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MCC Plus 4 vs. Tour Velvet Midsize

By kcd38 February 11, 2019 in WRX Club Techs

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Wasn't sure where to post this but wanted some feedback. I definitely need grips larger than standard but wanted to see if you think the MCC plus 4 would help and how it compares to the tour velvet midsize grip.

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went the mcc+4 route and didn't care for it. The grips are too soft. Also the bottom hand felt too big. My next regrip will be Tour velvet midsize with an extra layer or two on the bottom hand. try it on one club before committing. heard they are love'm or hate'm, I didn't care for them.

I tried midsize CP2 Pro and felt like I couldn't release the club. Maybe midsize would be better in a firmer grip? I use Lamkin Z5 tour taper now and have tried the MCC+4. I think it's a good compromise...

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Been playing midsized grips for years, typically the NDMC, but put the Plus 4 grips on my wedges and found them to be very comfortable and easier to grip for me. The NDMC has a very harsh feeling and the cord will eat through your glove, but the Plus 4 has a slightly softer feeling, while still being firm, and the cord seems more comfortable while gripping the club. I like the Plus 4 so far - I originally used them on my wedges to help with dead wrist chips but I've found recently that they work great for standard shots as well. I really liked the NDMC, tried the Lamkin Z5 grips but the cord wasn't harsh enough while the Plus 4 grips are just right (so far).

Love the MCC+4. It's great to grip down and IMO helps some with mitigating a left miss

I never quite got into the Plus 4 or other non-tapered grips. I like to add an extra wrap to the lower hand to take out some of the taper. Since I do my own grips, i have had the opportunity to develop what I like. If you put grips on with air... then you can tinker to your hearts content.

May be worth waiting till next month till committing to anything.

New Tour Velvet +4 has a March 1 release date.

I really like the mcc+4 midsize. You should definitely give them a try.

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I bought a used set of Mizuno irons that came to me with the MCC+4 grips on them and I love them. Had my other clubs re-gripped to match and will probably re-grip my Titleist irons with them as well.

I use the standard NDMC with 3 total wraps. It’s essentially one wrap thinner than the MCC+4, but it feels firmer in the hands.

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Just remember that unless you were referring to a midsize version on the MCC Plus4, these two grips are basically inverted. The Plus4 will have a standard size cap end and a larger tip end where as the midsize tour velvet is larger on the cap end and tapers down from there. Not sure but I would guess that the lower half of both grips are about the same diameter. If you need a larger size, you will want it in the left hand (assuming right-handed golfer) because that is your dominant clenching hand that holds the club.

I thought I read on here a while back that GP was releasing a Tour Velvet +4 version. Any news on that?

I love the Plus 4, the size, the taper, the feel the grip etc. That being said while it does have a bigger lower 1/2 the top 1/2 is supposedly standard. For me this works great. There is a lot of personal preference that goes on with liking or hating grips.

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I can't tell much of a difference between the MCC +4 and standard NDMC. I switched between 2 Drivers at the range, 1 with each grip and didn't even notice. Like both grips a lot.

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Is this true? I thought MCC+4 had a larger bottom hand but the top hand was STD? Also when you say 3 wraps do you mean 2 buildup and 1 double-sided tape? Really struggling to find the right grip size

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Yea i dont think this guy is right. A standard NDMC with 3 wraps would be 1 wrap shy of a midsized NDMC. Plus 4 would be 4 additional wraps under the right hand only.

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Best Golf Pride Grips 2024: How to choose the best grip for your game

Published: 26 August 2023 Last updated: 26 August 2023

Best Golf Pride grips

Golf Pride is the market leader in golf grips – but what are the best Golf Pride grips for your game?

Choosing the best golf grips can be really confusing, with so many options to choose from. There are soft ones, firm ones, sticky ones, super-sticky ones, fat ones, thin ones… and everything in between.

Market leaders Golf Pride make 21 different grips alone, so they have simplified the process by using a football formation – 4-4-2 – with four choices of what you want from your grips, four different styles of grip, and two options of extra help you may want from your grips. This is how it works… 

Step 1: Choose what you want from your grips

If your middle finger is just touching the pad of your thumb when holding the grip in the glove hand, that is the perfect size. 

Conditions 

If you often play in rain or get sweaty hands when it’s warm, you may need to factor in more moisture management. 

Surface texture

Do you like your grips to feel smooth, rough with pronounced patterns for added traction, or somewhere in the middle? 

A firm grip will offer more feedback and vibration at impact, whereas a softer feel will dampen the club’s vibrations. 

Step 2: Choose your preferred style of grip

Soft and tacky = The CPX 

Offering maximum comfort to reduce grip tension and pressure, leading to a more fluid swing; the CPX is Golf Pride’s softest performance grip. 

Hybrid or half-cord = The MCC

Hybrid technology gives enhanced stability in all weather conditions, thanks to upper hand cord fused with lower hand rubber in multiple colors. 

Full-cord = The ZGRIP 

Golf Pride’s firmest grip, featuring a ‘Z-shaped’ texture pattern and full cotton cord that delivers both traction and all-weather control. 

Velvet and smooth = The Tour Velvet 

Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet offers comfort, playability and control in all conditions. A proprietary rubber compound with a non-slip pattern texture reduces moisture and slippage. 

Step 3: Choose any extra help you may need

Align Technology

A visible raised red ridge on the back of the club helps lock in your hand position at address, enhancing clubface awareness and delivering a square clubface at impact. Available on… ZGRIP, MCC, MCC PLUS4, Tour Velvet.

PLUS4 simulates building up the lower half of the grip with four extra wraps of tape. This reduced taper encourages lighter grip pressure, promoting less tension in the hands and creating more fluidity and power.  Available on… MCC PLUS4, Tour Velvet.

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Here are the best Golf Pride grips for your game, going from softest to firmest.

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What size golf grip should I use?

Golf Pride say there’s little evidence to support the old theory that small grips make shots more likely to go left and big grips make shots go right (for right-handed golfers). They advise using the grip size selector on golfpride.com to get in the right ball park.

Don’t be afraid to try different sizes. Often, those using standard-sized grips end up preferring the feel of a midsize or Plus4 model.

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Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4 Grip Review

Golf pride tour velvet plus4 grips.

Not being satisfied enough by being the #1 Grip on Tour, Golf Pride continues to innovate with their newly released Tour Velvet Plus4 line.  Here, they make the clubmaker and tinkerer’s life easier by creating a ready-made grip that simulates the feel of four wraps of grip tape under the bottom hand .

Following up on the incredible success of the Tour Velvet ALIGN line, Golf Pride gives you the iconic look of their Tour Velvet grip with a modern touch in the Tour Velvet Plus4.   It features the classic black coloring with a grey butt cap and an understated logo.  Feel free to install facing down if you like a clean look and don’t like to advertise (logos up for me – you know it).  While you can’t expect the same tech advancements going into a golf grip like you can an Artificial Intelligence designed driver face, Golf Pride does offer their scientifically proven and familiar grip pattern and materials.  If you want flashy colors, check out the MCC line.  If you want old school cool, the Plus4s have you covered.

How Does it Feel?

The Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4 will of course feel familiar, as the original might be the most used grip in the game.  What’s brilliant about these is that they skip the tedious task of using grip tape to change the feel of the grips by building up the bottom hand .  The buildup is done via the grip itself.  Not only can that take a ton of time on every install, but you’re not going to get it 100% perfect.  With these, you will.  Remove variables from your club build – set it and forget it.  The same concept can be found in the ALIGN grips.  Ever try to do a reminder rib by yourself?  It’s a nightmare.  The simplicity is the genius here.  Golf Pride claims the Plus4s allow you to go with a lighter grip pressure, therefore less tension, therefore more power.

On-Course Performance

Does the Golf Pride Plus4 technology make your swing better?  Make you a better golfer?  Honestly, that’s kind of a stretch.  However, I’m a big believer in the psychology of this stuff.  It feels awesome in your hand.  It gives you a slight tactile change, barely perceptible, and then you’re free to swing away.  There’s just something about a fresh set of Golf Prides that makes your whole confidence level go through the roof.   This is definitely a “Look good, feel good – feel good, play good – play good, get paid good” kind of deal.  Thanks Deion !

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Final Thoughts

We feel that Golf Pride has released yet another winner with the Tour Velvet Plus4 grips.  I was very curious to try the Plus4s, but not at all convinced I’d like them.  Turns out I do.  I’m rarely one to customize my grips.  Maybe one extra layer.  Adding FOUR , and adding them under my bottom hand seemed way past my comfort level.  My thought was that these would be great for those with bear claws, but not me and my regular-sized human hands.  I was totally wrong.   While these grips they do what Golf Pride says they’re going to do (add some girth), the +4 part comes across more subtle than you’d think.

The Plus4 is something even the most reluctant of tinkerers can adopt quickly and has the potential to improve the player’s comfort level from the top of the bag to the bottom.

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Golf Pride Tour Velvet +4 Grips Review

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A legendary grip design meets the reduced taper trend which so many seek.

Golf Pride Tour Velvet +4 Grips:

What happens when modern desires collide with classic design? Well, you get the Golf Pride Tour Velvet +4 grips, that’s what. While the concept of the +4 being applied to the Tour Velvet is simple at its root, after all, they’ve essentially just created a larger outer diameter in the bottom hand, it is a bit of a bold move from Golf Pride.

Some right now are asking, “What’s so bold about that?” Quite a lot, actually. Consider this, the Tour Velvet has absolutely reached legend status in the world of golf grips. Not only do a staggering 80% of Tour players utilize the Tour Velvet, but I would bet a large sum of money that every golfer on the planet has at some point had them in play. Sure, there is a corded version, and now Golf Pride also offers an Align version, but beyond those little twists the formula has stuck to what is tried and true. It is because of that, that seeing Golf Pride make a structural change might be a bigger deal than most realize.

The concept and application though, is straight forward. By increasing the outer diameter of the lower hand portion of the grip, the +4 design literally mimics four extra wraps of tape under that section of the grip, something many players have been doing for years. The reason so many have jumped on the reduced taper train is that is has been shown in testing to help the golfer keep a lighter grip where some tend to strangle a traditionally tapered shape. Lighter pressure means less tension, and less tension for most will mean more consistency, and we love consistency.

The +4 design has been an option with the Golf Pride’s MCC design for some time now, but having it available in a more moderately textured grip that is also moderately priced ($6.19) compared to other +4 grips in their lineup is a smart move. Additionally, the new Tour Velvet +4 is available in standard (52g, 60 Round) and midsize (65.5g, 60 Round).

Rest assured, even with some new branding and a snazzy grey end cap, the Tour Velvet +4 is only going to build on what the original has accomplished so far. This is an evolution, not a revolution, and it’s well done by Golf Pride.

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Price: $6.19

Options: Standard (52g) and Midsize (65.5g)

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The grip is arguably the most important accessory in golf because it is the only part of you that is in contact with the club throughout the golf swing. 

Therefore it stands to reason that if you have bad grips which are poorly fitted or incredibly slippery, then your chances of hitting a good golf shot are significantly less. Additionally if your mind is too busy thinking about making sure your hands don't slip off the golf club, then you aren't focusing enough on the shot you have to play either.

Tour professionals understand this and so they regularly check to ensure they are taking a perfect golf grip with their hands in the correct position. They also regularly get their clubs re-gripped because of how often they practice and use them during competition. They make sure they use models that feel comfortable for their hands and allow them to produce their best golf.

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Golf Pride MCC Grip

Reasons to buy, reasons to avoid.

Golf Pride's Multi Compound is one of the best golf grips , and most popular models in golf right now because of the combination of performance and aesthetics.

Performance comes from the split design which blends Brushed Cotton Technology in the top half of the grip, to help with better traction with the glove hand, with rubber in the lower half to add more feel and forgiveness.

Of course the grips come in lots of different colors and as you can see above several top players use a variety of designs. You can also get the grip with the cool MCC Teams designs as well.

Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip

This all-rubber grip is the No.1 in the game and is arguably the most classic looking.

It combines a rubber-blend compound with a computer-generated non-slip surface that makes it as playable and comfortable as possible.

The plus-sign texture also helps pull moisture away from surface to allow for consistent traction.

In short it keeps things simple and classy.

Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord Grip

Two-time Major winner Collin Morikawa is one of very few players to opt for the Z-Grip model from Golf Pride.

One of the firmest grips from the brand, it has two layers of texturing for feedback and control, and the midsize has a deep ‘Z’ shaped pattern that winds around the grip while the heavy cord texture channels any moisture away.

Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord Grip

Used by Major winners Thomas and Koepka , the Tour Velvet Cord is also a top performer from Golf Pride.

It has all of the exceptional traction and all-weather performance that has made the Tour Velvet the winningest cord grip on Tour but now comes in a new white material comprised of tightly woven black cotton fibre.

JumboMax UltraLight XL Grip

Bryson DeChambeau does things his way and his grips are the same, as he opts for a huge model from JumboMax.

The JumboMax premise is that they have designed grips to fit your hands better to improve your ball striking by eliminating the tension. They use something called Finger-Palm technology so you don’t feel the need to squeeze, and Bryson was actually involved in the latest design. 

In 2019 the US Open champ got rid of 75g from his JumboMax grip and this proved to be a prototype of this, the UltraLite. The substantial taper profile is designed to keep the face square longer through impact and the larger profile means that you will grip it more evenly and feel more of the weight in the clubhead.

SwitchGrips ER Grip

A less well-known brand compared to others on this list is SwitchGrips, a company that is used by South Africans Oosthuizen and Ernie Els.

The 2010 Open champion uses the ER grip which is made from a proprietary rubber compound that has a non-slip texture on it for comfort and playability.

What is interesting is that SwitchGrips actually have weights in them in the butt of the club and these can range from 4g to 20g, dependent on a players feel and need. We are unsure which weight Oosthuizen has in, but because the butt of his club is black we can assume it is the standard design.

Golf Pride Tour Velvet ALIGN Grip

Featuring much of the performance of the Tour Velvet model above, the Align design features Align technology and is used by American Harris English.

This takes the form of a dedicated raised ridge which encourages more consistent hand placement and better clubface awareness so the days of shifting your hands around and wondering if you’re too weak or strong will be over.

It also has the most up-to-date rubber blend and non-slip surface pattern to get rid of any unwanted moisture. 

SuperStroke S-Tech Grip

SuperStroke may be best known for putting grips but three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth also uses club grips from the brand too, the S-Tech’s.

This grip is particularly good in all weather and there is minimal taper here, which helps with being able to have more even hand pressure on the grip and square the club more naturally.

It has a soft, tacky feel, hence its ability to deal with inclement weather, and it’s another that looks great; whether that is if you go for the blue, grey or red. It also comes in black naturally.

Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Grip

Tyrrell Hatton turned many heads when he showed up with purple grips in 2021. The exact model he uses is the MCC Plus4 grip and whilst the purple model is not on sale, there are still several colors for you to choose from.

The design is also worth mentioning here as it differs from most on this list.

The larger outside diameter of the grip simulates the feel of building up the grip with four extra wraps. This reduced taper encourages lighter grip pressure, promoting less tension in the hands and creating more fluidity and power throughout the swing

Golf Pride Tour Wrap Grip

American Daniel Berger opts for the Tour Wrap Grip from Golf Pride which is not commonly seen out on Tour. It features a wrap design that combines the look and feel of leather but has the durability and performance of soft rubber.

Not only that but the wrap design allows your fingers to nestle nicely between each section of the wrap.

Berger may use the black option but with the 2G model you can get it in white, blue and red as well.

Iomic X Grip

Japanese Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama uses Iomic X grips at the moment.

Available in several different colors they feature a more rounded profile to enable the grip to fit into the palms correctly, reducing grip pressure.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Golf Pride launches its softest grip ever, the CPX. The grip, which is made of the softest rubber compound in company history, builds traction through a raised diamond-quilted pattern along both sides.

PRICE: About $10 per grip. Available April 1.

THE DEEP DIVE: When Golf Pride’s team of engineers started thinking about what golfers wanted in their next grip, a concept kept driving its way forward that isn’t one you normally hear from the top of the pyramid. And in golf’s typical fascination with focusing too much on elite players, the top of the pyramid might have been missing a key metric. That overlooked concept was comfort. And for Golf Pride that meant reimagining what a soft grip could be.

“Anyone can make simply a soft grip, that’s easy,” said Bruce Miller, Golf Pride’s head of player research and testing. “The challenge is not making the grip too soft and sacrificing performance. It’s a fine line.”

The new CPX grip navigates that fine line of increasing a golfer’s comfort level at address by using the softest rubber compound ever found in a Golf Pride grip. Then, the design stays true to the company’s performance technology roots with a new raised diamond pattern along both sides to provide extra traction. Finally, the grip adds the structured inner core found on the company’s previous soft grip entry, the CP2 family . That “control core,” first introduced in 2014, is an underlayer at the top end of the grip that stabilizes the grip where the torsional forces can be the strongest. In short, those two elements help to make a soft grip perform with a firmer compound’s strength.

“The CPX marries the softest feeling material we’ve ever made with two things that allow it to be playable,” Miller said, referencing the effects of the external texture pattern and the internal fortifying underlayer. “A tremendous amount of consumer testing and lab validation was conducted to arrive at the final material.”

The CPX’s quilted diamond-shaped texture pattern got its inspiration from the handlebar grips on a BMX bike. It aims to improve traction by maximizing the contact area for each hand. At 52 grams in the standard size, its weight is similar to the CP2 Wrap and CP2 Pro grips.

Golf Pride’s research doesn’t necessarily suggest more average golfers should be playing a softer grip, but Miller said many of the tour-level grips now have softer elements in them, and the move by some average golfers to midsize grips is a move toward a more comfortable feel.

In any case, the CPX may suggest thinking about a change ought to be on more regular golfers’ radar. Soft could be seen as a way toward game improvement, simply by making the game feel less hard.

“Golfers want the performance characteristics of the type of grips that are popular among tour players, they just want it softer,” said Eric Gibson, Golf Pride’s global head of marketing. “I think we’ve seen that the community of average golfers in general is gripping the club too hard. We think that making a softer feeling grip makes them more comfortable at address and that leads to better grip pressure.”

While it is a fact that Golf Pride’s more popular grips among the masses are the ones that tend to be more popular on tour, too, ( Tour Velvet and MCC , for example), the company’s success with the CP2 line over the last seven years is evidence that there’s a growing and significant demand for a softer feel. Gibson believes there’s a chance that grip softness starts to play a greater role in grip decisions, and that includes a renewed attention to grip fitting and possibly expanding some horizons when it comes to how a golfer best interacts with his or her clubs. After all, the hands are the only connection to the clubhead and that connection lives and dies by the grip.

“Many players think of a softer-feeling grip as being too mushy with too much twisting and slipping and lacking durability in harsher conditions,” Gibson said. “I think what we can do with this grip is reset the expectations of the kind of performance you can get with softness.”

The CPX (around $10 per grip, not including installation charges) will be available April 1. It is offered in standard, undersize, midsize and jumbo options.

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The Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord is a firm, heavily-corded grip for players seeking maximum feedback and traction.

If you’re seeking a rainbow of options, you’ll need to go elsewhere.  The Z-Grip Cord is offered in black/white.  That’s it.

That said, I think the combination of the cord and the Z pattern make this grip significantly more interesting to look at than your standard Tour Velvet.

Golf Pride bills the Z-Grip Cord as the “firmest cord available.”  There’s also a heavy cord and a deep “Z” texture throughout the grip.  In short, if you have sensitive hands, theses are not for you.  For those that want maximum traction in all conditions , however, these are perfect.

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It earns me plenty of odd looks on the first tee, but I don’t wear a glove when I golf.  You might think this pushes me toward a grip that’s easier on my hands, but it’s quite the opposite: I want all the traction that I can get.  That’s what led me to try the Z-Grip Cord.

I’ve played the Golf Pride MCC Plus 4 since they came out, and I played the original Multi-Compound before that.  I love the cord on the top half, but anyone who has played these knows that the bottom half can get slick in a hurry.  Solution?  Cord everywhere.  The Z-Grip Cord has given me all the traction I could ask for, plus great durability .

The Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord weighs 50.5 grams in standard and 57.5 grams in midsize.

If you’re always in search of more traction, check out the Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord.  I’ve yet to find a grip that’s more solid in my hands, and they wear better than other corded grips I’ve used in the past.

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Matt, I’ve found the same with the MCC+4 – best to wipe down that grip, because the non-corded section does slick up. You may want to review the new Lamkin Players Soft Cord.

The GP Cord looks a bit too industrial strength.

How does the weight difference between Standard size (50.5g) and midsize (57.5g) affect swing weight. Is one targeted at one type of player than the other? For Golf Pride Z-Grip Cored Grips

Yes, a heavier grip will decrease swing weight.

Looking for golf pride z grips medium size 13 pcs

Plugged In Golf does not sell golf equipment, so unfortunately we can’t help you with that.

I know you don’t sell grips – but is there any chance you have any extras of these blue z grips laying around? I will happily pay for them but they are exactly what I am looking for but nowhere to be found…

Unfortunately there are a lot of grip shortages right now. As you said, we do not sell grips.

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Winner's Bag: Rory McIlroy/Shane Lowry, Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry used a 4-under round of 68 on Sunday and one playoff hole to win in their PGA TOUR team debut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Check below for the clubs that they used to win at TPC Louisiana:

Rory McIlroy

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K bent to 59 degrees) Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour

Grips : Golf Pride MCC

Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x

Shane Lowry

Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (8.5 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White 70 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (18 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X

Irons: Srixon ZX Utility (3), Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4, 5), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW) Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (3), KBS Tour 130 X (4-PW)

Wedges: Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore Tour Rack (50-10 MID, 54-10 MID), Cleveland RTX Full Face (58-8) Shafts: KBS Tour Wedge X Black

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Z Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 1.0

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Golf Pride® – #1 Grip on Tour®

#1 HYBRID GRIP ON TOUR

The MCC ™ (New Decade ® MultiCompound) is an innovative hybrid grip that fuses the positive performance of rubber and cord. The MCC boasts the Golf Pride ® exclusive Brushed Cotton Cord in the upper hand area for firm all-weather control, and a performance rubber material in the lower hand for ultimate feel and responsiveness.

• 8 Major Championship Victories
• 26 Worldwide Tour Wins in 2017
• 205 Worldwide Tour Wins in the Past Decade

All-Weather Control

Exclusive brushed cotton cord in the upper hand to wick away moisture.

Maximum Surface Texture

Pebbled texture and plus sign patterns create increased coverage to maximize control of the club.

High-performance rubber in the lower hand for feel and responsiveness.

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