The Golf Grip is your source for Power and Control

The golf grip plays the most important role in the golf swing, simply because it connects your hands with the club, and feel comes from your hands.

I often asked my students if they feel the weight of the club during a swing.

Most of the time the answer is no. One student said that he had never thought about it. Big mistake.

I prefer to talk about the "placement" of the hands on the club rather than the grip. Reason being that golfers associate the golf grip with tightness or tension.

The hands need to be placed in a way to promote feeling for the club head.There role is to work together as one unit and swing the club as efficiently as possible.

Lets start with the left hand placement for right hand players.

Lefties just do the reverse of what I am showing here, it really is no different.

Notice the angle of the left hand. This allows you to place the club over the base of the fingers with the pad on top of the handle.

The fingers should not touch the inside of your hand but be close to it. If they do touch then your handle may be too thin for you. Alternately, too thick and it will slow your hand action.

You will be surprized how firm the left
hand is now without holding too tight.

Give the club a tug with the other hand and test it.

A face view of the left hand showing the thumb
pointing straight down the handle at the name.

In golfing terms this is a neutral grip.
Meaning neither to weak or strong.

This hand position gives you the best possible
chance of achieving the correct hand action during your swing.

Practice it till it feels comfortable.

The right thumb resting on top of the left thumb.

With the hands in this position you will be able to have power and control over your swing. Just perfect.

The position of the right hand here becomes extremely important in the takeaway.

Remember a good swing starts with a good golf grip.

The most widely used grip and the most comfortable.

Simply linking the hands together.

My favourite grip. Nine fingers are wrapped around the handle.

The more the better.

Interlock the fingers only once you have done the
overlap, otherwise the position of the hands change and that can spell disaster. The palms will not be facing the club face.

The problem with this grip is that you have less fingers around the handle than the overlap.

The hammer grip is great for elderly golfers, it gives more freedom in the hand action and the same pressures in the fingers apply as mentioned above.








Lastly,placing the hands correctly helps to give you a good swing plane, squaring the club at impact,and hitting straighter shots.

Check it regularly and make sure the hands are in the right places.



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