Equipment
WRX Spotlight: Golf Pride Z-Grip Align
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!
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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Streelman WITB 2024 (April)
- Kevin Streelman what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
5-wood: Ping G (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 10 X
Irons: Wilson Staff Model CB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Wilson Staff Model (48-08, 54-08), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (48), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (54, 58)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType SSS TG6
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Streelman’s clubs here.
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Equipment
Choose Your Driver: Which 2012 driver was your favorite?
The year was 2012. Gangnam Style ruled supreme, its infectious beats and ludicrous horse-riding dance moves hypnotizing us with their stupidity. Everyone was talking about the Mayan calendar, convinced that the end of days was near. Superheroes soared on the silver screen, with the Avengers assembling in epic fashion. Katniss Everdeen survived The Hunger Games. And the memes! The memes abounded. Grumpy Cat triumphed. We kept calm and carried on.
In much the same way that automotive enthusiasts love classic cars, we at GolfWRX love taking a backward glance at some of the iconic designs of years past. Heck, we love taking iconic designs to the tee box in the present!
In that spirit, GolfWRX has been running a series inspired by arguably the greatest fighting game franchise of all time: Mortal Kombat. It’s not “choose your fighter” but rather “choose your driver.”
Check out some of the standout combatants of 2012 below.
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Nike VRS
Often harshly critiqued during its years releasing golf equipment (right, Phil Mickelson?), Nike’s tenure in the club-and-ball business gets a gloss of nostalgic varnish, with many of its iron and putter designs continuing to attract admirers. Among the company’s driver offerings, the 2012 VRS — or VR_S, if you will — drew high marks for its shaping and toned-down appearance. The multi-thickness, NexCOR face was no joke either.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Callaway RAZR Fit
Callaway’s first foray into moveable weight technology (married with its OptiFit hosel) did not disappoint. With a carbon fiber crown, aerodynamic attention to detail, and variable and hyperbolic face technologies, this club foreshadowed the tech-loaded, “story in every surface” Callaway drivers of the present, AI-informed design age.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Cleveland Classic 310
Truly a design that came out of left field. Cleveland said, “Give me a persimmon driver, but make it titanium…in 460cc.” Our 2012 reviewer, JokerUsn wrote, “I don’t need to elaborate on all the aesthetics of this club. You’ve seen tons of pics. You’ve all probably seen a bunch in the store and held them up close and gotten drool on them. From a playing perspective, the color is not distracting. It’s dark enough to stay unobtrusive in bright sunlight…Even my playing partners, who aren’t into clubs at all…commented on it saying it looks cool.” Long live!
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Titleist 910
While there’s no disputing Titleist’s “Titleist Speed” era of drivers perform better than its 2010s offerings, sentimentality abounds, and there was something classically Titleist about these clubs, right down to the alignment aid, and the look is somewhere between 983 times and the present TS age. Representing a resurgence after a disappointing stretch of offerings (907, 909), The 910D2 was a fairly broadly appealing driver with its classic look at address and classic Titleist face shape.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
TaylorMade RocketBallz
The white crown. The name. You either loved ‘em or you hated ‘em. TaylorMade’s 2012 offering from its RocketBallz Period boasted speed-enhancing aerodynamics and an Inverted Cone Technology in the club’s titanium face. Technology aside, it’s impossible to overstate what a departure from the norm a white-headed driver was in the world of golf equipment.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Ping i20
Long a quietly assertive player in the driver space, Ping’s i20 was more broadly appealing than the G20, despite being a lower-launch, lower-spin club. Ping drivers didn’t always have looks that golfer’s considered traditional or classic, but the i20 driver bucked that trend. Combining the classic look with Ping’s engineering created a driver that better players really gravitated toward. The i20 offered players lower launch and lower spin for more penetrating ball flight while the rear 20g tungsten weights kept the head stable. Sound and feel were great also, being one of the more muted driver sounds Ping had created up to that time.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
GolfWRXers, let us know in the comments who “your fighter” is and why!
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/29/24): Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Krank Formula fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft.
From the seller: (@well01): “Krank formula fire 10.5 degree with AUtoflex SF505. $560 shipped.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Simms
Apr 5, 2019 at 1:10 am
Just do not put on your Driver or other adjustable clubs as it will be a waste of time one adjustment and that align feature is gone.
steve jessop
Apr 5, 2019 at 2:31 am
Not on the Callaway driver