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