| The Right Hand | | | | Mini-Checkpoints |
| The right hand is obviously just as important as the | | | | 1. Do not pinch the thumb and tip of the forefinger |
| left in getting the club to set correctly into the swing. | | | | together, forming a link all the way around the club. |
| To start, with the left hand in its proper position, lay | | | | This would be disastrous. |
| the club along the first joints of the middle two | | | | 2. Feel as if the right hand is "nailed" into the left, so |
| fingers of the right hand (the middle and ring finger). | | | | that the overall pressure from the right hand is down |
| The forefinger will "hook" around the shaft, the club | | | | toward the left hand and into the club. |
| sitting along the second joint. Next, wrap the entire | | | | 3. The middle two finger of the right hand should be |
| right hand over the left so that the lower middle | | | | pushing up on the shaft, locking the club into place. |
| portion of the right palm "fits" over the thumb of the | | | | The Arms and the Grip |
| left hand. It should fit over the thumb rather nicely, | | | | After practicing all of this, you will notice that the |
| as if it feels your hands were genetically designed for | | | | correct left and right hand grips activate the inner |
| golf clubs. | | | | muscles of the arms, aiding in the adhesion exercises |
| As a checkpoint, the "V" formed now by the thumb | | | | we practiced earlier. You will begin to see that not |
| and forefinger of the right hand should point | | | | only do we always want to work with the "inner |
| somewhere between the chin and the right shoulder. | | | | muscles" of our body, but that the setup accounts |
| You will develop a preference for the placement of | | | | for 80%, if not more, of your success in striking the |
| the right hand, but know that tiny differences from | | | | ball. To make this point even more clear, instinctively |
| another player will not make a difference just yet. | | | | setting up correctly will lead to more consistency |
| With the correct pressure points formed by the | | | | than anything else you can practice. |
| hands, the grip as a whole will begin to feel as one | | | | The swing is merely the execution of how you've |
| unit. Do not hit golfballs until this feeling has begun to | | | | already set your body up to perform, whether |
| take shape. | | | | correct or incorrect. |
| Thumb and forefinger of right hand | | | | The right hand is set. |
| I want to also deposit another word about the | | | | 5.5: Final Checkpoints |
| relationship between the thumb and and forefinger of | | | | 1. Club along ring and middle fingers' first joints. |
| the right hand. As far as keeping a ton of pressure | | | | 2. Wrap the hand over the left so they feel snug |
| between thumb, I don't believe that they have to | | | | together. |
| feel "glued together." They do touch each other, and | | | | 3. "V" points between chin and right shoulder. |
| an adhesion between the two should be practiced. | | | | 4. Check table 5. |
| But other checkpoints are more important: | | | | |