Lightweight multicolor compression molded grip

A lightweight compression molded multicolor golf grip, comprising:

• an elongated tubular body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a butt end, and a tip end;
• wherein the elongated tubular body includes a first section having a first color and a first interface edge, and a second section having a second color, different from the first color, and a second interface edge, with the first section and the second section configured to longitudinally divide the golf grip;
• wherein the first section and the second section are composed of rubber compounds and the first section and second section are joined by cross-linking across a sharply defined cross-color interface having an interface transition zone, located within 0.150″ of the first interface edge and the second interface edge where they abut, beyond which there is no mixing of the first color and the second color;
• wherein the first section is composed of a first rubber compound having a first compound density and the second section is composed of a second rubber compound having a second compound density, at least one of the first compound density and the second compound density is less than 0.80 g/cc, at least one of the first rubber compound and the second rubber compound contains a blowing agent with a blowing agent quantity of 1-10 phr, and a portion of the first interface edge abuts a portion of the second interface edge in a compression mold to produce cross-linking across the interface edges and create the sharply defined cross-color interface;
• wherein the first interface edge has a first section edge geometry, and the second interface edge has a second section edge geometry, wherein the first section edge geometry cooperates with the second section edge geometry;
• wherein the first interface edge does not overlap the second interface edge;
• wherein a portion of the interface transition zone has an indentation having a transition zone depth recessed from the exterior surface adjacent the interface transition zone, the indentation extends across the first interface edge and the second interface edge, and the transition zone depth is at least 0.003 inches;
• and
• wherein the overall golf grip density is no more than 0.89 g/cc.

A lightweight compression molded multicolor golf grip, comprising:

• an elongated tubular body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a butt end, and a tip end;
• wherein the elongated tubular body includes a first section having a first color and a first interface edge, and a second section having a second color, different from the first color, and a second interface edge;
• wherein the first section and the second section are composed of rubber compounds and the first section and second section are joined by cross-linking across a sharply defined cross-color interface having an interface transition zone, located within 0.150″ of the first interface edge and the second interface edge where they abut, beyond which there is no mixing of the first color and the second color;
• wherein the first section is composed of a first rubber compound having a first compound density and the second section is composed of a second rubber compound having a second compound density, at least one of the first compound density and the second compound density is less than 0.75 g/cc, and a portion of the first interface edge abuts a portion of the second interface edge in a compression mold to produce cross-linking across the interface edges and create the sharply defined cross-color interface;
• wherein the first interface edge has a first section edge geometry, and the second interface edge has a second section edge geometry, wherein the first section edge geometry cooperates with the second section edge geometry;
• wherein the first interface edge does not overlap the second interface edge;
• wherein a portion of the interface transition zone has an indentation having a transition zone depth recessed from the exterior surface adjacent the interface transition zone, the indentation extends across the first interface edge and the second interface edge, the transition zone depth is 0.003-0.012 inches, and a portion of the indentation includes a textured region;
• and
• wherein the overall golf grip density is no more than 0.89 g/cc.