Begin by checking that your hands are in practically direct opposition as they grasp the club-that is, with the palms facing each other squarely. The (left) hand is placed against the shaft in such a manner that the shaft makes a diagonal contact from the crook of the index finger across the palm.

It is, with this left hand, a combination palm and finger grip. When this hand is closed the club should be held in the first two fingers and the palm. Check that there is a fold of flesh between the club and the little finger. This, as a matter of fact, is a check point for getting the correct golf grip by which you can tell whether you have the palm-and-finger grip.

As you address the ball and look down at your hands, you must see no more than two knuckles, those at the base of index finger and the big finger. Two knuckles! This is your second and last check point for the position of this hand.

The next step to getting the correct golf grip is assessing the right hand. The right hand is very important, both in the way it grasps the club and in the way it fits against the left. Let’s take the club first.

It has been said that the grip with the right hand is a finger grip. This is true but where in the fingers? This is at the very base or root of the second and third fingers, where they meet the palm. This is the best place because there the club can be held most securely.

There is not only less chance but less inclination, with such a grip, to loosen the hand at the top of the swing or anywhere else. Such a grip, because it is at the very edge of the palm, makes for a tighter connecting joint between arm and club, with less give than any other. It transmits more power when the ball is struck.

Any grip higher in the fingers of the right hand, say along the inside of the middle knuckles of the second and third fingers, is untrustworthy. It is a loose grip to begin with, and the tendency is to loosen it further at the top of the swing. Finally, there is more give in it when the ball is hit.

We have identified the right-hand grip as being taken with the second and third fingers because, of course, the index finger is separated slightly from the middle finger and is hooked low around the club. The little finger, in the overlapping or interlocking grips, does not touch the club at all. In the so-called ten-finger grip, though, the little finger would grasp the club exactly as the second and third do.

In taking our putting grip we recommend placing the left hand on the club first in its proper position, then sliding the right under the shaft, fingers extended and palm up. Slide no further when the club slips into the little groove where the fingers meet the palm. Then just close the hand, moving it up the shaft slightly so that the third finger fits against the index finger of the left hand and the little finger overlaps or lies on top of the left index finger.

You will find that the palm of the right comes up and faces directly to the left, and that the center of the base of the right hand fits snugly over the big knuckle at the base of the left thumb. Both thumbs will be on the shaft, the, left lying a little to the right of the top (at about 2 o’clock in aviation parlance) and the right lying to the left of the top, at about 10 or 10:30 o’clock.

The well-known V’s, formed by the folds of flesh between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, should both point a shade to the right of the chin, to about the inside joint of the collar bone.

That’s all there is to it! Congratulations, now you know how to get the correct golf grip and with a bit of practice you’ll get it right every time.

By: Ruth Cracknell

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Golf grip is one of the most important features that will affect, the performance of the individual on the greens. It is advisable to improve the grip while learning to play golf, so that a person can be effective on the greens. It is seen that the grip of most professional golfers is quite similar.

It is important to find the best hand position and grip that suits the player. The correct hold comes only with experience and it is important that the person?s hold is consistent. Once a good grip is established, it is advisable to stick with it by adequate practice. It is important to practice gripping the golf club in a similar manner every time.

There are many ways to hold or grip a golf club. Usually a player uses two, three, or more different grip methods per round. The three most common grips are the ten-finger grip, the overlapping grip and the interlocking grip. It is important to determine the best grip for an individual. There are no restrictions on the type of grips, thus a player can experiment till the right grip is established.

The ten-finger grip is felt to be the easiest and oldest of the grips and therefore used mostly by novice players. It is more like a baseball grip. In this, the right-hand forefinger and the left-hand pinky, butt up to each other on the club. Even senior players or players with large hands feel most comfortable with the ten finger grip.

The Vardon grip, or the overlapping grip, is the most common and popular way to hold a club presently. In this method, the little finger of the right hand overlaps the forefinger of the left hand. Thus the left-hand pinky covers or wraps the right-hand forefinger.

Many great players such as Jack Nicklaus, Tom Kite, and Tiger Wood have the interlocking grip, which is the least common of grips. In this method, the left-hand pinky slips between forefinger and middle finger on the right hand and thus the left pinky and the right forefinger interlock.

By: Elizabeth Morgan

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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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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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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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Of all the things you can learn, learning how to fix a slice in golf can provide the biggest benefit to your golf game. When you slice the ball, you many times end up having to take penalty shots, as the ball goes out of bounds or in the water. Best case scenarios usually are hitting through trees or in a different fairway! Today, we’re going to learn three tips to help you to fix a golf slice and keep your golf ball in the middle of the fairway.

Tip 1: Proper Rotation of the Hands– After you have hit the ball, check to see where your hands are? Your right hand, or un-gloved hand, should rotate over and be on the top of your left hand after you’ve impacted the ball. If you are not rotating your hands in this way, than you are likely leaving the clubface open when the club hits the ball. The reason you want your hands to rotate is that in the process of that rotation, the clubface will close every time. This ensures a straight ball flight.

Tip 2: Check the Grip — There is a test that we’re going to try, to determine if you have a proper grip. First, insert two golf tees between your thumb and the webbing of your hand while you are gripping the club. Now you need to checkand see if the tees point toward the target, (ie, the middle of the fairway). If they do, then your weak grip is a typical slicer’s mistake. Make sure both tees are pointing straight in front of you. If this is happening, than you can be sure that you are grasping the club with the proper amount of strength. Remember that the hands are the ONLY part of the body that touches the club, so the grip is crucial if you want to fix a slice in golf.

Tip 3: Shoulders — When you are in your down-swing, your right shoulder should be LOWER than your left shoulder at the moment that the club hits the ball! Thismistake is commonfor many golfers who have problems with hitting slices. You need toexamine or video-tapeyour swing at the moment of impact. If in doing so, you find that you are keeping your left shoulder lower than your right shoulder, than stop right there, because you’ve found the reason that you’re slicing the ball.

Implementing these three tips can dramatically lessen the likelihood of a golf slice. Just think what kind of scores you will post if you can hit the ball straight everytime!

By: Matt Hammelstein

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Whether you want to cure your slice or add some distance to your drive, a correct golf grip always comes into play. There are 3 grips used in golf and they are plastered all over the internet so I will not go into any detail on the basics of golf grips and head straight into the advanced bit.

When preparing to make your swing, I want your to take a minute to analyze your grip to ensure that the following standards are being met:

Grip pressure is a sticky subject to write about. When talking about how much pressure to use when holding a club, the answer from most is usually a neutral grip. I have heard people swear that they play better golf using a strong grip. I would say that this is possible for some but I would not recommend it. Strong and weak grips are a common cause of slicing and should be avoided. Keep a neutral grip to ensure that you have the best opportunity to hit the ball straighter.

You will now want to take a look at your finger positioning. You should be holding the golf club firmly with the first 2 fingers and the palm of your left hand(right-handed golfers). When the ball is at address, if you look down, only 2 knuckles should be visible. Get a friend to check your position by standing directly in front of you. From this position they should see the same thing. You should realign your fingers before proceeding with your backswing and not try to fix it after.

By: Dennis Logan

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There are several ways that a player can link their hands together on the club. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus favor the interlocking grip, but most other top players use the Vardon or overlapping grip, and many coaches recommend that juniors start off using the baseball grip.

The decision is really one of the personal choice, so try out all the main types of grip before settling on the method that you find most comfortable.

Three steps to a correct grip

1. Allow the grip of the club to run along the base of the fingers on your left hand. The index finger is used to form a slight trigger.

2. When you have closed your left hand round the club your left thumb should be pointing straight down at the ground, slightly to the right of center on the grip. You should be able to see two or three knuckles of the left hand. As you position your right hand on the club, the grip of the club is again at the base of the fingers.

3. The grip is completed when you close your right hand on the club, so that the lifeline of the right palm rests on top of the left thumb, covering it completely. If the grip is made correctly, you should be able to see two knuckles on the right hand.

Grip Options

Neutral Grip – A neutral grip, where neither left nor right hand dominated, gives the player the best possible chance of returning the clubface squarely to the target line at the point of impact.

Strong grip – If you can see more than three knuckles on the left hand and fewer than two on your right, the grip is too strong. You will be likely to hook or top many shots.

Weak grip – If you can see fewer than two knuckles on the left hand and more than two on your right, the grip is too weak. You will be likely to slice or block shots out to the right.

By: Paul Kramer

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It is true that most PGA Tour players will tell you that the most important golf fundamental is the golf swing alignment. But I don’t know why, when it comes to most amateurs, they just look over the golf swing alignment. Maybe no one told them, but here it is. Now you no longer have that excuse because I am going to tell you about it.

Golf swing alignment is considered the main fundamental for each and every golf shot. Sure you can hit the golf ball far but what good is it if its 30 yards away from where it’s suppose to be? This is where your swing alignment comes into play. Even if you think that you have mastered every aspect of golf like grip, stance, and swing and you don’t see your score going down anymore. Ah ha! You have found your problem. Here are some simple things you can follow to overcome this hurdle and to see if your golf swing alignment is correct.

The first thing you want to do is setup your golf shot like you always do. Then place a tee right behind each of your heels then push both of the tees all the way in. Now that you have that setup, move away from your setup and place a club shaft over both of the tees so that you make a straight line. Once you have that, go behind your golf ball and look down your target line to see if it matches what you thought.

By doing this exercise you will know exactly where you are aligning your feet. If they align, then good job you were doing it the right way. If it doesn’t, then here is a way to fix this. You can move the tees so that the alignment is straight and then the next time you setup you will have to make sure that your tees are touching the back of your heels. Another way you can check to see if your golf swing alignment is correct is by assuming your address position. Then remove your left hand, if you’re a right-handed golfer, from your golf club and point to a spot that’s 10 yards to the left of your target. Keep track of where your fingers and arm is pointing and compare it with your hips and shoulders. If you’re aligned, then it should feel like they are creating a straight line. However, if you think that they are pointing to the left, then you will end up hitting a hook or a push and if you’re pointing to the right then you are going to hit a slice or a pull.

If you noticed that your golf swing alignment was off, then your new position will feel odd to you. You may feel like your pointing in the wrong direction, but trust me, your not. It will only take a mater of time for you to get used to your new position and you will see the difference in your score. In order to continue to improve your game you have to regularly check your alignment since it’s very easy to misalign yourself without knowing it. And now since you know how to check it, you have no excuse for not checking it. Your golf swing will improve dramatically and you will hit near your target, which will help you lower, your score. For more tips and steps to improve your golf swing and for free stuff please visit Sean Matthews’s blog.

By: Sean Matthews

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