Golf Pride Victory Grip - Made in... Taiwan?

[skajaquada77]

Golf Pride, what have you done? Makes me chuckle...

Got the new version for dirt cheap, to replace the old Victory grips... anybody played them? Good or not?

[nicoy3k]

It's a $.01 piece of rubber made 100% by machines. Where it's made makes literally no difference to performance

[bladehunter]

On the surface I see your point. But in reality it matters to someone or else the old grip wouldn't have " made in usa" and the new grips wouldn't include little stickers that say "made in Taiwan".

[skajaquada77]

Apollo Shafts were made in England... then outsourced, it all went downhill from there...

[BMC]

I play those new versions. Really nice texture. I think they're actually better than the originals I first played in the 80s.

[Bimmer1]

The old belief that "made in Taiwan" means "junk" is no longer necessarily true. Taiwan has stepped up their production quality for many consumer items in recent years.

[skajaquada77]

Either way I am excited to try them. They look great on my vintage set of Slazenger Crown Sterlings. Drying overnight, i will be at the range after work! It's humid here (Tampa) so the cork/rubber mix should help make it tackier and not slippery. Full report tomorrow.

[cristphoto]

My Lamkin uTX grips were made in Mexico. It's hard to find a readily available American made grip today.

[76mpg]

I have played the victory cord re-release for a while, no issues.

[ImBurningStarIV]

They actually had the new version on sale at my local Watts for $0.90, I bought all of them, lol (22). Haven't put them on anything yet, but I'm sure they're fine for the price.

[dingusflingers]

The re-release Victory Cords are nice

[Stetson]

Really like the cords

[skajaquada77]

They feel nice, but today was 88F out and 55% humidity here in Tampa. The Victorys were not the right grip for this conditions. It was day and night, Mizunos JPX 850 with Lamkin UTX and Slazenger Crown Sterling with new GolfPride Victory... I think they will play a lot better in late fall and winter here in FL, more in the 65F-77F range and less humid...

[HawkeyeDan]

As noted above, I play the full cord version and really like them. I think my local Golf Galaxy has them for something like $3 a piece, which is a screaming deal for a full cord grip.

[hardcaliber]

Country of origin won't make even a .0001% difference in performance. If they have changed the chemical structure of the grip, they would change it regardless of where its made, US, Russia, Mexico, Taiwan, etc.

 

From a political standpoint, its always disappointing to see American manufacturing outsourced, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

[skajaquada77]

They were excellent grips back in the day, backed by the fact that they were Made in the USA, that alone gives it craftmanship and higher quality control standards. I say USA this time but it could be England, Italy, etc... I'm in the pharmaceutical business, and let's say Vit C is vitamin C anywhere, But I will not touch vitamins made in China, just from the many patients that end up with kidney and liver issues from nasty additives and the lack of quality control with their products. They get it done overseas, cheaper yes, but at what cost?

Anyway, grips are grips, not the end of the world, but I do think it's sad that little things like Made in America (or Made in England like Apollo shafts) are no longer there... again, probably not noticeable from a player's standpoint, but nice to have... my thoughts!

[wkuo3]

Yes, where it's made is not relevant to it;s quality. I'm certain G.P. will have minimum standard for products carrying it's logo .

 

Decades ago, junks were from Japan....... Now they are among the best !