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I stumbled on this site and as it is a lady golfer giving the tip I tend to pay more attention as they make far better natural golfers than us males. I was trying to see what if any is the cause/fix for the old "Hole in the glove" problem. In short the general thinking seems to be if you wear through your glove then your grip is not correct. Pic1 in the link below is right on the money as regards describing my grip. Problem is the "correct" way in pic2 looks like I couldn't swing the club with it never mind hit a ball. http://teetimesgolfmagazine.com/beverlysbigsecrets.asp?id=10104 What is your take on this?

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Oh man, it was definitely the grip for me. Fixed the hole problem last year. The only drastic grip change I remember is that now the thumb and index finger of both hands are in a more neutral position, and both of my thumbs are NOT straight down the top of the shaft. Hope that helps.

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Uhhh, I agree with the site, but Picture 1 is on the right and Picture 2 is the left one, correct?

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Originally Posted by jfrain2004

I stumbled on this site and as it is a lady golfer giving the tip I tend to pay more attention as they make far better natural golfers than us males. I was trying to see what if any is the cause/fix for the old "Hole in the glove" problem. In short the general thinking seems to be if you wear through your glove then your grip is not correct. Pic1 in the link below is right on the money as regards describing my grip. Problem is the "correct" way in pic2 looks like I couldn't swing the club with it never mind hit a ball. http://teetimesgolfmagazine.com/beverlysbigsecrets.asp?id=10104 What is your take on this?



sorry but you lost me on the bolded...

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Originally Posted by Robato

Uhhh, I agree with the site, but Picture 1 is on the right and Picture 2 is the left one, correct?



You are correct. They should really label the pictures.Makes it seem like the correct way is the pic on the right when in fact it is the picture on the left.

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Yep I used to hold it like the pic on the right and always wore a hole in my glove, now hold it like the pic on the left and gloves last much longer

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As far as I'm concerned, grip really isn't an issue... You should hold the club however you're comfortable... look at all the best golfers and tell me how many have the same grip.  Some use overlap, some interlock, some people use a 10 finger grip; some are strong, some neutral, some weak..  I think you see my point.  There are other much more important aspects to the golf swing.

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Originally Posted by Lefty-Golfer

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Originally Posted by jfrain2004

I stumbled on this site and as it is a lady golfer giving the tip I tend to pay more attention as they make far better natural golfers than us males. I was trying to see what if any is the cause/fix for the old "Hole in the glove" problem. In short the general thinking seems to be if you wear through your glove then your grip is not correct. Pic1 in the link below is right on the money as regards describing my grip. Problem is the "correct" way in pic2 looks like I couldn't swing the club with it never mind hit a ball. http://teetimesgolfmagazine.com/beverlysbigsecrets.asp?id=10104 What is your take on this?

sorry but you lost me on the bolded...



Ditto. The only thing advantage women might have over men is no preconcieved notions on the grip, posture, alignment. Once the club is set in motion though, it's like watching a chicken try to fly. What did I do wrong honey? Ummm . . where to begin?!?

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Ditto. The only thing advantage women might have over men is no preconcieved notions on the grip, posture, alignment. Once the club is set in motion though, it's like watching a chicken try to fly. What did I do wrong honey? Ummm . . where to begin?!?



Like watching a chicken try to fly. That's classic! That describes my wifes swing to a "T"!

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Originally Posted by 1puttit

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Originally Posted by Robato

Uhhh, I agree with the site, but Picture 1 is on the right and Picture 2 is the left one, correct?

You are correct. They should really label the pictures.Makes it seem like the correct way is the pic on the right when in fact it is the picture on the left.

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What is interesting is that if you watch the Golf Academy that Jack Nicklaus does he will tell you the exact opposite. He said that he wanted it more in his palm instead of his fingers.

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Originally Posted by billinga

What is interesting is that if you watch the Golf Academy that Jack Nicklaus does he will tell you the exact opposite. He said that he wanted it more in his palm instead of his fingers.



This is exactly what I'm talking about... grip isn't nearly as important as people seem to think it is.  Grip the club how it's comfortable to you and focus on other things in the swing that are actually important.

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Might need to try this, I go through some gloves. Not as much lately though. I must be doing something better with my grip.

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Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

As far as I'm concerned, grip really isn't an issue... You should hold the club however you're comfortable... look at all the best golfers and tell me how many have the same grip.  Some use overlap, some interlock, some people use a 10 finger grip; some are strong, some neutral, some weak..  I think you see my point.  There are other much more important aspects to the golf swing.



Wow.

While the variations you present exist, that does not mean anything goes. Put Fred Couples of Paul Azinger in a neural grip and they would be toast. Put Johnny Miller in a strong grip, same result.

Which aspects of the swing are more important than the grip?

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Originally Posted by The Recreational Golfer

Which aspects of the swing are more important than the grip?


Uhm, bottom of the swing arc? if you duff/top it, what good changing the grip is going to do? nothing.

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Originally Posted by kurisu

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Originally Posted by The Recreational Golfer

Which aspects of the swing are more important than the grip?

Uhm, bottom of the swing arc? if you duff/top it, what good changing the grip is going to do? nothing.


The bottom of the swing arc is a construction of the swing. It is not the swing itself. If you duff it/top it, changing your grip could well have everything to do with the correction, since when your grip is off, the swing becomes an exercise in compensating for that fact. Compensations are hard to groove.

Or to put it another way, consistent clean ball striking starts with a good grip.

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Originally Posted by The Recreational Golfer

The bottom of the swing arc is a construction of the swing. It is not the swing itself. If you duff it/top it, changing your grip could well have everything to do with the correction, since when your grip is off, the swing becomes an exercise in compensating for that fact. Compensations are hard to groove.

Or to put it another way, consistent clean ball striking starts with a good grip.

I'm sorry but with the way you phrase it, I do not agree. If ALL good players on tour had the same grip, I would concur; but as you said above, some people have a very strong grip, some people have a weak grip, some people use a Vardon grip, others use interlocking and hit the ball great. Grip is not universal. Grip is not what "defines" fundamental parts of the swing. The major problem with high handicappers is not their grip. It's their swing path. Unless you grip the club in an uncomfortable way that doesn't allow your arms and wrists to move properly and unhindered, then, yeah, ok. But that clearly is so not the vast majority of the cases.

Put in another way: if there is no absolute "norm", what can you call good/bad? and if there is no norm, can you really say that clean ball striking starts with a good grip?

Nobody's body is wired the same. What my arms will do when I grip a certain way will not always apply to someone else. I have seen many people with the weirdest grip hit it cleaner and better than someone else gripping the club like in books from Mr. X or Mr Y. Why? because the bottom of their swing was further in front of the ball, and they came down from the inside.

If whatever grip you use allows you to come back square to the target path and face, the fundamental is: are you catching the ball or ground first? Are you really saying that I cannot have an inside-out path and slide forward enough to catch the ball clean/flush if I have what you consider an unorthodox or "bad" grip?

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I agree that everyone can have an unique swing and hold the club very differently, but when teaching someone how to swing, I think its good to start at 'neutral', and go from there. I wrote how I hold the club, because that's how my form grew for me, but its also true that different grip locations of the palm will affect the looseness of the grip and the accuracy/power, right? So, as far as grip, I found what was best for me 'after' I found out that grips can be high in the palms, or low in the fingers. I tried them all out, found my groove, and moved on to other parts of my swing.

I also say that the grip is everything. It affects the address, the shoulders and body alignment, how the clubhead goes back, how it passes through, allows fades and draws, etc.

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