How To Grip A Golf Club
I can an eye-opener a couple of months back. I never thought how to grip a golf club would be something I was doing wrong, since I play to a 7 handicap and have literally studied the golf swing. I took a lesson from Geoff Jones in Texarkana, who is a fantastic teacher, and is a huge Hogan believer.
The first thing he noticed was my grip on the golf club. It was WAY WRONG! So wrong in fact he said I had no chance at any consistency because I could never get the clubface back to square with such a grip that was not correct.
After Geoff showed me how to grip a golf club the proper way, it felt so foreign to me, it took me a while to feel like I could hit a golf ball. I had it more towards my palm in my left hand; my left hand was a bit weak; and my right hand was not on top of the golf club like it should have been. So little did I know, I had a weak golf grip.
For those of you who don’t know what a weak golf grip looks like, the below picture will give you an idea. I could have made it even weaker with both the left and right hand, but you’ll see how my left hand is turned to far to the left, which will make it very hard to return back to square at impact.
My corrected grip which is much better, is a strongish grip, which is more suited to compress the ball, and send it straight most of the time. You’ll notice my left hand is turned more to the right, showing almost 3 knuckles, and the right hand is right on top. Geoff compared my new grip to Hogan, and I got chills. It was a near perfect golf grip next to Hogan’s.
If you can get anything out of this article, I hope you see a more compressed ball, that pierces through the wind straight at your target.
