Question:
James, I use the standard wraps which are softer than the tour wraps and seem to last a full season. No problem with melting! alan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John As you can see, I’m jumping into this thread a little late 
I have been using the Golf Pride Tour Velvet MidSize grips for almost two years. I love the feel and find that these grips are very easy on the hands (I take my glove off when using any wedge or when chipping) but still have a lot of traction when wet. However, there are two problems with these grips. First, I find that I wear the grips out where my right thumb touches the grip. My guess is that the slit/slot shaped holes promote tearing/ripping. Overall, I’d say they last about half as long as my other preferred grip, the Golf Pride Tour Wrap Half Cord Midsize. Second, I have been warned by my pro shop to never leave the grips in any place where they can overheat, like a car trunk in the summer, because they have a tendancy to melt. Nevertheless, I use this grip on all my clubs. In fact, I just regripped a full set last month with these.
Response:
|However, there are two problems with these grips. First, I find that I wear the |grips out where my right thumb touches the grip. My guess is that the slit/slot |shaped holes promote tearing/ripping. In Hogan’s five fundamentals, he recommends practicing once in a while with neither the right thumb nor right index finger (if you’re right handed) touching the club. The idea is that these are naturally your pinching tool which can pinch off club motion. Sounds like Mr. Der might be pinching the grips off his clubs. A few years ago I took a lesson from a pro who suggested among other things, to use my right thumb to load the clubhead at the top of my swing. This was one of the first things the next pro I saw told me to change. With both hands as a unit, turn, and let it fly. Steve
Response:
The one around that cold bottle of beer at the nineteenth. -ss
Response:
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John
As you can see, I’m jumping into this thread a little late I have been using the Golf Pride Tour Velvet MidSize grips for almost two years. I love the feel and find that these grips are very easy on the hands (I take my glove off when using any wedge or when chipping) but still have a lot of traction when wet. However, there are two problems with these grips. First, I find that I wear the grips out where my right thumb touches the grip. My guess is that the slit/slot shaped holes promote tearing/ripping. Overall, I’d say they last about half as long as my other preferred grip, the Golf Pride Tour Wrap Half Cord Midsize. Second, I have been warned by my pro shop to never leave the grips in any place where they can overheat, like a car trunk in the summer, because they have a tendancy to melt. Nevertheless, I use this grip on all my clubs. In fact, I just regripped a full set last month with these.
Response:
I just had my set re-gripped with Golfpride Tour Velvet. I had the Victory 2000 previously (original equipment). I much prefer the Velvet grips for the extra control in the rain (a neccessity in British Columbia). I have small hands, and the regular size with no wraps works fine.
Response:
John , I have the tour velvet on my mp-29’s and I love them. Well actually I have the your velvet’s on all of my clubs except my sand and L wedges. I am curious just what type of Mizuno’s you have bought? I love my 29’s but I once had the 14’s and hated them. Whatever you do don’t get tour velvet cord, they will turn funky after about a month and they don’t keep the soft feel. I hope I have helped you out if you have any more questions e-mail me back. Sincerely, Jason Bobbitt
Response:
Tacki-Mac — I used these to regrip my wifes set and she loves them. They hold up well and don’t get slick when wet. I got them from Golfsmith, but I haven’t seen them recently. —
Golfworks still has these in their catalog. I bought some about a month ago to regrip a friend’s clubs.
Response:
My personal favorites are a bit of a mystery to me at least. They are a half-cord grip with the word "Tempo" and a cartoon golfer embossed in gold on them and the butt end says they are made by Lambkin. They came on an inexpensive set of brand X clubs (Triumph VSS) I got from a local shop years ago, but I’ve never seen these grips elsewhere. They grip well under all conditions, hold up well to use (i.e. don’t get slippery or squish down), and washing renews them pretty well. I got the set regripped once with the same grips at the shop I bought them from, but for $4.50/club (probably more today), I’d rather do it myself. I’m an ammateur clubmaker and repairer and have tried a bunch of the more common grips without much success in duplicating the feel of these: Victory half cord — Ok when new, but they seem to harden and get slick very quickly. Tour Wrap — Hold up well, but slick when wet with sweat or rain. Tour Velvet — like the surface feel, but they squish out of shape very easily. Tacki-Mac — I used these to regrip my wifes set and she loves them. They hold up well and don’t get slick when wet. I got them from Golfsmith, but I haven’t seen them recently. — Warren Montgomery Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations wamontgomery <at lucent <dot com
Response:
The wrap-style grips feel slippery to me if I’m playing with a sweaty glove.
Joseph, Forgive me if I’ve misunderstood the context of your post… but if you’re saying this in response to everyone’s comments about the Tour Velvet grip, it is NOT a "wrap-style" grip. (It does come in a Tour Velvet Wrap version). But it’s just a flat (with little holes) grip. I agree with you about the Tour Wrap grips. I’ve never liked them–especially when I’ve used a synthetic glove. But I could learn to like the Tour Velvet Wrap. It’s a different material. (Again, my apologies if I’ve misinterpreted your context. Just wanted to set the record straight.) Randy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? [...]
Response:
The Tour Velvets are great (though I haven’t had ‘em on long enough yet to know for sure how long they’ll wear). One added benefit (I think)– the Tour Velvet grip is definately a little more "tacky" than the Green Victory, and I’ve played the past 3 rounds without a glove. (I’m experimenting with a few things such as this during the "off season.")
Have you tried them wet? They get even tackyer. BTW, they wear fine. ty
Response:
I switched to Tour Velvets and love them dl – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Posted At: Thursday, December 25, 1997 7:06 AM Posted To: golf Conversation: What are your favorite grips? Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, You, too. and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. Hey, John, I just switched from Green Victory grips to the Tour Velvets about 5 weeks ago. I found that in cold weather, the green victories were a little hard to hold on to. The Tour Velvets are great (though I haven’t had ‘em on long enough yet to know for sure how long they’ll wear). One added benefit (I think)– the Tour Velvet grip is definately a little more "tacky" than the Green Victory, and I’ve played the past 3 rounds without a glove. (I’m experimenting with a few things such as this during the "off season.") One thing to know: the Tour Velvets are maybe a half-inch longer than the Green Victories, so they’ll change the vibration a bit on the shaft. Randy
Response:
I recently changed to Golfsmith’s Harvey Penick lightweight grips (32 gram). I made the change to get a higher swingweight without increasing the total clubweight. It increased swingweight from C-8 1/2 to D-3! I like the better feel, but the grips are slightly smaller in diameter than the old grips – that took a little geting used to.
Response:
Tour velvet…
I’ll second the vote for Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet. They are great in the rain and when it is hot and humid – two absolute requirements for playing in the climate that I do. And they feel really good when it’s dry and mild. You can get them with or without the guide "rib" depending on your preferences. They are much softer than a cord but, in my opinion, offer the same benefits in terms of gripability when they get wet. I liked the Golf Pride Tour Wraps until the first time I played them in the rain and launched my 3-iron 50 yards down the fairway. But with all grips, you have to clean them often in order for them to perform up to their standards. -Patrick (posting via dejanews because my newsfeed is lousy)
Response:
I prefer Golfpride textured tourwrap, which is referred to as the textured spiral on my Ping ISI’s. They can have an occasional greasy feel when you first pull them out of the bag, but overall I think they are the best I’ve used to date.
Response:
Tour velvet… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John
Response:
Have a Golf Pride Tour velvet on my driver and I love it, will change the rest as soon as I can afford it…. Cliff Manley – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John
Response:
This may sound stupid, but maybe it’s just playing in the desert climate where rain isn’t a problem but having the inside of your glove wet is. The wrap-style grips feel slippery to me if I’m playing with a sweaty glove. I prefer the Callaway rubber grips. I don’t need anything rougher, and the Callaway rubber retains its slight tackiness very well out here, and gives me a flat rather than a knobby thing to hold on to with a sweaty glove. Also I like the thinness of the grip. I even put one on my 588. But your mileage may vary! They do get a little slippery in the rain, but then again that’s a problem about 4 days a year. -joseph – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tour velvet… Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? [...]
Response:
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John
John, Interesting question. Personally, I use Golf Pride half-cords on Driver thru 5 iron then tour wraps on the rest. Haven’t tried the velvets yet but they might be nice for the approach clubs. — Jeffery J. Bohl, President Bohl Consolidated Technologies http://www.sover.net/~smasher/ Statmaster Golf Statistiscs Software the Professional’s Choice Official Stats program of the Independent Professional Golfer’s Assoc. Rank your whole game, not just your scores, against the world
Response:
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone, and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions. John
Response:
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone,
You, too. and I was just curious as to what are everyone’s favorite type of grips. Has anyone used golf pride tour velvet? I used to have Victory full cord on my old Hogan pc’s, but now I’ve got new Mizuno’s, and was thinking of replacing these grips even though they are new. Anyway, thanks for your opinions.
Hey, John, I just switched from Green Victory grips to the Tour Velvets about 5 weeks ago. I found that in cold weather, the green victories were a little hard to hold on to. The Tour Velvets are great (though I haven’t had ‘em on long enough yet to know for sure how long they’ll wear). One added benefit (I think)– the Tour Velvet grip is definately a little more "tacky" than the Green Victory, and I’ve played the past 3 rounds without a glove. (I’m experimenting with a few things such as this during the "off season.") One thing to know: the Tour Velvets are maybe a half-inch longer than the Green Victories, so they’ll change the vibration a bit on the shaft. Randy