Grip Questions

[jl81]

any input on this would be greatly appreciated. I understand the proper grip and interlocking and all of that. my major question is, how is the hand supposed to be place on the club. Being right handed.....is it left thumb facing up, top of hand facing the target? ive been playing around with this a bit. gripping that way, drive will start off beautiful, and next thing i know its 30 yards right and in grass taller than me. If i take my left hand and rotate my grip so its still towards the target but turned up slightly i hit straighter, but higher and not as far. if i rotate further, so the top of my left hand is almost facing straight up with my thumb on the back (right) side of the club i will hit it straight, but generelly not far, as it doesnt go very high. this works great for a elevated tee box however. are either of these 3 approaches correct? or is it all just in my head and i need more practice?

[m11]

any input on this would be greatly appreciated. I understand the proper grip and interlocking and all of that. my major question is, how is the hand supposed to be place on the club. Being right handed.....is it left thumb facing up, top of hand facing the target? ive been playing around with this a bit. gripping that way, drive will start off beautiful, and next thing i know its 30 yards right and in grass taller than me. If i take my left hand and rotate my grip so its still towards the target but turned up slightly i hit straighter, but higher and not as far. if i rotate further, so the top of my left hand is almost facing straight up with my thumb on the back (right) side of the club i will hit it straight, but generelly not far, as it doesnt go very high. this works great for a elevated tee box however. are either of these 3 approaches correct? or is it all just in my head and i need more practice?

I think teaching grip without actually putting your hands on a club is kinda tough. If you just ask your local course pro to quickly take a look at your grip, he can probably show you the proper way to hold it in a few minutes.

Nonetheless, i'll give it a shot. The idea is to hold the club in your fingers. Place your hand to your side with your fingers together. You then want to place the grip across the bottom of your fingers (not in your palm) and WRAP you hand around the grip. If you do this properly, you'll be able to see the knuckles of your index, middle and maybe your ring finger. Thats a big tell to whether or not your left hand is on properly, whether or not you can see 2-3 knuckles. After that, you lift the club up, and place your right hand so that you life line covers you thumb..this will also put the fingers on your right hand on the grip.

[mellojoe]

This may sound silly, but...

I just did a quick Google search for "proper golf grip" and found some interesting pictures that gave a fairly clear idea to answer your question. i'm no pro, and I'm working on my own grip problems, so I shouldn't be answering your question. However, maybe one of the experts here will steal a Google image and give us a "this one is good" or not.

[m11]

This may sound silly, but...

there really is a lot of stuff on the internet about grip...googling it will give you some good results.

try to find somewhere that shows pictures from the perspective of the golfer himself so that you know what to look for. i'll see if i can find anything a little bit later

[ks8829]

grip pressure is important part of your grip. the proper grip allows you to swing without any restriction. the property grip pressure is if you are holding a tub of tooth paste with the cap off.

the left hand grip pressure should come from the finger tips of the last three fingers only. the right hand grip pressure should be on the middle and ring fingers only.

If you are slicing the ball, your right hand is too tight and take over and not allowing you club to turn over at and after impact.