strong grip

[Ryanrocksfender]

im trying to cure my slice and i heard by changing your grip to a strong one helps. does anyone have any pics of what a strong grip looks like?

[glebert]

http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio.../watson_gd0712

If you just do a Google image search for "strong grip" you will find many more. Be careful with the strong grip, it can be a good bandaid but can be overdone. I got to the point where I wasn't opening the face at all, and all my shots were punches. I found that I benefitted much more from root causing my slice (over the top swing).

[Three Putt]

http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio.../watson_gd0712

If you are hitting a consistent fade or slice it's probably your swing path that needs fixing. changing your grip might really mess you up imho.

[rckwd]

im trying to cure my slice and i heard by changing your grip to a strong one helps. does anyone have any pics of what a strong grip looks like?

Imagine the club shaft is a clock and the top of the shaft is twelve. If you place your left thumb between 12 and 1 this is considered a neutral grip; between 1 and 2 a strong grip. Remember all this also depends on the way your hand naturally lies. Ideally if you let your left arm hang at your side; the position of your hand should be the natural position of your grip.

IMO, I would start by finding your natural grip then try to find the root of your slice problem if it still exists.

[RC]

Does your ball flight start out left or right of your target? Does your ball curve away from your target or start left of the target and curve toward it?

Before changing grip, analyze your swing path and alignment. Fix those things so the ball starts toward your target (assuming you have a normal release) and then you can adjust your grip only slightly to get less side spin.

[kfowler]

If you are hitting a consistent fade or slice it's probably your swing path that needs fixing. changing your grip might really mess you up imho.

What Three Putt said. Strengthening your grip will only help you if your issue is squaring the club at impact. If you're coming over the top, you'll still slice.

[Freysmith]

I am trying the same thing. It seems to have made it better, but I would not say that I am cured.

[Daz85UK]

I had a big slice up until the last two rounds.....Ive strengthened my grip quite a bit, as I was gripping the club before in a very weak way (i thought I was gripping the club with a neutral grip).

This helped me keep the club head square during the swing.

Now i just try to feel like at the top of my backswing that my body rotates very slightly away from the target (or if viewed from above it feels like i turn clockwise away from the target)  which gives me a nice in to out swing path.

Result:- last two rounds i've hit nothing but straight to a slight draw on all the clubs. I used to slice my driver so much that I never got it out the bag.

When I grip the club I try to get the feeling that I have to physically hold the club square (if I was to relax my grip completely the club would naturally turn to a closed position) so to hit a draw i tend to relax the grip very slightly as i begin the downswing and I get a nice draw...although I tend to over do it every now and again and hook it (not massively but still a hook roughly 10-13 yards left)

This may not be the correct way but its working for me.

[saevel25]

Depends on the slice, is it a push slice, that is ball starts off right and goes right, or is it a pull slice, ball starts left and goes right. If its a push slice, sure switch to a slighly stronger grip would help straighten that out and might get to a push draw. If its a pull slice, then thats a swing issue, not a grip issue.