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say I have a weak grip on the club with my left hand (righty golfer) and I put my right hand on top of the shaft almost cover the left hand, do you think it would cause me to come over the top?
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You can have a strong grip and still do an over the top move.

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say I have a weak grip on the club with my left hand (righty golfer) and I put my right hand on top of the shaft almost cover the left hand, do you think it would cause me to come over the top?

Could you show a picture of your grip from different views (preferred 90 degree, orthogonal views)?

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say I have a weak grip on the club with my left hand (righty golfer) and I put my right hand on top of the shaft almost cover the left hand, do you think it would cause me to come over the top?

Can certainly make achieving Key #3 more difficult and cause the club to "swipe" across the ball.

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hmmm. thanks for that link mvmac, my grip is no where close to that. before this year the club would go from my pointer finger tip and the under the thumb heel pad, then my right hand would go over almost my left pointer finger. this year I moved the club closer to my fingers and noticed better face contact but still not like what I just looked at. I will be trying it Friday. thanks, Tom
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Keep working on getting your grip stronger, it will be uncomfortable and may mess up your swing but don't give up.

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The people who win make the smallest mistakes." - Gene Littler

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ok ok, I tried the grip today, it worked great. I hit 250 balls, my first I would say 50 balls was just to get adjusted to the new grip. one thing about the grip MVMAC posted is that it puts you in a very powerful feeling at setup. now for my answer to the question about grip and over the top. with my old grip I had a vary hard time turning around my right hip, with the old grip I was always on my toes. today after 75 balls I started to hit left hooks. and was having a hard time stopping the left hooks from happening. at this point with my set up feeling stronger I decided to try some practice swings with my 4w and trying to keep my weight on the inside of my back foot (I have always struggled with this, when I walk I walk on the outside of my feet.) well after 2 practice swings I could see the club head coming from the inside, I found it easier to get my weight to shift to the inside of my back foot, also found it easier to stand taller to the ball. well the moment of truth, 4w in hand, the new grip, new thought of weight to inside of right foot. I set up to the ball full of convidence with a worrie of coming over the top. I take my swing and look up at the ball...... it's going out to the right, then it softly turns over left and and keep turning left until it reached its peak and came down softly where I was aiming. so the ball started right came back to the left and landed in target area. hmmm did I hit a draw, I'm sure it wasn't pretty looking swing but it was a ball flight I may have seen 100 times out of a million swings. WTF! ok ok I tell myself, relax, that's the last one I will see for a while. I set up again,take my swing, yup this one is a miss hit, but, the ball starts right comes in a little and stays right, I think I hit a push shot because it was not a slice. I hit many shots from wedge to driver to wedge today. and because of this new grip that some how changed my ability to transfer my weight to the inside of my back foot, what my eyes saw today was almost every ball going right to left and landing near my target line. draw? I don't know but I like what I'm seeing. Im thinking a proper grip can help with the body setup that helps with the transition of the swing. i even tried coming way over the top today, I did reach the hosel of the club but I almost fell backwards on my ass. weird I realy can't describe it in words, but using the grip that mvmac posted, then using what my instructors taught me about the swing every thing is coming together. I just wish my instructors showed me the grip because I thnik I wouldn't be posting this. :) thanks, MVMAC & SANTRAP. $$$$$$$
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