JumboMax – A Beginner Golfers Review
Let me start with a little background. I played pretty regularly for about 2 years. I took lessons, sought feedback from friends, read books and articles. For some reason gripping the clubs always seemed like the biggest challenge to me, so much so that it effected my enjoyment quite a bit. After not picking up a club for about 6 years I got tricked into hitting some golf balls and realized I didn’t remember much from before, and figured it was a good place to pick back up. I would keep up with golf and have always enjoyed watching it. Noticing Bryson Dechambeau’s Jumbomax grips I bought a couple, dusted off my old 7 and PW and hit the range. They worked so well for me I installed them on all my clubs (sans SW and GW). I should note that prior to switching out all my grips, I would alternate between a club with a standard golf grip and the Jumbomax to make sure it was really for me. Here is my review on the ones I have used. And for reference, I have played or hit the range 4-5 times a week for the last few months.
Tour Series (Medium on 6,7,Driver///X-Small on PW) – These grips are the heaviest on the list (Medium is 110g compared to the Ultralite at 47g. A Golf Pride MCC is 47.5g), and initially the difference was quite noticeable. Since I have been using them quite a lot, I don’t notice the difference as much, expect when using a club with the JMX Ultralite grip or a club with a traditional grip. To me it’s the perfect amount of tacky. When wearing a glove, the material doesn’t feel like its bunching up when gripping, and you can still get good feel. I’m not a pro, but the swing weight is obviously going to be off and I’m unsure how much that will affect someone at my level.
JMX Ultralite (Medium on 9, 3W, 3H) – Weighing in at 47g these are misleadingly light. I enjoy the feel of these clubs as they are a bit softer, and my only complaint is I wish the texture was a little rougher or tackier, but its such a minor detail to me that it wouldn’t stop me from equipping these on future clubs. The feedback is great and the material feels sturdy. Realistically, once I get my swing speeds where I need them to be I may put the Ultralites on all my clubs.
JMX Ultralite STR8 Tech (8 iron) At only a 2g difference over the traditional tapered grip Ultralite I gave the STR8 Tech a go on my 8 iron. I enjoy the non-tapered feel with my right hand (I’m a right handed golfer). My strikes feel very consistent and hand placement isn’t an issue. For me there was no real adjustment, and my grip doesn’t feel that much different. The biggest benefit I found is my hands seems to get into a comfortable place a little quicker and my grip feels a little less like I’m Homer choking Bart.
The largest improvement I have seen with these grips is consistency by comfort, which in turn builds my confidence. These alone may not be an overnight success with some, but the Jumbomax Grips have enabled me to keep practicing and improving, and for that I am happy to write a good review. While I can see the shade being thrown by those that stick with tradition in “normal sized” grips and rebuking a different way to do something I have to interject my two cents. Trying to criticize others for using a Jumbomax grip then they should go back to using wooden drivers, wound golf balls and ditch the golf cart. The gatekeeping in golf is crazy, but don’t let that keep you from trying something that might help you enjoy playing more. I am here for fun and good times with good people.
Sup playa's. Pretty new to golf (again) after taking 6 years off because life. Anyways, I am in CO and basically like hitting golf balls at the range and maybe playing a round whenever my friends go. I do look forward to reading reviews and writing a few of my own. Here's my current equipment because that's important. I will preface this that I got everything in here on-sale. Irons - Cobra LTDX Wedges - 56 deg. Nike // 60 deg Titlist Wood - M2 3W Driver - PXG Gen 5 9. 60 R Glove - Not Michael Jackson, not gonna wear one glove. (jk just a personal preference) Bag - Snagged a brand new Titleist bag for $50 on Facebook.
