A Correct Golf Grip Is An Essential Fundamental Aspect Of Your Golf Swing Mechanics!

A correct golf grip is an essential golf swing mechanics leading to a proper golf swing. The grip is your only connection with your golf club. The fingers are the most sensitive parts of our hands. Placing the club more in the fingers rather than in the palm increases the amount of wrist hinge action, which results in longer tee shots and more feel.

Where I have the most trouble with my grip is when your facing different weather elements. You have some grips that are great for non-slipping and others that feels like you must choke it to death to hang on for dear life.  That is why I like Winn grips #1 grips in the world. I’m not a good mudder especially when the rains open up into a downpour. I have a tendency to lose the golf club completely, and many times finding my golf club being launched a few yards away.

Have you ever lost control of your golf club? This can become a dangerous situation for the golfers in your group. I remember a golf match in high school and this happened to me. I was disqualified for worn grips  after the opposing team coach inspected my grips and was agreed upon by my own coach. This inspection happened because during my back swing I lost control of my golf club and struck my competitor in the chest doubling him over. According to the breach of rules 4-3b the penalty of disqualification occurred because it wasn’t during a stipulated round of normal play but, over a period of many rounds and they should have been replaced before the incident happened. More on this later, be sure to watch the videos at the end of this short post.

A fundamentally sound grip helps you to create power and feel at the same time. Wrist action is a power source and gripping the club lightly in the fingers and palm of your hand increases wrist action.  It allows you to control the golf club and direction of the flight of the golf ball by the positioning  of your hands through impact then follow through.

It’s very important to make sure that your grip is holding the golf club properly. Placing your hands properly on the golf club helps you to take better control of the positioning of the club face at impact. During the golf swing your body turns to create power.  Since the body is rotating,  the golf club must rotate at the same rate.  In other words, the body and the club must turn together as a team. You can adjust your grip rotation to make your grip stronger by rotating your upper right hand wrist to the left and if your golf swing mechanics is properly executed it will cut down on the left to right cut or slice.  If  you have too strong of  a grip causing you to pull or hook.  You can rotate your wrists on both hands to the right and if the rest of your golf swing is executed properly it cuts down your pulls or hooks to more of a draw that we all strive for.  Rotate to much to the right and now your back to cutting and slicing.

The tension or pressure in your hands should be holding the golf club as lightly as holding a little birdie in your hands. Don’t CHOKE IT! Hopefully,  you don’t hold onto the steering wheel of your car with a death choke but, allow the wheel to have some freedom of movement so that it can work the way it’s designed.  It’s the same thing for a golf club.  Without the proper balance in your hands your golf club can do a number of bad horrific movements in your swing from beginning to the follow through.  It can happen without you even realizing it, with the worst being the deadly cardinal sin in golf the Shank!  One of the most common errors among golfers is a weak lead-hand (left hand for the right-handed golfer) grip that is too much in the palm. This produces a shot that slices and lacks power. An improper grip will take the power out of your swing therefore losing a tremendous amount of distance, and causing all kinds of bad shots.

There are three main grips to choose from. They are the Vardon grip,  interlocking grip or baseball grip. There are other unorthodox grips as well. The correct way to grip a golf club is unique for each person,  and you need to find out which one works best for you.  With so many options to choose from on how to hold a golf club, which is the most comfortable one for you?

Winn Grips The #1 Golf Grips that most Pro’s play with.  Golf Galaxy has a wide assortment of different grips for everyone. Including sizes, colors, and school team logos. Just touch the picture icon of the grip to receive more information.

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