How to Grip Golf Clubs

The weather is warming and minds turn to the golf course and getting ready with our golf clubs. It is a great time to start practicing or to think about learning the basics. The most important basic in golf is a proper golf club grip. There are 3 golf grip types: overlapping, ten fingers (or baseball club) and interlocking. This article explains all three; however the interlocking club grip is recommended and pictured.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• golf clubs

1. The proper golf grip is about the fingers. The most common mistake is to have a grip that holds the golf club into the palm of the hand. Another common mistake is to hold the club too tightly. Your hold should be firm, but not too tight or hard. A grip that is too hard will not allow the rotation of the club or extension of the swing that you need.

2. 
   Inside view of interlocking grip

   First decide which is your lead (or top) hand. If you are right-handed, this is your left hand, and will be placed first. With the golf club head square to the ball, grip the club across your fingers with your thumb extended down the shaft (pointing to the ball). In the proper golf club grip. the finger line will start at the second joint of the lead hand's index finger and end at the little finger's pad. The thumb should be straight down and a little to the right of the shaft (just a notch).

3. Now take your trailing (bottom) hand and place it so that the thumb pad covers the thumb of your lead hand. The thumb of your lead hand should now rest in the lifeline of your trailing hand. Wrap your fingers around the golf club grip. The 'V' of the right hand should be pointing to your right shoulder.

4. 
   Outside view of interlocking grip

   For an interlocking grip, the little finger of your trailing hand is placed between the little and ring finger of the lead hand, and wrapped slightly around the base of the ring finger. In an overlapping grip, the little finger of the trailing hand rest on the groove between the same fingers on the lead hand. In a ten finger grip, the trailing hand is placed below and touching the lead hand.

Tips & Warnings

• Practice golf clubs are available that have a pre-molded grip for training.

[kskaggs]

on 2/19/2009 Well written article. 5*