| We have rarely seen anybody too stiff or too tight | | | | Hook this finger around the shaft firmly, so that the |
| in swinging a golf club (except perhaps for frightened | | | | tip of it makes a definite contact with the tip of the |
| beginners), but we have seen thousands too loose. | | | | thumb. If you don't, the club will be liable to drop, at |
| Therefore our aim is to prevent applying a loose grip. | | | | the top of the swing, into the big V between the |
| We really don't even want a firm grip. We want a | | | | forefinger and thumb. This means a loss of control at |
| tight grip. | | | | the top, which must be regained as the club comes |
| Your golf club grip should avoid being so tight that | | | | down. |
| the muscles of the upper arms and shoulders are tied | | | | Now, how do we stand up the ball? No great |
| up with tension .But we do want those hands tight | | | | mystery is involved in this either, although certain |
| on the club. What, you will ask, about the wrists? If | | | | points must be observed. |
| they are tight, won't the swing be stiff and wooden? | | | | In the first place, we should take a position that |
| And how will I get my wrist break? | | | | enables us to swing the club back freely and to bring |
| Never mind about the wrists. The whole tendency in | | | | it down to the ball on an inside-out arc easily. For this |
| pupils is to take too light a putting grip. The loose grip | | | | the weight should be about equally divided between |
| leads into faults-opening the hands at the top, | | | | the feet. The knees must be slightly flexed, better |
| collapsing the left wrist, over-swinging, and so on. | | | | too much than too little. The body should be bent |
| The tight golf club grip, though it may feel awkward | | | | slightly from the waist but the shoulders should be |
| for a while, acts as a brace against these various | | | | rounded or hunched over. |
| faults and makes the whole swinging action easier to | | | | The head should be down, not to an exaggerated |
| perform correctly. | | | | extent, but down rather than up. The right shoulder, |
| By a tight golf club grip we also mean with practically | | | | of course, will be lower than the left, because the |
| all the fingers that are on the club. These would be | | | | right hand is farther down on the shaft than the left |
| the last three, principally, of the left hand and the | | | | hand. |
| first three of the right. Many players have a | | | | So now you know how much tension to apply with |
| tendency to place the forefinger of the right hand, | | | | your golf club grip. You know how tight to hold the |
| the one that hooks around the shaft just below the | | | | club, and how to stand. Just keep practicing! |
| right thumb, very lightly on the club. Don't do it. | | | | |