Wedge Guys Grips Review: Can Budget Golf Grips Compete?
We put Wedge Guys' affordable grips to the test on the course to find out!
When was the last time you put fresh grips on your golf clubs? I’m guessing it’s been a couple years or more, if ever.
The truth is, it’s a good idea to re-grip about every 40 rounds or so, which is about every year or two for the typical weekend warrior.
The problem is, having a pro shop slap new grips on your whole set can quickly set you back over $200, and it’s hard to cut that check for grips when you could be investing in something shinier and more exciting.
For example, Cobra just marked last year’s fairway woods down to $199, and that gets me way more excited than new grips.
Hence, grips get neglected.
But just because it’s understandable doesn’t make it right. The grip, afterall, is your only connection to the club, and the way your hands behave on the grip has a pretty big influence on where your ball goes. If your clubs are slipping in your hands, you’re going to spend a lot of time looking for golf balls.
If biting a $200-plus bullet for new grips doesn’t sound appetizing, Wedge Guys has a more palatable option. For somewhere between $75 and $100, you can snag 13 Wedge Guys grips and everything you need to install them yourself.
Naturally, with value comes the obvious question: Are they good? I stuck a set of Wedge Guys grips on my clubs and took them for a spin to find out. Here’s our complete course-tested review.
Wedge Guys Grips Overview
Pros:
- Best value grips in golf
- Excellent selection of materials (rubber, cord, hybrid), colors, and sizes
- Bundle includes everything needed to regrip a set
- Feel & performance rivals more expensive, tour-level alternatives
- Easy to clean and keep looking new
Cons:
- Colors may bleed
- For maximum savings, you have to install them yourself
- Vice (not required by highly recommended) not included
Wedge Guys offers four varieties of grips. There’s the GLP Velvet, which is a standard all-rubber, one-color grip.
There are two hybrid options, the DC Tour which gives users the flexibility to choose which hand is on the rubber and which is on the cord, and the Diamond Hybrid, a more traditional hybrid grip.
Finally, the Diamond Cord rounds out the lineup as the cord option.
Each grip is available in standard and midsize, and with the exception of the Diamond Cord (black only), each is available in several colors.
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First Impressions & Installation
I installed the Wedge Guys Diamond Hybrid grip from my irons through my wedges, and the GLP Velvet on my woods.
I like the design of the Diamond Hybrid grip. I got the black and red color combo, and it looks sharp. Whether you prefer a more traditional-looking grip, or one that coordinates with designer ferrules, you can find a color scheme that works.
I’ve installed grips several times over the years, and installing the Wedge Guys grips was a breeze.
Following my “more is better” mantra for grip solvent, each grip slid on easily. A small V-shaped alignment mark on the end of the grip makes alignment easy, and the grips went on without twisting.
The corded upper gives plenty of feedback, while the diamond pattern throughout and V-shaped cuts in the rubber bottom of the grip make it a nice-feeling grip overall.
The only imperfection I noticed in the grip was on the seams, where on some of the grips I found a couple pieces of rubber poking out from the grip. These were small and can quickly be removed, but I figured it was worth mentioning, as I can’t recall finding that on other grips in the past.
These small bits of rubber coming from the seams were the only imperfection I found on the Wedge Guys grips
Wedge Guys Grips On-Course Performance
I’ve tested the Wedge Guys grips over four rounds to date, and I’m very pleased with how they’ve performed on the course.
I’ve mostly played Golf Pride and Lamkin grips over the last five-plus years. If I were to take a golf grips version of the Pepsi challenge – where I try the Wege Guys Diamond Hybrid grip and a competitor in a blind experiment – I don’t think I’d be able to definitively tell them apart. They’re virtually indistinguishable from grips that cost about twice as much. And that’s a good thing.
I like the feel of the Diamond Hyrbrid grip, and the cord gives excellent feedback in the hands. Meanwhile, the GLP Velvet is a great option for any club with an adjustable hosel because rotating the shaft (when you adjust loft) won’t throw off the grip’s alignment.
I compared the GLP Velvet with top competitors, including Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet and Lamkin’s Crossline grips. The Wedge Guys GLP Velvet has a deeper tread and feels a touch firmer than the Tour Velvet, and is more comparable to the Crossline. In other words, it falls perfectly in line with industry standards.
Durability & Wear
I’ve only used these grips for four rounds so far, and despite plenty of practice sessions in between, it’s too early to judge how they’ll look and feel after 40 rounds, or a year from now.
I have seen some of the black rubber from the upper section of the Diamond Hybrid bleed into the red lower half of the grip, but that washes away easily with a damp cloth and a little dish soap, just the way you’d clean any other grip.
Overall, the tread on the Wedge Guys grips seems to be a little deeper – at least to the naked eye – than most of the other grips I have lying around, so I have no reason to believe they would wear out any faster.
Value & Final Verdict
Call me a golf geek, but I enjoy regripping my clubs. I think it’s a fun way to lean into the excitement that always brews near the end of a long winter – when golf season is right around the corner but decidedly not here yet.
It’s the equivalent of a car enthusiast who changes their own oil. It’s as much about the care and pride you have in your clubs (or car) as it is the money saved.
Still, you can’t ignore the money saved. Compared to having a professional do it, or simply ignoring your grips, the opportunity to regrip your whole set yourself and equip your clubs with fresh, matching, quality grips, for $100 or less, makes Wedges Guys the best value in grips.