One of the things I
like to talk most about in the golf swing is grip pressure. I don't believe
in different pressure points in the hands. I don't buy the theory that says
the club should be held more firmly with the last two or three fingers of
the left hand and the middle fingers of the right hand. I think all eight
fingers, the left thumb, and the two palms should be exerting the same
amount of pressure. My only exception is that I don't feel the right thumb
should be exerting any pressure. If you didn't need it to write with and to
hold your fork, you could cut it off. The lack of pressure from the thumb
helps avoid having the right hand (which is the stranger hand, if you are
a right-hander, of course) take over closing the club face and ruining the
shot. the most important and most overlooked pressure point is that of the
right palm against the left thumb. Maintaining constant pressure here is
what keeps your hands joined during the swing, working together rather than
in opposition.
One of the things I
like to talk most about in the golf swing is grip pressure. I don't believe
in different pressure points in the hands. I don't buy the theory that says
the club should be held more firmly with the last two or three fingers of
the left hand and the middle fingers of the right hand. I think all eight
fingers, the left thumb, and the two palms should be exerting the same
amount of pressure. My only exception is that I don't feel the right thumb
should be exerting any pressure. If you didn't need it to write with and to
hold your fork, you could cut it off. The lack of pressure from the thumb
helps avoid having the right hand (which is the stranger hand, if you are
a right-hander, of course) take over closing the club face and ruining the
shot. the most important and most overlooked pressure point is that of the
right palm against the left thumb. Maintaining constant pressure here is
what keeps your hands joined during the swing, working together rather than
in opposition.