Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max & Midsize Grips Review
Raise Your Right Hand If You Want More Consistency, Connection and Control On Each Shot
Many golfers fall into 2 grip categories: play whatever is on the club or 1 specific grip is the only grip to ever play.
I’d like to address both of those categories that they might rethink their grips.
Golf Pride just released a new grip for 2025 that is a combination of every grip technology they’ve come out with so that you might get better performance out of your grip.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Grips have dual feel, built up right hand and the highest allowable alignment spine.
This combination is going to help you grip more consistently, feel connected to the club and offer the most control.
You should think about a grip change in 2025.
This is my definitive Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Grips Review.
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MCC
Golf Pride had been making MCC grips for over 2 decades.
It combines the firmness of cord grips for the left hand and softer rubber for the right hand.
They been extremely popular over the years.
I’ve happily played MCC grips on my clubs over numerous seasons.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Grips only come in 1 color option at this time, but the benefits of MCC shine in these grips.
Plus4
Golfers for years have put a couple extra wraps of tape under the right hand part of the grip to reduce the taper.
This helps reduce right hand dominance which can “over squeeze” the grip and exert too much control over the club face.
Plus4 builds the right hand up for less taper which creates a better and more natural control of the golf club.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Grips build up the rubber section of the grip for more control.
Align Max
Raised Ridge technology is an evolution of spine alignment of grips.
Rubber grips often had a spine in their construction which could be placed anywhere when they were installed, often golfers want it down so they could feel it in their fingers.
Golf Pride took that a step further and built a ridge right into the grip.
While grips can’t be formed to put hands in the proper position, the Golf Pride Plus4 Align Max Grips offer a very pronounced raised ridge that helps feel proper hand placement.
Midsize
Bigger hands require bigger grips.
But what if you’ve never thought about it or tried it?
So many golfers regardless of hand size, just play a standard grip because that is what came on the club.
If you order new clubs you can get whatever size you want, but maybe you’ve never tried different sizes or you are not really sure what size grip to play.
While big hands can play standard grips, reducing the overlap of fingers can help.
Any time a golf can reduce grip pressure that will help their swing too.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Midsize Grips offer all the above features in a better fitting size for big hands.
Midsize vs. Standard
The difference might not seem like a big difference at first, you might not be able to even tell by just picking up a club by the grip what size it is.
The technical size difference is 1/8″.
Now if you look at a tape measure you see that doesn’t look like much, but when you put them side by side as you see above, the difference is visible.
You can feel it in hand when you compare them.
It really has to do with your hands wrapping around to your palms when gripping the club.
The Golf Pride Plus4 Align Max Midsize Grips offer a bigger better experience for bigger hands.
Better Performance From A Midsize Grip?
Not only does changing grips help but getting into the correct size makes a difference.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Midsize Grips had a big impact this summer on my golfing buddies game.
I switched out his whole bag to these grips. While typically it is expected to score a stroke or two better, he picked up 4 strokes on average between these new grips and new size.
It gave him the greatest potential for scoring because of the technologies built into the grip as well as the proper size for his hands.
It increased his consistency, connection and control.
Now he is wondering why he didn’t do this sooner.
Performance From A Grip?
Statistics show that any grip change will help you scores by a stroke or 2.
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max has the greatest potential for improving your scores because of all the technologies built into the grip to help with consistency, connection and control.
Every time I set my hands on these grips I can feel if I have them in the right position.
The Align Max offers a sensation in the hands that might take some getting used to, but I love how it reminds me to get my fingers in the right place around the grip.
I started seeing better shots with these grips installed.
Summary
The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Grips are a departure from your standard Tour Velet grips, but all of these technologies working in harmony with each other makes for one of the most consistent, connected and controlled grips I’ve ever hit.
I think there is a little learning curve with these to adjust to the feel, but once you do, they really help you shoot your best scores because of what they offer to your right hand as well as a reminder to get your hands in the right position for every swing.
2025 is the time to upgrade your grips to ones that will actually help you game, not just with traction, but with consistency, connection and control.
For the midsize grips, The Golf Pride MCC Plus4 Align Max Midsize Grips are a bigger size with big technologies to work in harmony with your swing.
Check you hand size to see if maybe a bigger grip might help you hit more consistent, connected and controlled shots.
I don’t think we talk about grips and grip sizing enough in golf.
Golf Pride has some great charts and fitting methods on their website that are easy to understand and apply.
The numbers speak for themselves, 4 strokes is real for a mid-handicap golfer.
Don’t sleep on your grips; they probably need to be changed into something with more consistency, control and feel, plus get them in the right size for your best scoring.
More information here: Golf Pride Website
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