Post by tutu on Sept 19, 2011 5:57:30 GMT
EDMONTON ¡ª ¡°Golf starts with your grip,¡± said Lewis Estates professional Tyson Cote.
¡°Most amateurs holdgolf clubs for sale the club too much in their palms, rather than in their fingers. That¡¯s why you see so many amateurs wearing out a patch on the palm of their golf glove.
¡°If that happens to you, then you are holding the club in your palm too much.
¡°By gripping the club more with your fingers, you increase the amount of wrist hinge, which will help you hit the ball longer.¡±
It will also allow you to come through the ball and make square contact, Cote said. ¡°The reason we hold the club more in the fingers is to square up our shoulders and allow the Titleist 910F fairway woodwrists to release properly through the shot.¡±
Most amateurs, said Cote, also have too weak of a grip ¡ª the hands turned too far to the front shoulder.
¡°That will often result in a weak, slicing shot, and it¡¯s because the wrists can¡¯t bend properly (leaving) the club face open at impact.¡±
If a golfer has a weak grip, they won¡¯t be able to see any of the knuckles on their top hand when it is placed on the golf club.
¡°You want to be able to see two finger knuckles ¡ª the pointer finger and your middle finger knuckle.
¡°The V¡¯s formed by the thumb andTitleist 910H hybrid index finger should point toward your trailing shoulder. I¡¯m left-handed, so for me that is my left shoulder. For right-handed golfers it¡¯s the right shoulder.
¡°Now with your second hand, the lower hand on the grip, the thumb is going to sit right in that groove of the palm ¡ª on top of the top-hand thumb.¡±
This will create another V and that V should also point to your trailing shoulder. ¡°If the V¡¯s point to the centreTitleist AP2 710 Irons of the chest ¡ª or even more exaggerated to the front shoulder ¡ª the grip is too weak.
¡°If you can see all five knuckles of the top hand you have too much of a strong grip and the V¡¯s will be pointed outside of your face and trailing shoulder, although a stronger grip is much more preferred than a weak grip.
¡°But if the V¡¯s formed by the thumbs and index fingers of both hands point to your trailing shoulder,Titleist 909 F3 Fairway Wood you have what we call a neutral grip, and that¡¯s ideal for most golfers.
¡°With a weak grip the general miss is a slice. Too strong of a grip and the general miss is a hook.¡±