The baseball grip

[jfrain2004]

Since I started playing 4 yrs ago I tried not to interfere too much with my grip and left it unchanged after the 1st month when pro told me I had a grip that would / should do tha job. ie fairly neutral with each thumb slightly across the centre of the shaft.
In my hunt for a more powerful swing and to encourage a draw I tried the 10 finger grip. I found it to be a very reliable, natural way to grip the club. Gives me far more leverage when rotating the club through impact. On the net I see a number of sites that say the down side to this grip is the way it inhibits a full wrist hinge. I find the opposite to be true, that I can hinge the wrists easier and have a better feel of where the club is at the top. Far straighter, longer drives that almost always draw.
Any one else opt for this type of grip change?

[anthony]

I did the opposite a few years ago. Went from 10 finger to interlocked on the advice of someone far better than I. Haven't looked back since. Never could get down with the overlap though.

[saevel25]

I am an overlap guy, it was what my dad taught me when i first started, so its what i will go with. I might try Jim Furyks grip sometime, the double overlap, really mess with you.

I tried to get my cousin to go to an overlap, he doesn't feel like the club will stay in his hand. I think the baseball grip is hard to maintain because of the disconnect between the two hands. At least try the interlock..

[avguy]

The ten-finger is a minority player in the world of grips with overlap no. 1 and interlock no. 2 favorites. A player as myself, a natural lefty who plays right handed, is more comfy with all of my fingers on the grip. I could never go back to the overlap - my right hand & arm is naturally weaker than my left lead hand/arm and that grip seems to lessen the right side the most.

I have felt confident at times with the interlock, but seem to slide back into 10-finger for control, confidence, and comfort. I get a little sore in right hand with interlock.

The concern voiced above about a disconnect with a 10-finger is valid and to defeat that I first put the club down holding it in an interlock style, hands neutral facing each other. Then, I unlock them, barely moving at all the right into the nearly same position into my completed 10-finger.

For most of you, natural righties, I don't think the 10-finger would work as your right hand could over power your lead left hand. But in my unique shoes (lefty playing right-haned) the 10-fingers is stronger and more confident. I do have to tape up my right thumb abit for blisters, but it works enough to play the game with my skillset - a basic hack enjoying sending the white ball into the wild blue yonder.

[Teddy]

I'm just new to the game, but I also use a 10 finger grip. So far so good, but i was thinking of experimenting with other grips to see if they help me feel the swing more. Another similiar thing is that i'm left handed swinging right, so my dominant hand is my left hand. I've only been playig for a couple weeks, but my shots are straight and i'm hessitant to switch but want to becuase the 10 finger seems like bad form.

In the end i want the grip to help me feel my swing from top to bottom, and right now the 10 finger is doing that. Going to hit the range in the next couple days to try the other grips.

[chilly]

I use the 10 finger grip, I'm basically self taught and it felt natural when I started. I've since tried to go overlapping, but found that I wouldn't release the club and got weak fades.

Only downside I can see is that sometimes I start "hitting" at the ball with my right hand and getting flippy, versus turning through the ball...overlapping grip may help prevent this.

[The Recreational Golfer]

Except for golfers who naturally hook the ball, the 10-finger is the grip everyone should use. Harry Vardon developed the overlapping grip to weaken the force of his right hand coming through the ball, which made him hook. That's all it was.

[atrapasuenos]

A good friend of mine, plays with this grip, his natural shot is a big-good-looking push-draw that works pretty fine for him, so if you feel good with it, stick with it!

Greetings!