Equipment
Golf Pride (finally) adds color with its 2013 grips
Golf Pride has been a leader on tour in golf grip usage for decades, but they’ve lagged behind their competitors recently by not providing many bold color choices in their lines. For 2013, Golf Pride is introducing the brightest grips in company history, its Niion grips.
The rubber grips, which are pronounced “Neon,” are available in five different colors — dark blue, white, green, yellow and orange — and use three different textured surfaces to make the grip stable and durable. One of those sections, which has a 3-D hexagonal texture that is located in key areas where the upper hand is placed, is stiffer than the other parts of the grip to reduce torque. What many golfers will probably like most about it, however, is that it’s painted a different color than the rest of the grip, giving it the cool factor that many golfers have been looking for from a Golf Pride grip.
Golf Pride has also refreshed two of its older grips — the New Decade MultiCompound and Z-Grip models.
Golf Pride’s New Decade grips were already available in six colors, black/white, black/dark blue, black/orange, black/yellow, black/green and black/red, as well as five “Whiteout” models, which trade the black upper hand section for a white upper hand section and were available in white/black, white/red and white/dark blue.
For 2013, Golf Pride has introduced a black/black model with just enough white paint in the lower section of the grip so that it’s not mistaken for one of the company’s Tour Velvet models. There’s also a white/green Whiteout model with a hint of yellow that will be popular with Masters fans.
Golf Pride’s red, white and blue Patroit grip has been reborn as an all-rubber Z-Grip, which has a red cap, blue body and white Z-Grip channels. As always with Golf Pride’s Patroit models, a portion of the sales for the Z-Grip Patriot will be donated to the Folds of Honor Foundation that provides scholarships and other assistance to the children and families of soldiers disabled or killed in service.
Check out the video below for more information on the new grips:
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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.
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
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”
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bob
Jul 9, 2013 at 9:41 pm
bought new Niion grips for my irons. 11 handicapper. I don’t use a glove. I’ve used several differant styles of Golf Prides for years, and replace grips twice a year due to 125 plus rounds per year. Just tried the new Niion for two rounds and hated the feel. Too slippery in humid conditions. Let go of two clubs. Never happened before. Removed them after 2 rounds and went back to Tour Wrap.
Very disappointed with the performance of the Niion grips, even though they looked great. Bad choice for me.
joe
Jan 31, 2013 at 11:51 am
I can’t tell if that’s pink or orange,@ 0:46. I hope that’s pink! because i’m looking for pink grips. yes i’m a dude and hot pink would be awesome!
be right
Feb 2, 2013 at 10:57 am
the all-rubber patriot sounds great…can’t wait
Ayrbhoy
Jan 30, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Excited to try these new GP grips- any idea of a standard retail price for the Niion grips? Thanks, Scott.
Golf Pride
Jan 30, 2013 at 11:08 am
Hi RG – Great to hear your positive feedback on the new Niion Grips. The new grips will be in stores February 15th and you can find a Golf Pride retailer near you at http://www.golfpride.com/retail-locator/. We have also released a new Grip Selector tool on our new website to help you find the right grip size and fit for your game at http://www.golfpride.com/fit. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
RG
Jan 29, 2013 at 6:53 pm
I’ve played Golf Pride tour velvet for most of my life as a golfer and had the opportunity to hit balls at the golf pride tent on demo day with the Niion Grips, the blue grip to be more specific. Shot feedback was definitely enhanced and overall I felt very comfortable with this grip. Very cool design and look forward to regripping with Niion this spring. Does anyone know when these grips will be available in stores and where they can be purchased?