| We all want to get more distance and accuracy | | | | |
| off the tee and to be able to putt accurately | | | | Try it...it works!! |
| and consistently, with this advice, I hope | | | | |
| you will be able to do all of those things. | | | | It doesn't make any difference if you have an |
| | | | unorthodox grip or stance when you putt, but |
| One of the most famous of all golf tips is | | | | two things are vital: Your eye must be |
| supposedly from Sam Sneed. It says, hold your | | | | directly over the ball, and you must stroke |
| club as though it were a young bird. You | | | | the ball to make it rotate end-over-end. |
| don't want to hurt it, but you don't want it | | | | |
| to get away either. | | | | You have undoubtedly noticed that |
| | | | manufacturers are now making putters more |
| This best sums up the notion that very little | | | | upright. This is to help the golfer keep his |
| grip pressure is to control the club. Another | | | | eye directly over the ball. Every great |
| way of emphasizing this idea is found in a | | | | putter I have seen does this. In effect, |
| similar tip: Hold the club so that it is | | | | their eyes act in the capacity of eyes for |
| pointing straight up in the air. Lighten your | | | | the ball. The ball can only "see" the line |
| grip until it reaches the point that the club | | | | when your eyes are directly over it. If they |
| starts to fall straight down through your | | | | are not, your eyes will see one line while |
| hands then tighten up a slight amount. You | | | | the ball "sees" another, and I don't think I |
| want only enough pressure to keep the club | | | | need to go into the results of that. |
| from slipping through. A tight grip will | | | | |
| cause the muscles in your arms to tense up. | | | | When your eyes are over the ball, you have a |
| This will reduce your clubhead feel and | | | | much better chance of stroking it accurately |
| reduce your swing speed. | | | | and imparting end-over-end rotation. |
| | | | End-over-end rotation means that the ball is |
| The only fingers that should feel any | | | | contacted so squarely that it rolls "over |
| pressure against the grip itself for the | | | | itself," on the same vertical axis, there |
| right-handed player are the pinky, ring and | | | | being no side-spin as there inevitably will |
| middle fingers of the left hand and vice | | | | be when the ball is cut or pulled or |
| versa if you are a left handed golfer. They | | | | mis-putted in some other manner. If a putt |
| alone are capable of exerting enough force to | | | | stroked with end-over-end rotation hits a |
| control a club throughout the swing. | | | | corner of the cup, it will not spin off and |
| | | | will usually drop. |
| When asked how he got so much distances off | | | | |
| the tee as a senior, Jay Sigel responded, | | | | I hope you find this advice helpful and that |
| "The way I grip the club so lightly is the | | | | it will improve your putting ability, |
| main reason." | | | | accuracy and distance. |