How you grip your clubs is of utmost importance, and is the only thing between you and a good shot... and/or disaster! I grew up using the "Inner-lock grip" (fig. 1) but stopped the day I hit an unseen tree root and nearly broke a finger! Personally, I like the "Vardon Overlap" (fig. 3), but I want you to use whatever is the most comfortable to you, and more importantly, what gives you the most confidence. Another grip I recommend for some, is the ten-finger (fig. 2) grip (the same grip one would use while holding a baseball bat). This is a grip I like to recommend to "young" Juniors, some ladies and/or Seniors with "week" hands. What this grip does -for this group- is help get the clubface back to square at impact. In extreme cases one could make use of a modified "ten finger" grip by spacing the hands about an inch apart...
How
hard should you grip the club? ANY club, driver, fairway clubs, irons,
putter, chipper? The real question
is how EASY should you grip it! It
must NEVER be tight.
Think
of your grip this way: You have a fragile bird
egg in your hand. How hard can you squeeze before
the egg breaks. Well, you don't really want the
egg to break do you? WELL DO YOU?
That's how EASY your grip should be. This is extremely
tough to master, but master it. Make it an unconscious habit
the next time you go to the range, not on the course. You will be pleasantly
surprised!
One more thing... keep your grips clean and replace them regularly.
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| 1. The Inner-lock Grip |
2. The
Ten Finger/or Baseball Grip |
3. The Over-lap Grip |
Sez Woody..."The only thing you ever grip
tight in your entire bag, is your ball retriever
- and if you need to carry one of those
- you're definitely in great need of a MalibuWoody!" |
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