Staff WriterP2 Grips has kicked off the 2026 season with three new putter grip models aimed squarely at the vast tribe of golfers who can stripe an iron like a concert violinist, then turn into a man trying to defuse a bomb once the putter comes out. The latest additions to the P2 Grips line-up are designed to bring more stability, more comfort and, perhaps most usefully of all, fewer nervous little wrist flicks on the greens.
This is, at heart, a golf equipment story with practical intent. No chrome-plated nonsense, no miracle cure in a box. Just a brand leaning hard into a simple truth: if the putter accounts for 30 to 40 per cent of the shots in a round, then the bit connecting your hands to the club deserves a little more thought than most golfers give it.
Why P2 Grips is leaning into stability
P2 Grips has built its reputation around its patented Face-Square Technology, a design concept intended to help golfers keep the putter face more stable through impact by encouraging a stronger wrist position and reducing excess hand action in the stroke. In plain English, it is trying to make the putter behave less like a weather vane in a storm.
That matters because poor putting is rarely dramatic. It is death by a thousand nudges. A face a touch open. A stroke path that wanders. A tempo that gets jumpy. The promise from P2 Grips is that by limiting unnecessary wrist movement, golfers can create a more repeatable motion, better face control and a stroke that feels less fussy under pressure.
“We want to make the game more enjoyable for recreational golfers and we firmly believe these new grips deliver on that promise,” said Enda McLoughlin, Founder of P2 Grips. “Our tried and tested Face-Square Technology is present across all of the new grips to inspire confidence by optimising wrist position and limiting mobility during the putting stroke. The result is a more consistent putting action which we know will bring good vibes to golfers and help them on their way to shooting lower scores,” he added.
The three new models explained
The new range has been built with a sensible understanding that not every golfer wants the same thing in their hands. Some prefer a more traditional profile. Others want extra length and a counterbalanced feel. Some like a pistol shape because it feels familiar and helps quieten the panic.
P2 Vibe Tour
The Vibe Tour is a midsize, round-profile, non-tapered grip with a flat front. That gives it a shape that will feel recognisable to players who like a more conventional rounded look, but with a design intended to offer extra wrist stability.
There is a practical appeal to that balance. Golfers often want change, but not too much of it. The Vibe Tour looks like the sort of grip that could suit the player who wants a cleaner, steadier feel without feeling as though they are suddenly putting with a rolling pin.
Specifications
- Weight: 60 g
- Profile: Round Non-Tapered
- Colours: Black, Grey, White
P2 Vibe Max
The Vibe Max is arguably the most intriguing of the three because it marks P2 Grips’ first move into the extended-length putter grip market. At 14 inches and 82 grams, it is built to offer a more naturally balanced feel and some of the counterbalancing qualities many golfers now favour.
Extended grips are no longer a niche indulgence for tinkerers and garage inventors. More players are looking for a setup that helps smooth the stroke, settle the hands and produce a more predictable release. The Vibe Max appears aimed at exactly that golfer: someone who wants the club to feel a fraction more anchored in the hands without going down the route of an entirely unconventional setup.
Specifications
- Length: 14 inches
- Weight: 82 g
- Profile: Round Non-Tapered
- Colour: Black
P2 Touch Pro+
The Touch Pro+ takes a different route. It uses a larger pistol-style profile for golfers who still want a more orthodox feel from their putter grip. That should make it attractive to players who do not want to abandon the familiar shaping of a pistol grip, but would quite like a more stable and comfortable version of it.
The textured outer layer is also intended to improve comfort over a traditional pistol grip, which may sound like a minor detail until you have played in bad weather with hands that feel as useful as wet oven gloves.
Specifications
- Weight: 70 g
- Profile: Pistol
- Colours: Black, Grey, White
How the technology translates on the course
Golfers do not buy grips for patents. They buy them for what happens on a six-footer that matters. That is where P2 Grips is trying to make its case.
Across the new models, the common thread is a high-traction tacky outer layer paired with a firm rubber core. The idea is to combine comfort with feedback in all weather conditions. That blend is important because too soft and a grip can feel vague; too firm and it can feel as welcoming as a scaffold pole. Good putter grips tend to strike the middle ground where the hands feel secure and the head still talks back.
P2 says golfers should notice the benefit as easier repeatability rather than as a restrictive mechanical feeling. That is a crucial distinction. Most players do not want a grip that feels like a correctional device. They want something that quietens the chaos while still letting them sense the strike, pace and direction of the putt.
In performance terms, the likely gains here are in face stability, start line consistency, tempo and confidence. Not glamorous words, perhaps, but then neither is making three birdies in a medal round because you stopped turning ten feet into an existential crisis.
The data behind the claim
One of the more persuasive parts of the launch is the independent testing. Quintic Sports, a well-known sports analytics company specialising in putting performance, found that P2 Grips reduced twisting of the putter face at impact.
Using high-speed motion capture and ball-roll data, the testing reportedly showed measurable improvement in putting performance, with some participants improving by up to 70 per cent in specific testing metrics.
Now, that does not mean every golfer who buys one will immediately start rolling in putts like prime Ben Crenshaw under hypnosis. But it does give the product line a firmer footing than the usual industry fog of “enhanced feel” and “premium performance.” There is at least an evidence-based suggestion that the design does what it says on the tin.
Who these grips are best suited to
The strength of this launch is that it covers a wide spread of golfer types rather than forcing every player into the same solution.
Golfers who fight too much hand action, struggle with face control, or tend to jab at putts under pressure may find the overall design philosophy of P2 Grips appealing. The Vibe Tour should suit those who like midsize, rounded shapes and want a modern grip without a dramatic visual departure.
The Vibe Max looks best suited to players exploring counterbalance-style stability and a smoother tempo. The Touch Pro+ will likely interest golfers who prefer a pistol profile and are not keen to surrender that familiar hand placement.
In handicap terms, this range is plainly aimed at recreational golfers, but that should not be mistaken for basic. Recreational players are exactly the people most likely to benefit from more consistency on the greens, because that is where rounds go to pieces quietly and expensively.
How P2 Grips compares in a crowded market
The putter grip category is now busy, serious and increasingly sophisticated. Golfers have more choice than ever, with brands offering everything from oversized non-tapered shapes to heavily textured pistol models and extended designs built for counterbalance setups.
What distinguishes P2 Grips is not that it offers choice; plenty do that. It is that the range is built around a single biomechanical principle and then expressed through different profiles. That gives the collection more coherence than some rival line-ups, where the options can feel like they were devised by committee after a long lunch.
The emphasis on wrist control and face-square mechanics also gives P2 a clearer performance identity. Whether golfers prefer that over other well-known putter grip brands will come down to personal feel, but from a product positioning standpoint, the brand knows what problem it is trying to solve.
Price and availability
The Vibe Tour and Touch Pro+ come in at £24.99 / €29.99, while the Vibe Max is priced at £29.99 / €34.99. All three are available in stores and online now.
Alongside the new releases, P2 Grips continues to offer its established models including the Aware Tour, Classic Tour, React Tour, Reflex Tour and Touch Tour, giving golfers an even broader menu of shapes and profiles.
Verdict
There is something refreshing about a launch like this. P2 Grips is not pretending a putter grip is a holy relic that will part the golfing seas. It is offering three distinct options built around a clear idea: stabilise the hands, improve face control and make the putting stroke easier to repeat.
For golfers who know their scorecard is being mugged by poor work on the greens, that is a sensible proposition. The Vibe Tour looks like the all-rounder, the Vibe Max is the modern specialist, and the Touch Pro+ gives traditionalists a route into the technology without making them feel they have joined a cult.
If these grips do what the testing and design suggest, then P2 Grips may not just be bringing good vibes to the greens. It may be bringing a little sanity too, and in golf that is about as rare as a quick round and a warm pint.
