Get a Grip on Your Game with Alex Trujillo

November 22, 2025·48 min·3 clips

A struggling Korn Ferry player moved from D5 to C8/C9 and then shot 11 under at Stage One.

1. On The Mark Golf Podcast focuses on grip fitting, counterbalancing, and how handle weight changes golf shots. 2. Mark Immelman hosts Alex Trujillo, a former FlightScope specialist and Jumbo Max Grips fitting expert, because Trujillo helped test the equipment on Mark's own clubs. 3. The episode asks whether changing grip size and grip weight can improve launch, clubface control, and miss patterns. 4. Mark says a Jumbo Max fitting helped him reduce a late wide right miss and improved his pitching and chipping. 5. Alex says Jumbo Max makes grips from standard size to extra large and uses more than 36 combinations of size and weight. 6. He explains that the heavier tour series grip on Mark's club weighed about 90 grams and shifted the balance point toward the handle. 7. Alex says the heavier handle can slow the handle faster in transition and create a whipping effect that adds speed and launch. 8. He compares the effect to a water skier behind a speedboat and a figure skater pulling in the arms to spin faster. 9. Alex says Bryson DeChambeau plays a 123-gram grip, while light grips can weigh about 50 grams. 10. He adds that lighter grips can lower launch and create more fade bias for a right-handed golfer. 11. Alex defines swing weight with a seesaw analogy and says many players live in the D2 to D4 range. 12. He says moving weight into the handle shifts the seesaw toward the grip side and can change how much the player feels the club head. 13. Mark says he once wanted to feel the head at all times, but that preference made his club fall behind him and contributed to his right miss. 14. Alex says grip size also changes the feel of the club because a larger circumference reduces grip pressure and quiets the hands. 15. He says long drivers often benefit because a bigger grip helps control torque on off-center strikes. 16. Mark says greenside pitch shots felt easier and his hands felt quieter with the larger grip. 17. The interview uses a direct, conversational format, with Mark testing ideas against his own swing and Alex answering with examples and launch-monitor language. 18. The tone stays practical and instructional, with repeated comparisons to real clubs, real players, and measured swing-weight changes. 19. Golfers who want better feel, tighter misses, and equipment detail will get the most from this episode. 20. Golfers who want theory without gear talk may skip it.

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