Golf grip with raked gripping features

A golf grip for a golf club comprising:

• a butt end;
• a tip end having a shaft opening;
• a grip surface extending between the butt end and the tip end, the grip surface being a tapered circular cylinder with an axis extending from the butt end to the tip end;
• and
• a gripping feature having
• a rake surface extending into the grip forming an acute angle with the grip surface.

A golf grip for a golf club comprising:

• a butt end;
• a tip end;
• a grip surface extending between the butt end and the tip end;
• a shaft mating surface extending from the tip end towards the butt end and located inward from the grip surface, the shaft mating surface having a cylindrical shape with an axis extending from the tip end towards the butt end;
• and
• a gripping feature having
• a rake surface extending into the grip from the grip surface, wherein a portion of the rake surface adjacent to the grip surface is angled from a direction perpendicular to the axis at an acute angle.

A golf grip for a golf club comprising:

• a butt end;
• a tip end;
• a grip surface extending between the butt end and the tip end;
• a shaft mating surface extending from the tip end towards the butt end and located inward from the grip surface, the shaft mating surface having a cylindrical shape with an axis extending from the tip end towards the butt end;
• and
• a gripping feature having
• a protruding surface extending out from the grip surface and in a first axial direction,
• an offset surface extending into the grip from the grip surface and in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, and
• a rake surface extending into the grip from the protruding surface to the offset surface, wherein a portion of the rake surface adjacent to the grip surface is angled toward the axis and in the second axial direction.