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Spotted: Lamkin Z5 Tour Taper grips

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At the 2017 AT&T Byron Nelson, we spotted new “Z5 Tour Taper” grips from Lamkin, which are designed to encourage lighter grip pressure to ultimately create more distance, control and consistency, according to the company.

To accomplish this, the grips are built with a larger diameter at the bottom of the grips, helping to stabilize your lower hand. You’ll notice in the photo below that the bottom of the grip has a more built-up look than a standard grip.

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Also, like its Z5 grips, the Z5 Tour Taper grips use five different grip sections to maximize feel and performance. They have a soft cord in the upper sections, “high-traction finger locks” in the middle section, and a micro texture in the lower sections that’s relatively smoother. For golfers who want a more consistent feel from the top of the grip to the bottom, Lamkin suggests installing them “logo down,” or in other words, flipping the grip 180 degrees.

For a tacky feel and shock absorption at impact, the grips are made with Lamkin’s familiar ACE material. The Z5 Tour Taper grips will be available for $8.99 starting on May 26.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about Lamkin’s new grips in our forums

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  2. Jim

    May 18, 2017 at 10:22 am

    I like these quite a bit. Currently trying the Z5 grip as an alternative to my NDMC and liking them (although I think they need more prominent cord). I use the Plus 4 grips on my wedges for improved feel so these might be a good option as well. Really like the color scheme too. And the best part is they’re $2 less than the NDMC version.

  3. Plee

    May 17, 2017 at 5:14 pm

    Riding Golf Pride’s coattails on this concept… Besides, if these are so ugly why wouldn’t I just get a grip I like the looks and feel of and then just add 4-5 layers of tape to bottom hand?

  4. Eric B

    May 17, 2017 at 10:17 am

    needs better colors tho

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Raul Pereda WITB 2024 (April)

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Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 5 X

3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 7 X

7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 8 X

Irons: Titleist T150 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper AMT Tour White X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 50-08F, 54-08M, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten Tour Lined
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy

Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x+

Check out more in-hand photos of Raul Pereda’s clubs here.

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Rickie Fowler WITB 2024 (April)

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Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (9 degrees @7)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 70 TX

3-wood: Cobra Aerojet LS (14.5 degrees @13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Tour Green 75 TX

5-wood: Cobra LTDx LS (17.5 degrees @18.5)
Shaft: UST Mamiya LIN-Q White M40X 8F5

Irons: Cobra King Tour (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper 125 S+

Wedges: Cobra Snakebite (54, 56, 58 degrees)
Shafts: KBS Tour 610

Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird
Grip: SuperStroke Tour 3.0 17-inch

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Tack

Ball: TaylorMade TP5

Check out more in-hand photos of Rickie Fowler’s clubs here.

 

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Spotted: All-Fit Universal adapter in Ben Willman’s driver

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Almost every driver on the PGA Tour has an adjustable hosel, and every manufacturer has its own design for how it works. This makes swapping shafts and heads impossible as one company’s adapter won’t fit in another’s driver head. There are a few universal hosel systems out there that fitters use to allow any shaft on their wall to be used in any driver head they carry.

One of the emerging universal systems out there is All-Fit, and not only are their adapters universal, but they also allow you to adjust the loft of your driver. Ben Willman seems to be one of the first to use All-Fit in a PGA Tour event as he has it in his Ping G430 LST driver.

All-Fit consists of three easy-to-use parts to install and use. First is the shaft adapter that is installed like any other OEM tip and offers three degrees of loft adjustment (1.5 degrees up or down) and flat or upright settings.

The second part is a new screw for your driver that works with the All-Fit tip and replaces the hosel screw that it came with. If you are using a TaylorMade head then you can skip this step as All-Fit uses the same size and thread.

Finally, there is a small sleeve that slides onto the All-Fit shaft tip and fits the hosel of the driver you are playing. Each sleeve is designed to not only fit the internal hosel geometry but they are also different heights in order to keep the overall driver length that same from head to head.

It is pretty interesting to see Ben using this system in his gamer driver out on tour. Willman has his Ping G430 LST 9-degree head set to -1.5 degrees on the All-Fit sleeve with a Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro Blue 60 TX shaft installed. The build is finished off with a Golf Pride Tour Velvet grip.

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