Gear & Equipment
2 MIN READ
July 3, 2026
These Are the Grips Used by the Top 25 Golfers in the World
Being able to control your club under any condition requires a solid grip, and these are the grips chosen by the top players in the world.
When it comes to golf equipment, we labor over every detail and spec, from loft and lie, to swing weight and even driver weight configuration...but what about the grip?
As much as we talk about clubs and components, the one thing a lot of golfers forget is that the grip is the only connection a player has between their hands and the club. In reality, a club is functionally useless if you can't hold onto it, in the same way an F1 car, even with all its brilliant engineering, can't go anywhere without tires.
Well, the top golfers in the world can't swing their clubs without grips, so we've put together a list of the Top-25 players in the world (as of July 2nd, 2026) and their grip of choice.
Top-25 Players & Their Grips
1 - Scottie Scheffler - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
2 - Rory McIlroy - Golf Pride MCC Black/White - Ribbed
3 - Cameron Young - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align MAX
4 - Matt Fitzpatrick - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
5 - Russell Henley - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
6 - Collin Morikawa - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord
7 - Tommy Fleetwood - Iomic Sticky (Irons), Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord (Woods)
8 - Justin Rose - Lamkin (SuperStroke) JR Custom REL
9 - Wyndham Clark - SuperStroke REVL Player Cord
10 - J.J. Spaun - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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11 - Jon Rahm - Golf Pride MCC
12 - Viktor Hovland - Golf Pride MCC
13 - Xander Schauffele - Golf Pride MCC Align
14 - Chris Gotterup - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord
15 - Sam Burns - Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
16 - Ben Griffin - Golf Pride MCC
17 - Justin Thomas - Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
18 - Aaron Rai - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
19 - Ludvig Åberg - Golf Pride MCC
20 - Robert MacIntyre - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord (Woods & Wedges), Grip Master Leather (Irons)
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22 - Si Woo Kim - Golf Pride MCC
23 - Sepp Straka - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
24 - Alex Noren - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
25 - Akshay Bhatia - Iomic Sticky
This page was first published on May 28, 2026. Last updated July 3, 2026.
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