talarfon

Guessing fowler with the mentions of butch and Phil.

I think Rory will have a big week here, though his (all to often) left miss in the last couple of weeks are a little worrying. 1) Rory 2) Dufner 3) Tiger 4) Day 5) DJ

Quote: I suspect your right hand grip tightening is taking over the entire proceedings. Take your grip, as described in your post, then simple take your right thumb off the club - its easy to do and you can still make a normal swing. See if this helps. I tried this in the range today but really struggled with it, pushed most of them and it didn't feel comfortable at all. Especially at the top of my swing!! Quote: If you grip tighter at address, you wont regrip as hard at the top and gain better consistancy. Golf is always better when the adjustments made in the swing is minimized. I do grip pretty lightly at address to be honest so will give a tighter grip a try, would you ever change grip pressure depending on the club your using? (i.e. full wedge through to driver)

I have changed to use the overlap grip this year and have been following instructions on how to grip properly. From what I've read/seen it suggests that the thumb of the right hand (I play right handed btw) should be pointing towards the left foot. However as I swung the club I would often tighten my right hand grip and the pressure and direction of the thumb would close the club face and cause snap hooks. I could feel the club closing on my downswing and eventually decided to move my thumb to pointing straight down the club face, I have swung better since BUT it doesn't feel quite as natural. Any suggestions?? I thought that maybe my right hand was rotated too far down the club (i.e holding the bottom of the club), moving my thumb naturally forces it into a better position??