Why Winn Grips Keep Innovating

More than 100 patents and trademarks worldwide.

Why would a grip company need that much innovation and intellectual property?

Because Winn has never looked at a grip as simply a piece of material wrapped around a club.

Since the company was founded in 1977, Winn has continued exploring one seemingly simple question:

How can we improve the connection between athletes and their equipment?

Innovation Starts With the Material

A golf grip may look simple.

But the materials used to make it can influence how a grip feels in the hands, how it responds during a swing, and how it performs under different conditions.

That is why Winn's development has extended beyond appearance.

From polymer materials and formulations to surface characteristics and texture, material development has remained an important part of the company's approach to grip design.

It’s More Than Just Texture

A grip isn't defined by one feature.

Its overall feel can come from the combination of:

• Material
• Surface texture
• Construction
• Size
• Weight
• Shape
• Product design

Changing one element can change the way a grip feels in the hands.

That is why different golfers can prefer very different grip characteristics—even when they are using the same club.

For Winn, innovation means continuing to explore those differences.

More Than 100 Patents and Trademarks

Today, Winn holds more than 100 patents and trademarks worldwide.

But the number itself isn't the most important part.

What matters is what stands behind it:

Decades of research, design, experimentation, and continuous product development.

Intellectual property is ultimately a record of ideas that have been developed, tested, refined, and protected.

For a grip manufacturer, that can involve materials, construction methods, designs, technologies, and other elements that contribute to how a product is made and experienced.

From One Generation to the Next

Golf equipment continues to evolve.

So should the grip.

What worked for one generation of golfers doesn't necessarily represent the end of the road.

New materials can be explored.

Textures can be refined.

Shapes and sizes can change.

Weights and balance can be reconsidered.

And new approaches to comfort and control can continue to emerge.

Great products don't stop with the previous generation.

And great technology always has room to evolve.

From Aerospace to the Golf Course

Winn's story began with an aerospace engineer, Dr. Ben Huang.

That background helped shape a company that approached the golf grip from a different perspective—looking beyond a traditional rubber grip and exploring advanced materials and new ways of connecting the athlete with the equipment.

Today, Winn grips are used by golfers around the world.

The application may have changed from aerospace to the golf course, but the underlying idea remains remarkably consistent:

Keep innovating.

What Happens Next?

More than 100 patents and trademarks represent a long history of innovation.

But innovation isn't really about looking backward.

It's about asking what can be improved next.

A grip can always be reconsidered.

The material.

The texture.

The construction.

The size.

The weight.

The feel.

Because the next improvement doesn't always begin with something complicated.

It might begin right in your hands.