Equipment

WRX Spotlight: Golf Pride Z-Grip Align

Published

7 years ago

Apr 4, 2019

GolfWRX Staff

Product: Golf Pride Z-Grip Align

Pitch: “The Z-Grip Cord is now available with ALIGN Technology to improve clubface awareness and bring more consistency to your game, is the firmest cord grip available from Golf Pride. Combining a heavy cord texture throughout for moisture management with the revolutionary ALIGN Technology for consistent hand placement. The Z-Grip features a deep “Z”-shaped texture pattern that winds vertically around the grip for control, while a heavy cord texture throughout provides moisture management. This design pattern is enhanced with a red end cap and distinctive white body paint fill.”

Our take on the Golf Pride Z-Grip Align

Golf Pride introduced its Align technology in 2017 as a refreshing change to the reminder grip. Align technology is a raised ridge that runs along the underside of the grip. This “reminder” strip sits in the pads of the fingers to help consistently square the clubface to the target. The Align ridge is textured, and it’s a firmer rubber compound to stand out in your hand.

The Golf Pride Z-Grip Align is the newest in the lineup and offers by far the firmest and roughest feel. Z-Grip Align looks a lot like the tour-proven Z-Grip Cord that has been around and has a cult following. They both share a deep “Z”-shaped texture, firm rubber, and full-length heavy cord.

I have been a fan of the Golf Pride Align grips since they came out and have been known to dabble with the Z-Grip Cord now and then! Older “ribbed” or “reminder” grips never really caught my attention, since I always felt like they changed the shape of the grip to more triangular and didn’t sit comfortably in my hands. I like the Align reminder since it is subtle and doesn’t change the round profile of the grip.

The new Z-Grip Align does have a little more of a tacky feel: the rubber seems to grab more than the standard Z-Grip, while still having the roughness of the cord. I did feel that the Grip Align was a touch thinner then the standard ZGrip when hitting balls side by side. I used my typical two layers of two-sided grip tape and the noticed the smaller feel right away. During play, I didn’t notice it after a few swings, and I don’t think I would add any more buildup to the grip.

While in play, the Align technology really does help comfortably grip the club with the face square to the target. The firm feel of the Z-Grip Align translates all the feel to your hands without being punishing…but the cord will help build some thicker skin!

I would say the only negative to the grip would be if you were a person who needed a ton of vibration dampening, due to injury, you won’t get that with the Z-Grip Align. If you are a “feel” player who wants to sense every vibration, though, you’ll fare much better.

Overall, I really like the Z-Grip Align and feel that if you are looking for a cord grip, it should be on your short list. If you play in rain, sweat a bunch, play in cold or hot climates, or play with no glove, this grip will provide great performance. You won’t be worried about slippage or gripping too tight with the Z-Grip Align…just make sure to put it on straight!

Discussion about the Golf Pride Z-Grip Align in the forums.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

16 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

Published

16 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

16 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”