Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip

irish bloke

Hi All,

Does anyone use these grips?

Ordered these online over the Golf Pride multicompound, as held a club with one of these on recently and liked the feel.
They were also half the price of the multicompounds and it appears alot of the pros use them.

Type I ordered are the round type and not the ribbed.

Anyone know why they are much cheaper then multicompound and how do the hold up with the rest of the competition..


Tks...

Tones69

Yup I got em, love em. You'l be happy with the choice

k.p.h

I really don't like the multicompound for some reason. Just dose not feel right and dose not seem that tacky. Not sure why they are so popular, was thinking maybe I had used some of the knock off ones since they are so many going around or else maybe they loose their tackyness after a while .?

T Velvets are nice though.

dubtom

Got some Tour velvets from Golfstore Europe a while back and re gripped my self. Came with the tape,I think about 40 sterling for 9 and tape, I'm not sure how that rates price wise was but seemed cheap enough. I've only used them once,a club didn't fly out of my hand so I'm happy.

irish bloke

k.p.h wrote: »

I really don't like the multicompound for some reason. Just dose not feel right and dose not seem that tacky. Not sure why they are so popular, was thinking maybe I had used some of the knock off ones since they are so many going around or else maybe they loose their tackyness after a while .?

Its funny you say that because I think the same. Got a multicompound put on my driver a few months ago and they are nothing special. Its starting to look hardish already. Pretty sure its a good one but you never know.

What pushed me towards them in the first place was seeing the likes of Donald and McIllroy using them.

Got 13 tour velvets, 3/4 inch tape (good for 100 clubs) and a rubber shaft clamp for 65 euros delivered from gamola golf. Thing that was a reasonable deal

Jasonw

From an engineering point of view the Tour Velvets are better. When you add dye to rubber it's not as hard wearing. That's why after a while if you have a consistant grip you will see wear marks on the multi-compound grips. You won't get that on the Tour velvets.

I'd never use anything else. The manufacturers are pushing the multicompounds because they need replacing often. If you keep the tour velvets clean they will last for years.

Zardoz

Interesting thread this.

I was planning on changing my grips from Tour Velvet to Multi Compound over the Winter .
I was going to get SharPro MCC which are similar to the Golf Pride MCC but a fraction of the price.

My current grips are all Tour Velvet ,5-7 years old,but in good condition .
They seem to come as standard on most clubs, ,I like the soft feel and they wear brilliantly.
I'm not a fan of cord grips ,they are too hard.

From an engineering point of view the Tour Velvets are better. When you add dye to rubber it's not as hard wearing. That's why after a while if you have a consistant grip you will see wear marks on the multi-compound grips. You won't get that on the Tour velvets.

Interesting, those MCC grips sound really poor,I've read reviews that the grips are worn after 6 months especially around the left thumb area.

I think I will stick with the Tour Velvet for the time being.

k.p.h

I have the shapro tour velvet's on mine at the moment, they are not as good as the GP DD2's I had on previously. But they are excellent considering they only 2e each. Definitely a good budget choice and i am going to re-grip with them next year again as it's so cheap.

Going to try the Sharpro 3CAT Cord Golf Grips on my woods too. Ordered 2 of them with some other bits from gamola earlier this year and the sent me some Lamkin Mid-sized red instead/ or by mistake. Disappointing was too much bother to send them back. Actually if anyone want them just pop me a PM.

BobbyGolfPro

Multi Compound grips are a fashion item due to the fact that they come in different colours and for some look kinda cool. The top half of the grip is cord to help you grip it and the bottom half is jst rubber for feel. They do seem to wear a littel especially the bottom half of the grip which can get hard and shiny. Keep them clean with a nail brush washing up liquid and hot water and they should last. Tour velvet grips are very well wearing and are the market leader. Also keep clean the same way but 7-8 years seems too long to have grips on any club. Grips that are starting to wear have to be gripped tighter which can ruin your rhythm.