| Good iron play requires a good grip.
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| | be likened to cracking a whip
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| Without such a grip it is virtually
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| | underhanded. A tremendous amount of
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| impossible to control your shots to the
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| | clubhead speed can be generated this way,
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| green and score with any degree of
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| | provided you have a proper grip on the
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| consistency. Most golfers, particularly
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| | club and are on the proper swing plane
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| beginners, fail to appreciate the
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| | coming into the ball.
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| importance of the grip and its influence
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| | On the other hand, if the club is not
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| on the over-all swing.
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| | gripped properly, you lose control at
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| After some 20 years of playing golf, both
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| | some critical juncture in the swing and
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| for fun and as a profession, spending
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| | the clubhead cannot be accelerated to its
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| countless hours of thinking about the
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| | maximum speed.
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| swing and how it should function, and
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| | The Overlapping Grip. Although there are
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| hundreds of other hours on the practice
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| | many ways to grip the club, the most
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| tee, I have reached one emphatic
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| | effective and widely accepted one is the
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| conclusion: No one who aspires to become
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| | overlapping grip. This grip promotes
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| a good golfer can do so without a correct
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| | excellent unity of the hands, allowing
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| grip. It is as simple as that.
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| | them to function as a one-piece unit
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| I experienced trouble with my grip for
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| | throughout the swing. The overlapping
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| years before I finally made a major
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| | grip places initial control in the left
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| change in 1958. Prior to that time, I had
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| | hand and keeps it there throughout the
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| been fortunate enough to win a number of
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| | backswing and early in the downswing. The
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| tournaments, but I always had a tendency
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| | right hand then takes over and applies
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| to hook the ball. The reason was that I
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| | the power through the clubshaft and
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| had carried my right hand under the shaft
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| | clubhead.
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| too much, invariably resulting in a
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| | Positioning your left hand on the club
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| closed face at the top of the swing.
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| | correctly is the first step toward
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| In the fall of 1958, Paul Runyan, La
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| | building a good grip. To obtain this
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| Jolla Country Club professional, advised
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| | position, place the open palm against the
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| me to change my grip. He suggested that I
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| | left side of the shaft and then close the
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| move my right hand slightly
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| | palm and fingers around the shaft This
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| counterclockwise, or more on top of the
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| | puts the shaft under the muscular pad and
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| shaft, to have the clubface more open at
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| | slightly above the roots of the last
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| the top of the swing. These changes were
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| | three fingers of the left hand.
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| related, and it took me a month or more
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| | It is a little more difficult to position
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| to become accustomed to this new
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| | your right hand on the club, because it
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| right-hand position.
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| | is the overlapping hand. With your left
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| By moving my right hand more on top of
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| | hand affixed on the shaft in the correct
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| the shaft, there were fewer tendencies to
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| | manner, extend your right hand down to
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| have the right hand exert initial control
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| | meet the left hand. The palm faces toward
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| during the backswing. The right hand
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| | the target, and the center of the palm
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| merely rides on the shaft, thus allowing
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| | fits snugly against, and over, the thumb
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| the clubface to remain square, or
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| | of the left hand. Now close the fingers
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| slightly open, as the body is turned away
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| | around the shaft allowing the little
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| from the ball. Also, this new grip
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| | finger to overlap between the forefinger
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| prevented my right hand from taking over
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| | and middle finger. Actually, the little
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| too soon at the start of the downswing.
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| | finger sort of hooks around the middle
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| In the golf swing, the body movements
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| | knuckle of the forefinger, creating a
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| generate the power and the hands apply it
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| | firm yet flexible union of the hands.
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| through the shaft and clubhead with a
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| | Now it is just necessary for you to go
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| terrific lashing action of the right
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| | out and practice.
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| forearm and right hand. This movement can
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