| The only contact between you and the golf club is | | | | you'll grip your club correctly every time. |
| your grip. How you place your hands on the club can | | | | In a proper grip your palms should face each other. |
| make all the difference in how your shot turns out. | | | | Your wrists should be able to hinge up and down |
| Therefore it is of great importance that you properly | | | | with ease. And you hands should be "compatible," so |
| grip the club each time. | | | | one doesn't override the other. Also, you want to |
| Are you confident you are properly griping the golf | | | | hold the club in your fingers to enhance the |
| club? When shots are not flying as intended your golf | | | | sensitivity for the weight and position of the club. |
| grip should be among your first check points. | | | | Now follow these six steps: |
| There are few components that comprise a proper | | | | 1. Start by gripping the club with your left hand first, |
| golf grip. Club placement across the palm of the hand | | | | if you're right-handed. (If you're left-handed, grip it |
| (high, mid, low), grip type (baseball, inter-locking, | | | | with the right hand.) Always put this hand on the club |
| overlap), grip strength (strong, neutral, weak) and | | | | first because it's your guide to sensing the alignment |
| grip pressure are just a few. | | | | of the clubface. |
| Awhile back Dooley Duffer was spraying the ball to | | | | 2. Make sure the side of the grip is firmly against |
| right more times than not. Those errant shots were | | | | your fingers, with the club's toe pointing up. |
| starting out on line but low and then moved hard to | | | | 3. The club's handle should rest just under the heel |
| the right. His round was in danger unless he could | | | | pad and runs to your index finger. |
| correct whatever was going wrong. | | | | 4. Now add your other hand. Make sure the grip |
| Dooley tried adjusting his stance, moved the ball | | | | touches the middle joints of your middle two fingers. |
| further away at address and further forward trying | | | | 5. Your right hand lifeline fits over your left thumb if |
| to fix what was obviously an issue with an open club | | | | you're right-handed and vice versa. |
| face at impact. His efforts met with only mixed | | | | 6. Hold the club at a 45-degree angle to feel wrist |
| results. He just couldn't figure out what to do next. | | | | hinging and proper grip pressure. |
| That round went south and stayed there for him | | | | Once he applied what he learned and began to |
| that day. | | | | correctly grip the golf club, Dooley hit the ball so |
| Since that day Dooley (and I) found a tremendous | | | | much more effectively. He said, "I didn't know how |
| golf swing resource called "How to Break 80...and | | | | much of a difference the correct grip would make in |
| shoot like the pros" by Jack Moorehouse. Jack's book | | | | my swing". Dooley is a much better skins partner |
| helped Dooley realize that he had slipped into a weak | | | | these days for sure thanks to his proper grip. |
| grip which was causing so much of his trouble that | | | | If you need sound golf swing instruction to help you |
| day. | | | | perfect your golf swing and lower your handicap then |
| Jack outlined a quick check method to determine | | | | I would like to point you in the direction of "How to |
| that you properly grip the golf club. I have included it | | | | Break 80." If it helped Dooley Duffer than I am sure |
| below. | | | | it can help you too! |
| Six Steps to a Sound Grip | | | | The best thing is that all of this help is less than most |
| Having the proper grip provides many benefits. It not | | | | lessons with a pro, a single training aide or |
| only generates good swings, it also promotes | | | | instructional DVD. He is offering a 90-day money |
| consistency. And it goes a long way toward making | | | | back guarantee, so if you don't like the book simply |
| sure that the clubface is in the right position at | | | | return it. But, once you get into his drills, I highly |
| impact, improving ball striking. Below is a six-step | | | | doubt that you'll need that guarantee. |
| approach to the correct grip, developed by Jim Flick, | | | | Golf swing plane cure found here How to Break 80. |
| the well-known golf teacher. Follow his approach and | | | | |