Want to hit farther and straighter?

To achieve that, a correct golf swing sequence will give you the power and control to a golf game.

When you improve the basic fundamentals of a correct golf swing sequence, you will hit the ball
farther and straighter with very little effort.

Although there are no quick fixes to having a correct golf swing, here are some basic tips to a correct golf swing sequence-

1) Grip – A grip that is too strong or too weak will not give you a correct golf swing first up. A balance of the grip is needed every time you address the ball. As well ,the angle the club lies in your hand is critical.

2) Balanced Posture – A Key requirement of a correct golf swing, but importantly protects your back and aligns your body into a good position.

- Bend from the hips whilst keeping your back straight;

- Your feet shoulder width apart;

- Legs are flexed at a minimum;

- Hands and arm should hang directly below the shoulder.

3) Ball position

4) Aim and Alignment – Club face must be set perpendicular to the target line

3) Pivot – How you move your body will determine the golf swing sequence; the back swing, the down swing, impact and post impact.

- At address, left arm is straight, right arm is slightly bent and elbows close together. With a proper grip, posture and pivot, your Hands and arms will start the back swing, and swing the club.

Your body turns in a controlled manner to assist this golf swing, promoting arm leverage which will allow a full swing of the left hand and arm.

At the top of the back swing, left arm should be extended as far as possible whilst the right elbow is bent in, pointing towards the ground. During this back swing, the right leg must remained flexed, which allows a full body turn for a correct golf swing.

As you can see, the back swing is crucial to an entire golf swing sequence!

- A correct golf down swing will start from the legs and hips, not your hands and arms. Hold your shoulders in the fully turned position as the left hand and arm begins to swing down.

- Shoulders must be squared at impact for a powerful swing into and along the intended line of flight. Your left arm should be straight, and right arm almost straight.

4) Post impact, follow through with your stroke to complete a golf swing.

5) Like any other sport, you should warm up before a game of golf by stretching the muscles for optimal performance, and hence allow a full correct golf swing for power.

6) Use golf specific exercises for added strength and flexibility to your body muscles. At times, a poor golf swing can be attributed to muscle fatigue. A Correct golf swing requires endurance and adaptability of the body muscle over a long session of golf. With added strength and endurance, you will be ensuring correct golf swing techniques.

Without question, the more focus on the smaller fundamentals of a correct golf swing sequence will result in effortless power, and the more strokes shaved off a golf game.

By: Jason Oh


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First things first; if you’re going to take up learning the game of golf, the first thing that you actually and literally come in contact with is your golf club. So it seems only logical that we start with the grip.

Understanding and establishing a proper grip is your first step. The grip sets the tone for all else to come. A good grip allows you to swing your club with control during full swings with maximum speed. It allows for you to bring the clubface squarely through the impact zone, and determines how much you club face rotation you get.

You’ll want to find a grip pressure that allows you to deliver enough force to the ball without the club twisting at impact; yet you don’t want your hands and forearms overly tight and stiff.

Grip pressure was once described by Sam Snead as though you are holding a bird in your hands and you want to hold tight enough that the bird can’t fly away yet not so tight as to hurt the bird.

For our purposes here and especially you are just learning how to grip the golf club, we’ll discuss gripping the club with a neutral type grip (neither favoring a draw or a fade).

In this position the “V’s” created with the thumb and forefinger as you address the golf ball will point just to the right of your chin (right handed golfer). In fact, with this grip, someone standing directly across from you would see only the first two knuckles of your left hand. So, two knuckles of the left hand showing and your “V’s” pointing to just right of your chin and you have a neutral – traditional type golf grip.

With your forefinger and little finger that meet underneath the club grip; you can either choose to overlap these to fingers or you can interlock them; whichever is more comfortable to you and gives you the most confidence.

Hold the club more toward your fingers than back in the palm of the hand. We want to be able to get a good natural wrist cock.

When you are first just introducing a golf club to your hands, don’t worry about whacking golf balls right away. Rather, get used to the grip first. As you next begin to learn about address and set up, spend time just swinging the club back and forth and get used to how the club and the grip feel. Don’t worry too much hitting a ball at this early juncture.

Down the road of your learning curve just bit, you’ll no doubt become curious about ‘drawing’ and or ‘fading’ the golf ball. Drawing or fading the golf ball begins with your grip. Although drawing or fading your golf shot goes beyond the scope of this article, I want to touch on this as it relates to our discussion on the grip.

Remembering your initial neutral grip that we discussed; if you want to grip to draw the ball you’ll rotate your hands/grip slightly clockwise. In other words, this will produce a three knuckle grip… up from your two knuckle grip we talked about earlier. To grip to fade the ball, you’ll go a knuckle the other way. So, you will reduce your neutral two knuckle grip down one to a one knuckle grip.

I mention this, not to imply that you will want to immediately want to begin working your golf shots from right to left and left to right; rather I want to give you a basic understanding how the golf grip works first from the neutral hand position.

Start building your golf swing with your teaching professional by laying a good foundation that starts with – - – the grip.

By: Jeff O'Brien

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You could be a perfect golfer but lack of correct golf grip skills could make you fail to achieve the best scores in the game. As a golfer, it should always be clear that the grip is the only connection you have with the golf club. The way you place your hands while holding the club will determine your performance.

When the hands are properly positioned, you will have the best control of the club face position during the impact. The club should therefore be held using the fingers in your fingers more than the palms. When buying a golf club, ensure that the grips are properly made to prevent possible hand slipperiness. However, the old golf clubs may have a worn out grip, this need to be taken back for re-gripping.

As a golfer, you need to properly establish how the grip should look like not relying on the amateurs who doesn’t know what should be the feel of the grip on the golf club. First, get to establish the grip size and ensure that it’s the right one with new grips. Get the feel of different grips to establish the club that gives you a better grip.

To get a correct golf grip, it is important to know that there are specific grips meant for golf clubs and the grips meant for golf putters. Currently, the golf grips are rated with regard to their quality, durability, comfort, appearance, overall score and the feel that one gets from them. With these in mind, the major top brands of golf grips by name are: Ping, Royal, Winn, Lamkin, and the C-Thru.

How do you get the best golf grips that could make you play golf with all comfort and happiness? The commonly known best golf grip is the Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord which is used by world best golfers.

There are also other best grips like Winn 5DSi, Dura Soft Integration grip, which comes in different colors for your selection. For correct golf grip, lay the grip across the joints of your fingers beginning from the angle between the base joint of the little finger to first joint formed by the index finger. Wrapping your fingers around the grip, see that your thumb is placed to the right of the club shaft. The back of your hands should be able to form two knuckles.

However, the golf experts advise golfers to use gloves to help improve their golf grip. But this can only help to some extent which will require you to use re-grip your club for achieving a correct golf grip.

By: T Dugan

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Well the correct golf grip is were it truly kickoff. Now I am about to mix up the situation a bit more by announcing that there in truth is no such thing as the correct golf grip for the reason of one rather uncomplicated issue to understand and it is the fact that golfers come in all builds, weights, shapes, sizes and as you may have guessed ages.

I told you it was simple…

The reality of this fact of life helps alters one persons stances from the next persons stance and in return influences a correct golf grip for each person.

But on that point are some things to take into consideration that will aid you in uncovering the correct golf grip that accommodates your game in a positive way and it is as follows.

First of all, what will actually constitute a good grip for you?

The Correct Golf Grip calls for a combined teamwork between the control and the power, no matter which type of golf grip you yourself personally utilities, if your hands don’t work in tandem your controlled state over the club face, as well as overall velocity for the head of the club will be impacted in such a negative fashion that will not benefit your golf game.

After all improving your game is what it is all about and that is the focus of this correct golf grip article.

So the important thing to remember at this point is that your hands should work and flow collectively during your the entire swing process.

Now that we have that out of the way, lets take a look at a solid process that will help place your hands on to the golf club producing the correct golf grip.

To extinguish the confusion from left handed golf players to right handed golfers, lets call the object hand and the non-object hand – left and right hand for right handed golfer and right and left hand for naturally for the left handed golf player.

It genuinely doesn’t matter which one you may be, this know-how process lends its self for both.

Let’s plunge right into the correct golf grip tip shall we…

Begin by permitting what we can refer to as the object hand to fall in a relaxing manner by the side of the golf club grip before sliding over to seize the club itself.

Continuing The correct golf grip you need a little over a half of inch of the grip showing on the top side from across your hand.

Now your thumb ought a dip, ever so slightly to the non-object side by midpoint. Your third finger and the rest of the small digits (significant pressure point regions) should have the tightest grip. As for the club, it needs to sit over your fingers, underneath the thumb muscle on your object hand.

The next step in the correct golf grip is your forefinger and your thumb needs to focus and aim in the area between your chin and the non-object shoulder. The object hand should support the club keeping up the accurate location of the clubs head all the way through contact with the golf ball.

When you have the club in the proper position your object hand needs to permit or give permission of your non-object arm to fall in a relaxed manner by your side.

Ok now the correct golf grip involves you bringing your hand upward and grip the club so that the shaft is managed by all your fingers, except the index.

The thumb muscle area of your non-object hand must be directed over the thumb of the object hand forging a pyramid shape between your forefinger and your thumb.

So what happens during the process of the correct golf grip when the non-object hand releases the head of the club seconds before making contact, generating the velocity and power?

Optimal drive length that’s what….

They say practice makes perfect so get going and practice the correct golf grip at least ten days or so. Identify the type of comfort grip that fits you creating your personal correct golf grip, making you a better golfer.

By: Wayne Hagerty

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Golf swing drills and training is never going to be fun, but practicing is an important aspect of golf that must be done to consistently hit the golf ball straight and accurately. The question is what type of training should you implement into your golf routine? The following three golf swing tips will help you to hit the ball at a whole new level.

1. The first thing to work on is a proper stance. Keep your feet as wide as your shoulder with the ball between your feet. Your back should be straight, not hunched over. Angle your left foot slightly to the left with your right foot straight ahead. Keep your head down with your eyes focused on the golf ball until after you hit the ball, there is no need to immediately turn to look at the flight path of your shot.

2 Next work on your grip.This will take fine-tuning until you comfortable during the golf swing. You do not want your grip to be weak, but at the same time not overly firm A week grip will often cause the golf ball to slice. A strong grip will not allow the golf club face to rotate into the correct position at the time you are striking the ball. Practice swinging the club until it feels comfortable with the golf clubs that you are using as every set is slightly different.

3. A great way to improve your swing is to video yourself so you can analyze what your swing looks like. This was a great benefit to me and I realized how awkward I really looked when I was teeing off. Plus if you do this with your buddies, you can scrutinize each other’s swings and see what you are doing wrong.

By: William Keller

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The grip is one of the absolute fundamentals of the golf swing. It is the only point of contact your body has with any part of the club and so having the grip is crucially important from the outset. You may have the best posture, stance and have a great swing but if there are fundamental flaws in your grip then the result is sure to be erratic. You may have heard of some of the professionals having very unorthodox grips such as being able to see 4 knuckles on their left hand but these are professionals and they know how to compensate for these things. As an amateur looking to lower their handicap you should aim to have a completely orthodox grip. If, like many golfers, your problem is how to correct a golf slice then perhaps you should go back to basics and check your grip.

As I said, the grip does not have much to do with the swing plane of the club and so your swing plane may be perfect and yet you are still slicing it. The thing to note is that the direction the clubface is facing at impact can very much be influenced by your grip. The cause of your slice may be an open club face at impact and this could be caused by a poor grip. So, how can you ensure you have a proper grip to help you find out how to correct a golf slice.

Gripping a golf club can be done effectively but differently by different golfers. People find grips that work for them and the shape and size of their hands. However, when it comes to slicing, very distinct faults can be identified in someone’s grip. Usually an open face at impact is caused by having either or both of the hands too much on the left side of the grip handle. So, in trying to find out how to correct a golf slice there are some simple checks you can do to check your grip is correct. First take a normal setup as if you are about to strike a shot and check how many knuckles you can see on your left hand. If you can see at least 2 then your grip is most likely not the reason for your slice. A similar check is to ensure the V shapes formed by both your hands on the grip both point towards your right shoulder.

Taking a solid, neutral grip is one of the first steps to hitting straight shots. If you’re a slicer and your grip fails one of the checks then you should certainly take a closer look at how you grip the club.

By: Lewis Freeman

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A good golf swing starts off with the correct golf grip. There is however no such thing as one correct golf grip. In this the third article of this three part series I will explain the four elements of the correct golf grip.

I shall refer to these four elements as the four P’s.

Placement: This is how we put our hands on a golf club relative to one another, high or low on the grip.

Positioning: This is the amount of rotation of the hands clockwise or counter clockwise, generally referred to as a strong or a weak grip. The positioning is dependent on the size and strength of the player’s hand plus the shape of the shot he is trying to hit.

Pressure: This is simply how hard one is squeezing the club.

Precision: Is whether one grips the club in a precise manner (the same way each time) or is careless so that it is a different grip each time a shot is played.

Let’s cover each of these individually.

Placement. Ideally placed the hands should be in such a position that the player has control over the club. If the hands are too far back on the grip control is lost, too far forward and power and distance are negatively affected. When held correctly and inch to an inch and a half of the shaft should stick out above the back hand. Try moving it different distances until you are comfortable.

Positioning. The positioning of the hands determines whether or not one has a weak, neutral or strong grip.

A weak grip is one that is turned counter clockwise (right handed players) on the grip and the back of the target hand points slightly left of target – more towards the ground with one knuckle on the left hand visible. A weak grip encourages an open club face, resulting in a push, slice or a push slice depending on the swing path of the club.

A neutral grip will encourage a square club face at impact. In this position the hands are on either side of the shaft and are square to the target. There will be two to two and a half knuckles showing. A square club face will result in a draw, fade or straight shot depending on the swing path of the club.

With a strong grip the hands will be turned clockwise on the shaft (away from the target) with 3 or 4 knuckles showing and will encourage a closed clubface. This will result in a hook, pull or a pull hook.

Pressure: The correct pressure for holding a club would be to imagine that you have a small bird in your hands. You want to be able to hold it firmly enough so that it won’t escape but loose enough so that you don’t kill it. We don’t want the SPCA after you!

Tighten your grip and you will lock your body muscles, limiting your range of movement and your ability to create power.

Precision: It goes without saying that holding the club precisely for each shot will help with consistency.

That concludes the 3 part series on The Correct Golf Grip and I trust it has gone some way to helping you with your game.

By: Lawrence Bredenkamp

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One of the most important part of your golf swing is your grip and you will have spent many hours over your golfing life trying to get it right but perhaps the most overlooked aspect of equipment in your golf bag is the golf club grip itself.

If you think about it your club’s grip is your only connection to the golf club but most golfers don’t generally give the club grip a second thought.

Golf Club Grip

Your club’s grips play a significant role in golf and are an important part of your equipment. The proper-sized grips on your clubs is one of the most important parts of the equipment in your golf bag and one that you have complete control over.

Older grips with smooth, hard, shiny patches or wear spots will cause the club to slip in your hands and affect the position of the club face at impact. Grips that are worn will slip and force you to tighten your hold on the club resulting in less accurate shot making.

The surface tack on newer grips allows a lighter, easier grip with better control of shots and less hand fatigue build-up during your golf round.

New grips promote better golf shots

Newer grips promote a good golf swing and better release at contact benefiting all levels of player. The proper size of grip reduces the tension in your hands helping you make a better shot.

Experts advise golfers to have their grips replaced at least once a season.

With new grips your golf club should feel good in your hands and you should feel confident and connected to the club head.

The Correct Grip Size

Not only does the age and condition of your grips affect the way you hold the golf club the size of the grips is equally important. The correct grip size is probably the most important part of having a good grip.

If the grip is too small the club could twist in your hands, the result of tightening your grip and squeezing the club at the bottom of the swing. The result is a closed club face at impact.

When the grip is too large the club could come loose at impact, opening the club face, resulting in a slice.

In either case, too small or too large, you’re not going to make a good, solid impact with the ball and never achieve any level of consistency.

How to Check your Grip Size

If you have a proper fitting golf glove you can simply check the size; small, medium or large. Alternatively, you can check with your existing clubs.

If there is space between your fingers and palm when you wrap your leading hand around the grip, when setting up to address the ball, your grip size is too large. If the tips of your fingers are digging into your palm then your grip size is too small.

Your grip size is correct when your middle and third fingers just touch the pad of your palm.

Re-gripping your Clubs

Golf grips are available in many styles and sizes and are fairly easy and fast to replace. It can be done at your club by your professional or with a little trial & error you can quickly and easily regrip your own clubs.

The feel of having new grips is almost like having a new set of clubs. Re-gripping will not only make your clubs feel new again but with new, correct sized grips you will have better traction and the tack to provide the basis for better golf shots.

Conclusion

Your club’s grips should be replaced at least once per season New grips are a great way to make old golf clubs feel newThe feel of new grips is like having a new set of clubs New grips will give you better control and feelGolf grips are easy and fast to replace yourself or by your proNew golf grips are one of the easiest things that can help improve your game

By: Jim McColl

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Alignment is one of 4 basics of golf that you have to get master along with the grip, stance and posture. Once you have the basics right you will improve rapidly. If the basics are wrong you will find it difficult to improve. If you are not aligned properly, obviously the ball will not go where you want it to. As you can imagine if you are just slightly out in your alignment at the ball, how far will you be out when it has traveled over 200 yards. Good alignment is not difficult and here are some tips to help.

1. Take up a position behind the ball. This is your first step to achieve the right alignment. Stand directly behind the ball and make sure that you keep it between you and your target. Holding the club with the grip, pick a point on the ground that is about three feet from the ball in line with the target you are aiming for. Memorize that spot, whether it is a divot mark, small weed, broken tee peg, because you are going to use it as a reference to address the ball and to aim your club face later on.

2. Walk up to the ball and place the club head square to spot 3 feet in front of you that you had chosen earlier. Take your stance with your body square to your designated target line. Position your feet in accordance to the club, which you intend to use for the shot. The main idea here is to make sure that the lines corresponding to the tips of your toes, your knees, your hips, and your shoulders should all be in parallel to the target line. Your proper alignment, coupled with good swing fundamentals, should be enough to make the ball go straight into the hole with every shot.

3. You can make a quick check by placing your club across your shoulders and checking that they are on the target line. You can do the same with the toes of your shoes to make sure everything is square.

4. Always keep a check on your alignment, even the pros can fall into the trap of thinking they are lined up correctly when in reality they are way out.

Good basics lead to a good golf game. Don’t practice bad habits.

By: Ian Donaldson

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I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “there’s more than one way to skin a cat!” Well, Golf is no exception. There are many different Choices and Preferences that you can make whilst trying to find the Correct Golf Grip. There are however some general areas of agreement amongst the best Teachers and Players in the World and these are:

The Correct Golf Grip needs to be learned! If you’ve never played Golf before in your life and I was to give you a Golf Club, you would almost certainly instinctively hold it in a way that would firstly, hinder the amount of Club Head speed that you could generate, i.e. you wouldn’t be maximising the potential distance you are capable of achieving and secondly, you would find it very difficult to get the Club Face back to square at impact on a consistent basis, i.e. you’d be spraying it all over the place.
Learn the Correct Golf Grip to begin with! of course it can be changed at any time but the longer your muscles and brain get used to a faulty Grip the longer it will take to feel comfortable when applying the Correct Golf Grip. However, if you want to start playing better Golf and reach your potential, then the pain and frustration that you will go through will be well worth it.
The Palms of each hand should be facing each other, or probably slightly inwards! If you stand up and let you arms hang naturally down by your sides you will notice their positions and this is how they should facing each other on the Grip to encourage them to work together. If they are not aligned in a parallel position then they will be working against each other and result in a greater lack of Club Head speed and consistency.
Grip Pressure, it should be light enough to encourage Club Head speed and Feel and firm enough to stop the club from turning in your hands. Think about the feel you get when shaking someone’s hands, not too firm so your crushing it and not to light that it slips out.

Ultimately you need to find the Correct Golf Grip that you feel comfortable with and one which will help you achieve your best potential results.

In terms of Choices and Preferences, there are 3 main Correct Golf Grip styles:

Overlapping Grip
Interlocking Grip
Ten Finger Grip

The Overlapping Grip which would generally be considered the Correct Golf Grip for Golfers with large fingers and strong hands and was introduced by one of the games great players Harry Vardon.

The Interlocking Grip should be considered if you have smaller weaker hands, as you may feel you hands are more secure and unified with this Correct Golf Grip. Jack Nicholas is a great example of someone who uses this type of Grip

The Ten Finger Grip is generally used by Juniors or ladies with smaller hands and not recommended for those outside of this group, as the right hand will have a tendency to put more pressure on the shaft and make it difficult for both hands to work as equal partner.

By: Jack Castanho


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