How to Grip Putter in Golf

Series Summary

Although it is a popular game amongst people of all ages, the game of golf can be a challenging one. Whether you are an absolute beginner, or someone who has been playing for a while, golf lessons can help you improve you game at any stage. In these videos, you will learn some of the proper ways to swing a club that are applicable to almost any golf shot.

Golf, like most sports, is one where practice makes perfect. Unfortunately though, it is a sport where practice can often be expensive. Since you can’t practice your game in the backyard, it is necessary to be able to maximize your time at the range or on the course so you can see the most improvement. In this video series, you will learn some exercise that you can do to work on your putting and chipping skills. These exercises, combined with the techniques you have learned, are sure to make you a better golfer.

Video Transcript

"Basically, just a typical golf grip. I do the interlocking. Interlocking my forefinger, my right forefinger and my left pinkie. You place both of your thumbs down the top of the grip. Now, from that, you don't want to use any wrist movement in the stroke. Since, it's a putt, it's a short shot, comparative to an iron or a wood. So, from here, I like to keep very little wrist, no wrist movement at all. In order to keep that maintained, you want to line up your body correctly and have good posture. As you can see, I keep my back pretty straight and I just let my arms hang. And, from here, I'm basically just swinging with my shoulders. You notice, I keep my head down the entire time throughout the stroke. Now, there's a couple of different ways that you can check on yourself and make sure you're doing the correct thing for your posture. Basically, you just hold the club out and bend at your waist. You want to slightly let your arms drop, but mostly it's just a bend at the waist. Right here. Now, to check on yourself and make sure you're not using any wrist movement, you want to choke up on the putter, and notice the grip. The grip that comes above my hands and my wrists. And if I use wrist movement, the grip comes closer to either one of my arms. Like that. So, practice that a couple of times, and you'll quit using any wrist in the swing. The purpose for that is basically, to swing from the shoulders, you're going to get better feel. It's kind of like tapping a nail in with a hammer. When you do that, you don't want to do it like this. You want to do it with a solid grip. And they call that connection. So, you want to connect to the club the most you can possible. So when you use a little wrist, you're gripping it with two hands, you're actually making this a part of your tool. You're using it kind of like part of the hammer. And, that's just to make a really solid stroke here. Now one of the important things about this as well as every other stroke is to accelerate. What I mean by acceleration, is a lot of people think right away they're thinking of a motorcycle or a car. Acceleration, all that means is, when I take the club back, it follows through further than I took it back in distance in relation to the ball. So, if I do this, it goes in, every once in a while, but not very often. Basically, what I did there, is I took it back and I stopped, and as I'm stopping, it means I'm slowing down as I get to the ball. You always want to be either maintaining speed or accelerating through. I'll show you a good example of that here real quick. "