| The grip is your only connection with the club so it | | | | correctly use this grip, take the little finger on your |
| follows that a good golf grip is an essential | | | | trailing hand and place it between the index and |
| component of a good swing and good golf game. | | | | middle finger on your lead hand (for right-handed |
| Placing your hands properly on the golf club helps you | | | | golfers, the lead hand is the left). The lead hand |
| better control the position of the club's face at | | | | thumb should fit right along the lifeline of the trailing |
| impact. During the swing your body turns to create | | | | hand. |
| power. Since the body is rotating, the golf club must | | | | The next most common golf grip is called the |
| rotate at the same rate. In other words, the body | | | | interlock or interlocking. Several top players, including |
| and the club must turn together as a team. | | | | Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, use this grip. This grip |
| A fundamentally sound golf grip helps you create | | | | locks the hands together. You might, however, find |
| both power and feel. The action of your wrists is a | | | | that the handle migrates to your palms which |
| source of power so gripping the club too much in the | | | | reduces wrist action and, therefore, power. People |
| palm of your hand reduces wrist action. | | | | with small hands, weak forearms and wrists, and |
| Since our fingers are the most sensitive parts of our | | | | beginners often prefer this grip. To use the interlock |
| hands, placing the club more in the fingers rather than | | | | grip, take the little finger on your trailing hand and |
| in the palm increases the amount of wrist hinge, | | | | intertwine it with the index finger on your lead hand. |
| which results in longer tee shots and more feel. | | | | The lead hand thumb should fit in the lifeline of the |
| Regardless of the type of golf grip you choose, a | | | | trailing hand. |
| sound golf grip involves light grip pressure. Gripping | | | | The ten finger grip (sometimes called the baseball |
| the club too tight can cause thin, weak shots that | | | | grip) is the least preferred golf grip among instructors |
| slice. A lighter grip also enhances wrist hinge. This light | | | | but it does have its advantages. It can be good for |
| pressure also increases the amount of clubface | | | | beginners and people who experience joint pain, have |
| rotation, improving your chances of squaring the club | | | | arthritis or small, weak hands. To position your hands |
| at impact. | | | | properly using a ten finger grip, start with a perfect |
| The Vardon overlap, sometimes called the | | | | lead hand grip. Place the little finger of the trailing |
| overlapping grip, is the most common golf grip. Most | | | | hand close against the index finger of the lead hand. |
| golf instructors use this grip popularized by Harry | | | | Cover the lead hand thumb with the lifeline of the |
| Vardon around the turn of the 20th century. To | | | | trailing hand. |