Best Golf Grips to Help You Play Like a Pro

There can be only one "Best Overall" golf grip, and our selection goes to the Golf Pride MCC Plus4.

When it comes to golf grips it’s hard to find a more “tried and true” brand than Golf Pride. If you need more proof, look at any tour equipment report and you’ll find that Golf Pride is far and away the most popular grip manufacturer. The MCC Plus4 is used by many professionals, and is also one of the best selling in retail.

There’s a reason that the Tour Velvet from Golf Pride has long been the standard of stock grips from club manufacturers. This grip is durable, tacky, and lends itself well to any level of player. When looking at value golf grips you’ll find many “knockoff” versions of the Tour Velvet, but none matching the quality.

For ladies just beginning to play the game or those that have been playing their entire lives, the Winn Dri-Tac 2.0 is suited for all levels. This undersized grip has a .590” core size and weighs only 38g.

The Dri-Tac 2.0 is an upgrade over the original Dri-Tac technology in that it has an increased feel and is even more durable than its predecessor. The grip includes a tapered profile and excellent shock absorption, especially on off center hits. For ladies investing in a new set of clubs or re-gripping their existing set, these grips should be a top consideration.

Iomic usually hits a home run when it comes to grips, and the Sticky Grips for junior golfers is no exception. These grips serve a functional purpose, of course, but they also have colors that pop and brighten up a typical youth set of golf clubs.

These Iomic grips have a medium firmness and are extremely tacky. Ideal for junior golfers learning how to grip a golf club and minimizing the amount of club movement in their hands throughout the golf swing. The Iomic Sticky model for juniors is available in eight colors ranging from sky blue to mint green to lemon yellow.

If there’s a golf grip that’s going to turn heads, it’s definitely the Classic Leather grips from Best Grips. Imagine having the feeling of sitting in a luxury car’s interior in the palms of your hands.

Made from a smooth top-grain leather, these grips are treated with ProTack so they will get tacky when your hands sweat. They have a reduced taper design which gives the feel of 3 wraps on the bottom half of the grip. A classy stitch on the underside of the grip not only looks great, but it also acts as a guide for your fingers. While not for everyone, they are definitely the best grips to splurge on.

Rosemark Grips gained popularity in 2016 when SeeMore made Rosemark its stock grip on several models putters in retail. Also, LPGA phenom Lydia Ko used a Rosemark grip as one of the top ranked players in the world. While Rosemark offers several models, the 1.52 NEO is the best pistol grip on the market. A pistol grip isn’t just tapered, but the shape has a larger outset on the back of the grip at the butt end. A pistol grip promotes a closed putter face at impact.

Leave it to Golf Pride to take the common way of installing golf grips and turn it on its head. In 2020 the company introduced the Concept Helix, the first grip that doesn't require tape or solvent. Instead, an installation horn is used to allow golfers to change grips anytime and anywhere. The horn allows the grip to slide onto the shaft, then it’s used to tighten the grip at the butt end to secure it in place.

The traditional wrap golf grip is a far cry from what it originated as. Back in the day of persimmon heads and hickory shafts, professionals would adhere strips of leather to their clubs in a wrapped fashion. Modern day wrap grips mimic what once was, but with a ton a great advances in technology.

Players looking for the highest traction prefer a golf grip that has cord in it, because the cotton cord woven within the rubber wicks moisture away. For years upon years the Lamkin Crossline full-cord model was considered the standard for players who preferred the feel of a full-cord grip. In 2021, however, Lamkin improved on the original and introduced the Crossline 360 Genesis Full-Cord.

The Genesis material is a hybrid rubber compound that’s blended to deliver a slightly softer feeling grip with greater torsion control. This Lamkin model is geared to perform in all conditions and trusted by TaylorMade to be the stock grip on all of its wedges.

If you have larger hands, finding the right golf grip can be very inconvenient. Even a “jumbo” with additional wraps of tape doesn’t always do the trick. Without much comparable competition, JumboMax is in a league of its own. Their main ambassador, Byrson DeChambeau, won the 2020 U.S. Open with the JumboMax JMX Ultralite XL.