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These Are the Grips Used by the Top 25 Golfers in the World
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May 28, 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.

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Ryan Barath

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 May 28, 2026) and their grip of choice.

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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

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5 - Justin Rose - Lamkin (SuperStroke) JR Custom REL

6 - Collin Morikawa - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord

7 - Tommy Fleetwood - Iomic Sticky (Irons), Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord (Woods)

8 - Xander Schauffele - Golf Pride MCC Align

9 - J.J. Spaun - Golf Pride Tour Velvet

10 - Chris Gotterup - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord

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11 - Jon Rahm - Golf Pride MCC

12 - Russell Henley - Golf Pride Tour Velvet

13 - Ludvig Åberg - Golf Pride MCC

14 - Aaron Rai - Golf Pride Tour Velvet

15 - Robert MacIntyre - Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord (Woods & Wedges), Grip Master Leather (Irons)

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16 - Justin Thomas - Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

17 - Ben Griffin - Golf Pride MCC

18 - Sepp Straka - Golf Pride Tour Velvet

19 - Si Woo Kim - Golf Pride MCC

20 - Hideki Matsuyama - Iomic Sticky Evolution

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21 - Alex Noren - Golf Pride Tour Velvet

22 - Harris English - Golf Pride MCC Align MAX

23 - Patrick Reed - Golf Pride MCC

24 - Jacob Bridgeman - Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

25 - Kristoffer Reitan - Golf Pride MCC - Midsized



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