure means attached to the body at a location near the open lower end;   b) taking a golf club and placing its tapered grip in the moisture-resistant golf club grip cover;   C) squeezing the open lower end of the moisture-resistant golf club grip cover until its closure means become engaged;   d) placing the golf club with attached moisture-resistant golf club grip cover into the golf bag; and   e) repeating steps (a)-(d) for each club in the set of golf clubs.