My Swing (DuffMcGee)

I'd like to see you make a couple set-up changes. The grip is too weak and it's causing you to load the club too far inside the hands on the takeaway.  [CONTENTEMBED=/t/75436/how-to-grip-a-golf-club-commonalities-of-a-functional-golf-grip layout=inline]​[/CONTENTEMBED]  [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/128670/] [/URL] When the club loads inside the hands so much, the compensation is to swing past parallel and get the shaft across the line at the top. This is a big part of where your hooks are coming because of how it effects the sweetspot path on the downswing. [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/128673/] [/URL] Would also like to see you turn the feet and knees out. [CONTENTEMBED=/t/78207/why-flaring-your-feet-at-address-makes-golf-easier layout=inline]​[/CONTENTEMBED]  [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/128671/] [/URL] So you can keep the lower body a bit more stable rather than having the left knee "cave in" on the backswing which leads you to lean left at the top of the swing. [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/128672/] [/URL]

Man that feels so weird having the club in the fingers with my left hand. I always thought I had a "fingers" type grip bc of my right hand grip but I never realized the club was in my left palm. After only a few practice swings I can see that I have no callous built up on the left fingers and that I am going to blister instantly. Question: how is this considered a stronger grip than having it more in your palms? It feels so loose. The great thing is that I can definitely feel the club face closing automatically without any of the effort I usually have to take to get it closed. This should allow me to avoid "realeasing" the club early like I usually do, correct? I've always wondered why I can't keep lag the entire way through even though I have decent wrist flex. It must be that I couldn't do it but square the club face up bc of my grip, correct? Thanks!

When they are talking about weak vs strong grip they are referring to the position of both hands in relation to each other and where you are gripping the club and not how strong or weak you in relation to the strength at which you are holding the club.. Think about in terms of how many knuckles you can see when you look down at your left hand.. If you can't see any but you can see a few of your right hand this is considered a weak grip, however if you can see 2-3 of your left hand and none of your right hand this is a strong grip.. In other words of your right right palm is facing more towards the target and up vs facing down I is strong ect.. Do a quick search on google on the difference and you will get a whole bunch of pictures and stuff.. He is asking you to change because the weak grip is promoting the club going across the line like he mentioned, coupled with your hip sway and you are coming from the inside a lot causing your hooks (at least that's what I understood from his post).. In regards to you throwing the club ect I don't know, but what I do know is once you start fixing some of these fundamental things you will fix other things without even thinking about them.. Well once you can see a couple of your knuckle on your left hand then just rotate your right hand so that the palms are almost facing each other and it will feel like your right hand is coming from under and that will be strengthening the right hand.. Of course us amateurs also don't grip the club with enough pressure, but you have to differentiate between grip strength and pressure, they mean two different things when these guys talk about them. I'm not really sure, I think you might getting ahead of your self just a little bit.. Work on the pivot and grip stuff and get that down, and then they will most likely recommend you work on your weight forward and flat wrist at impact.. All that stuff will eventually lead to you hitting the ball first, but getting ahead of your self is what slows the progress down.. Heck, I worked for almost 6 months just on pivot stuff, and now I have been working on flat wrist and path for over a year and I'm still shooting 100.. Your obviously a much better golfer than I do you will be able to make these changes in no time and see your HC drop quickly.. I hope all the above isn't too much, and I'm sorry if it is.. I'm sure one of the guys will correct me if I said anything wrong! Good luck bro!

Ah ok, I didn't know strength and pressure were 2 different things. That makes much more sense. Thanks!

Good question. If the hips slide back, then they have to move quite a bit forward in a short amount of time. Sometimes in an effort to create axis tilt the golfers will tip their head back which can send the path too far out with a high rate of closure (face closing at a fast rate). Or with the hips back and head a little forward the golfer will sense they're too "steep" and early extend (and tip the head back) to try and shallow out the strike. This will stall the rotational aspect of the pivot and can shove the sweetspot out to the right. Much easier to fire the arms down when the pivot is centered.