Grip

[MMouse]

So while playing a match against my partner I fell apart in the first 9 and fell down by 5 holes.

As we came around to the back I made a grip change and put the club more into the lifeline of my left hand ( right handed so top hand )
Boom. Out drove him, straight with a little draw at times. I managed to come back to within 1 hole.

Anyone grip the club like this? Any forseeable reasons to stop doing it? I felt it helped me keep my left wrist flatter and under better control, which was translating into straighter shots.

[saevel25]

Top you mean the one closest to the butt end of the club? Because when i hear top i think the one that goes ontop of the other, if so then you have a cross grip, because usually for a righty the right hand is wrapped overtop the left hand.

But more in the lifeline of the left hand, its a presonal preference, there is no wrong answer here. I would say if it helps you out, go for it. I play with people with strange grips and they can kick some butt on the golf course.

[iacas]

No good players have the club in the lifeline of their top hand.

[handlez42]

I start my grip under the left thumb pad...keeping the top side of the clubs grip (the part of the grip you see at address) and then i just wrap around that into a Vardon grip...im not sure what your mentioning by the "lifeline"? but i was told to do this through a video by a very good instructor named Martin Chuck. He also developed the Tourstriker training club which has helped me immensely on consistent contact.

anyways...by lifeline you mean...?

[CuppedTin]

No good players have the club in the lifeline of their top hand.

A reason would be nice...

[handlez42]

Originally Posted by CuppedTin

A reason would be nice...

Proper Golf Club Grip

What is the secret to a great golf game? A perfect golf swing. A great golf swing begins with proper golf club grip . Golf pros, executives, weekend hackers, and average Joes from all over the world will say, that for you to have a perfect golf swing, you must get a grip. A proper golf club grip that is. You may not have known, but there is not just one proper golf club grip – there are many.

The Vardon Overlap is the one most used by the best golfers. This grip is also called the overlapping grip, because the overlapping of your hands help them work together.

The Vardon Overlapping grip is done by taking the little finger on the trailing hand and place it between the index and middle finger on the lead hand (for right-handed golfers, the lead hand is the left). The lead hand thumb should fit in the lifeline of the trailing hand.

guy with the 0 index knows his stuff.....NAHHTTT

[iacas]

Originally Posted by handlez42

The lead hand thumb should fit in the lifeline of the trailing hand.

guy with the 0 index knows his stuff.....NAHHTTT

Uh, yeah. I said the top hand. And the grip.

Not the trail hand and the thumb.

[handlez42]

Originally Posted by iacas

No good players have the club in the lifeline of their top hand.

????? i dont believe you gave us any incite

[senorchipotle]

Originally Posted by handlez42

????? i dont believe you gave us any incite

no need. why don't you grab a club, take a grip with your top hand and your handle going through the lifeline. you're not going to be able to hinge your wrists.