SuperStroke Traxion Tour Review

The SuperStroke Traxion Tour is the one grip in our grips guidethat lives on the putter, and it’s there for a specific reason: it quiets busy hands. This listing is the 1.0, the slimmest of the Traxion Tour range. If your putting misses come from your hands getting too involved through impact, it’s a genuine, cheap fix. Here’s the honest account.

What it is

A putter grip with a parallel, “No Taper” profile — it doesn’t narrow toward the bottom the way a conventional grip does — wrapped in SuperStroke’s textured Traxion polyurethane. The design intent, in SuperStroke’s words, is to even out grip pressure between the hands, which is the mechanism behind the “quieter hands” most players report. The 1.0 is the slimmest size in the line, so it’s the version that doesn’t feel like holding a rolling pin. Those are the maker’s claims; our method is in how we rank.

Where it shines

Taking the hands out of the stroke. By keeping grip pressure even between the lead and trail hand, the no-taper profile discourages the trail hand from flipping or steering through impact — the fault behind a lot of pushed and pulled short putts. The Traxion texture gives a positive hold without a death grip, and because it’s the slim 1.0, it does this without the loss of touch that a jumbo grip can bring. For a player whose stroke gets twitchy under pressure, it’s one of the cheapest meaningful upgrades in the bag. And it’s tournament-legal: under the Rules of Golf a putter grip is specifically allowed a non-circular cross-section, so an oversized putter grip is fine for competition.

Where it falls short

It’s a putter grip and nothing else — it does nothing for the other thirteen clubs, and it only helps a specific fault. If your misses are misreads rather than a nervy stroke, a new grip won’t touch them. Oversized putter grips also genuinely divide players: some find that the extra size dulls their feel for distance, which is the last thing a lag putter wants. And this particular model, the Traxion Tour 1.0, isn’t CounterCore compatible, so you can’t add SuperStroke’s weighted insert later if you decide you want it.

Who should buy it

The golfer whose short putts leak from a handsy, twitchy stroke, especially under pressure. It’s a targeted, inexpensive fix for exactly that fault, and the slim 1.0 keeps enough feel for distance control that most players adapt quickly. If you’ve been told your hands are too active over the ball, it’s worth the small outlay.

Who should skip it

Anyone who already putts well with a standard grip, and anyone whose misses are reads rather than strokes. A bigger grip can dull the touch a good putter relies on, so if distance control is your strength, don’t risk it. And if you’re re-gripping the full bag rather than fixing a putting fault, spend the money on the clubs you swing — the grips guide and Winn Dri-Tac vs CP2 Pro cover those.