Getting the Correct Golf Grip Every Time

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You have reached the first checkpoint. The palms of each hand should be on opposite sides of the club and facing each other. The club shaft should lie in the palm of the left hand on a line starting at the point where the index finger connects to the palm. Just looking at the left hand you are looking at a combination of palm and finger grips. Only the first two fingers and the palm make contact with the shaft when the hand is closed. Make sure that it is the palm that makes contact below the little finger and not the little finger itself. This will tell you if you have the correct palm and finger grip.

Looking down at the ball with your hands on the club you should only see two knuckles, the base knuckles of the index finger and second finger. The others are covered or hidden behind the shaft. Now you are ready for the left hand.

The next step to getting the correct golf grip is assessing the right hand. The right hand is very important, both in the way it grasps the club and in the way it fits against the left. Let’s take the club first. It has been said that the grip with the right hand is a finger grip. This is true but where in the fingers? This is at the very base or root of the second and third fingers, where they meet the palm. This is the best place because there the club can be held most securely.

This grip is firm enough to prevent the club from wobbling at the top of the back swing or when the ball is struck. This is important not just for accuracy but also for power. It makes the club and the arms swing as one unit which gives you a more intuitive feel for accuracy and transmits more energy to the ball when it is struck.

Any type of hold higher in the fingers of your right hand is unreliable. This is a somewhat relaxed hold to start with, and the propensity is to relax it even more when you are at the top of your swing. Also, there is likely to be more give when you hit the ball.

We have identified the right-hand grip as being taken with the second and third fingers because, of course, the index finger is separated slightly from the middle finger and is hooked low around the club. The little finger, in the overlapping or interlocking grips, does not touch the club at all. In the so-called ten-finger grip, though, the little finger would grasp the club exactly as the second and third do.

In taking our putting grip we recommend placing the left hand on the club first in its proper position, then sliding the right under the shaft, fingers extended and palm up. Slide no further when the club slips into the little groove where the fingers meet the palm. Then just close the hand, moving it up the shaft slightly so that the third finger fits against the index finger of the left hand and the little finger overlaps or lies on top of the left index finger.

Now you will see that the palm of the right hand is facing directly to your left. Your right wrist should be cupping the base of the left thumb. You will also see that both of your thumbs are on the shaft of the putter. The thumb of the left hand should be a little right of center and the thumb of the right hand should be a little left of center.

You will notice that the V, that is formed with the flesh that is located between the forefinger and thumb of your hands, should in fact point to the right of the chin, and towards the inside collar bone joint.

That is all that you have to do. Congratulation! now you know the correct grip of golf and with some more practice you will get it right every time.

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