EDMONTON — “Golf starts with your grip,” said Lewis Estates professional Tyson Cote.
“Most amateurs hold the
wholesale golf 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
Callaway RAZR X Irons the club more in the fingers is to square up our shoulders and allow the wrists to release properly through the shot.”
Most amateurs, said Cote, also have too weak of a grip — the hands turned too far to the front shoulder.
“That will often result in a weak,
callaway x22 irons 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 — the pointer finger and your middle finger knuckle.
“The V’s formed by the thumb and
Mizuno MP 53 Irons 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 — 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 centre of the chest — or even more exaggerated to the front shoulder — 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
Mizuno MP 67 Ironsgrip 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, 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.”
