How to Grip a Golf Club, Commonalities of a Functional Golf Grip

[Bo the Golfer]

Makes sense @Vinsk. I use to be that palmy grip golfer so I know that is no good.

[Stonedude]

Awesome thread!! even after all these years.

 

Adjusting my grip, I find the most difficult thing is the straight long left thumb (right handed).  When I stretch it down the shaft that far, it feels almost as if my whole hand is pulled out and up if that makes sense.  The feeling is so different and I'm trying hard to reset my mind and what I think I feel...

 

Thanks again @mvmac!

[cooke119]

I am a righty, how many knuckles should I see on my left hand? I was told many times 2 to 3 knuckles, (strong grip), I'm now pulling the ball dead left with driver and long irons. I searched on YouTube and watched a couple of videos one of which said to help get rid of a pull to weaken the grip to where you only saw 1 knuckle thus keeping the face from closing over during the swing. Any thoughts about that?

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

I am a righty, how many knuckles should I see on my left hand? I was told many times 2 to 3 knuckles, (strong grip), I'm now pulling the ball dead left with driver and long irons. I searched on YouTube and watched a couple of videos one of which said to help get rid of a pull to weaken the grip to where you only saw 1 knuckle thus keeping the face from closing over during the swing. Any thoughts about that?

I doubt the grip is why you're actually hitting pulls. You're probably also swinging left a good bit, and your body is just trying to get the face somewhat square to that path.

Try, with a strong grip, to hit some "pushes."

And, like always, post a Member Swing topic. We can't diagnose these things via text very well, not when so much better tools are available at your fingertips.

But no, it's unlikely you should play with a weak grip.

[cooke119]

6 minutes ago, iacas said:

I doubt the grip is why you're actually hitting pulls. You're probably also swinging left a good bit, and your body is just trying to get the face somewhat square to that path.

Try, with a strong grip, to hit some "pushes."

And, like always, post a Member Swing topic. We can't diagnose these things via text very well, not when so much better tools are available at your fingertips.

But no, it's unlikely you should play with a weak grip.

Thanks for the quick response, I'll take your advice of course. I will also try to get a video of my swing posted and soon as the weather warms up and I can get to the range with a friend to video my swing. Thanks again.

[Vinsk]

10 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

Thanks for the quick response, I'll take your advice of course. I will also try to get a video of my swing posted and soon as the weather warms up and I can get to the range with a friend to video my swing. Thanks again.

You could do a swing indoors if you want, have the space. Phones these days do a good job of filming swings. There are many ways to use your phone without needing anybody to help you. Gorilla tripods, phone holders that clip onto alignment rods or golf bags...just suggestions.

https://thesandtrap.com/b/playing_tips/filming_your_swing

 

Edited February 12, 2019 by Vinsk

[cooke119]

4 hours ago, Vinsk said:

You could do a swing indoors if you want, have the space. Phones these days do a good job of filming swings. There are many ways to use your phone without needing anybody to help you. Gorilla tripods, phone holders that clip onto alignment rods or golf bags...just suggestions.

https://thesandtrap.com/b/playing_tips/filming_your_swing

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I will use my phone and add the video to Drop Box, which I use all the time, I can then post them on TST. 

[dennyjones]

34 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

Thanks for the suggestions. I will use my phone and add the video to Drop Box, which I use all the time, I can then post them on TST. 

They need to be uploaded to Youtube before submission to TST

[iacas]

44 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

Thanks for the suggestions. I will use my phone and add the video to Drop Box, which I use all the time, I can then post them on TST. 

As @dennyjones said, Vimeo or YouTube, please. We aren't a video hosting site.

[cooke119]

17 hours ago, iacas said:

As @dennyjones said, Vimeo or YouTube, please. We aren't a video hosting site.

OK, sorry I didn't know that, never did that before. I'll have to figure out how to upload to YouTube.

[dennyjones]

4 hours ago, cooke119 said:

OK, sorry I didn't know that, never did that before. I'll have to figure out how to upload to YouTube.

easy peasy....if you have a video on your phone...select share and one of the options is YouTube.  Once back here on the forum, in your member's swing thread,   upload the link  to that thread. 

[cooke119]

I'm playing this Friday I'll see if I can have one of the guys video me from back and front.

[cooke119]

On ‎2‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 5:32 PM, cooke119 said:

I'm playing this Friday I'll see if I can have one of the guys video me from back and front.

Well, course was closed due to snow and ice still there so this will have to wait. Going to be cold for the next week or two as well.

 

[lastings]

So, I have a question, and one I think is very important for us amateurs. 

I have a bad grip.  It’s way to strong. Way. 

However, it is very difficult for me to change this. And I feel like I have bigger (path) issues to work on.  

So, I’ll ask, how important is this? From what I understand, the miss that someone with too strong of a grip has is a hook.  However, I never hook.  

Changing my grip is awkward and time consuming, and steals from the other things I’m trying to change.  So... what flaw is my overly strong grip creating? And what precedence should it take in things I need to fix? 

[iacas]

45 minutes ago, lastings said:

So, I’ll ask, how important is this? From what I understand, the miss that someone with too strong of a grip has is a hook.  However, I never hook.

You "understand" that based on what "common knowledge" is and "common knowledge" is often nowhere near right.

Your grip is

46 minutes ago, lastings said:

Changing my grip is awkward and time consuming

Maybe, and no, it isn't. It takes just as long to grip the club properly as it does to grip the club improperly. And I'm not being vague or mystical here - take that as literally as it sounds.

I don't buy this crap that people offer up about how tough it is to change their grip. If you buy into the change, yes, it's weird for awhile, but you just do it. You make yourself do it. It's exceedingly easy to just GRIP the club differently.

46 minutes ago, lastings said:

…and steals from the other things I’m trying to change.

It shouldn't. If it takes you an extra two seconds for awhile to make sure your grip is good, that's not much time.

46 minutes ago, lastings said:

So... what flaw is my overly strong grip creating? And what precedence should it take in things I need to fix? 

I don't know. Maybe it's not something you ever need to fix.

You haven't updated your Member Swing topic in two years. And unfortunately you made your videos private, though we ask people NOT to do that, so I can't even look at older videos.

[Nail]

I can’t seem to grip a golf club properly. If I hold it the recommended way in my lead left hand then the right hand gets too strong and if I try to get my right hand on properly the recommended way then my left hand wants to be weak. 

Anyone have this problem? I’m at a loss what to do

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Nail said:

I can’t seem to grip a golf club properly. If I hold it the recommended way in my lead left hand then the right hand gets too strong and if I try to get my right hand on properly the recommended way then my left hand wants to be weak. 

Anyone have this problem? I’m at a loss what to do

Film a video of yourself doing this. What kind of grip do you use? Why does the right hand have to be determined by the left hand? I can grip the left hand the same and make the right strong, weak, neutral, and every step in between.

[lastings]

On 3/9/2019 at 6:11 PM, iacas said:

 

You haven't updated your Member Swing topic in two years. And unfortunately you made your videos private, though we ask people NOT to do that, so I can't even look at older videos.

As I look, I did not make these private.   Appears Vimeo made a bunch of changes, and is trying to get people to have pay memberships.   I just need to go in and individually make each video public.   

I'll try to get something new up sometime soon.