A game of small margins and a question on putting grip

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Had a very strange round of golf in the monthly medal Sunday and made me realise just how small the margin is between a good and bad round.

I played some very good golf all day and ended up getting an increase in my handicap! Front 9 I missed 3 makeable birdie putts and 3 four footers for par, finishing with 18 points. Still respectable but could have been so much more.

Then I lost a ball out of no where on 10 for my first blob and then proceeded to miss 2 more makeable birdie putts and a par save in the next 5 holes. So playing well, I'd missed 9 putts!!!!!! Granted I won't make all of them, but just 5 out of the 9 and I would have been in a very good way. Finally lost my temper with all the misses and didn't concentrate on the last 3 holes. Finished with 29 points which so easily could have been over 40. MADNESS!

Anyway.... all this and a lot of post golf soul searching (yes I take this game far too seriously) has brought me to the following conclusion. I need to focus harder, not lose concentration and work on my bloody putting. Which leads on to my question :

What is the most common basic putting grip? I stupidly use exactly the same grip as I do for a normal swing, which I've found out is wrong. I don't want to go with a reverse or claw or any other gimmicky grip - just bog standard putting grip.
 
Putting grips are a bit individual... but the "orthodox" variety is called the reverse overlap.

You put your hands in the traditional right hand low position (for a right hander) with the palms facing each other and the putter grip held arcross the palm of the hands from the ball of the forefinger to the heel of your thumb. The left forefinger overlaps the right fingers on the left hand side of the grip. Straight down is considered more or less "orthodox". What this does is join the hands into a solid unit and preventing the wrist breaking too much through the impact area for the putt.

Google "Reverse Overlap Grip" for more details.
 
Jonny said:
Putting grips are a bit individual... but the "orthodox" variety is called the reverse overlap.

You put your hands in the traditional right hand low position (for a right hander) with the palms facing each other and the putter grip held arcross the palm of the hands from the ball of the forefinger to the heel of your thumb. The left forefinger overlaps the right fingers on the left hand side of the grip. Straight down is considered more or less "orthodox". What this does is join the hands into a solid unit and preventing the wrist breaking too much through the impact area for the putt.

Google "Reverse Overlap Grip" for more details.
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Cheers. I'm convinced this is the key to single figures for me! :)
 
As Jonny said, the putting grip is a fairly individual thing. I've had a few different ones over the years, but usually drift back to reverse overlap when I realise it's the stroke not the grip that's at fault! (although the two are linked).

I sometimes use the baseball grip, with no overlapping fingers if I want to really make things feel solid.
 
bobmac said:
Do you mis on one side in particular or both sides?
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I don't think so. I can remember lipping out on both sides.

I'm dying to get out on the practice green and try the reverse overlap. Can't believe I've been using a poor putting grip all these years. Scratch golf here I come.... :P
 
Gregolf said:
I stupidly use exactly the same grip as I do for a normal swing, which I've found out is wrong.
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its not wrong! putting grips can be as individual as signatures, use whatever is comfortable and works, only you will know.
 
Gregolf said:
let me convince myself that i was using the wrong putting grip and there's hope for the next round damn it! :P
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on the other hand............

How ridiculous to use the same grip for putting as you do for full shots! are you crazy or the victim of a cruel medical experiment! that will only lead to failure, the reverse overlap is what real golfers use and guarantees sinking some unbelievable putts as well as excellent lag distance.
Change now and get those scores tumbling...............


....that better?:o
 
Prety sure that Monty (Colin, not me) used the normal club grip for putting, and he was an iffy putter. So yes, you are right to change!!!!

Hope that feels better..... :p
 
When the reverse overlap has got you to single figures you can go one further and adopt the grip I use which is reverse overlap but the right forefinger is also straight down, down the right side of the grip.

This should then get you to Cat 1.
(Oh, and don't look at my handicap below or you might start to get some misgivings.)
 
Crow said:
When the reverse overlap has got you to single figures you can go one further and adopt the grip I use which is reverse overlap but the right forefinger is also straight down, down the right side of the grip.

This should then get you to Cat 1.
(Oh, and don't look at my handicap below or you might start to get some misgivings.)
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The Fickle Finger of Fate! When I see this on a putting grip I know the nerves have gone entirely :p
 
Gregolf said:
Had a very strange round of golf in the monthly medal Sunday

Then I lost a ball out of no where on 10 for my first blob
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Just as an aside does that mean you NR'd as you didn't complete the hole?

THere are lots of wierd and wonderful grips out there (Sergio??) and so it is about what gets the club back square to the ball and gets it rolling on line. If only there was a device to help groove and efficient stroke
 
V- Ah Bobmac and your subliminal advertising. Easy.

Get a belly or broom handle putter :D

I can think of someone who who love a Nike Method putter to complete the set :p

I used to use conventional interlocking grip but found I always brought my right shoulder forward as I grip quite low resulting in missing left. Now I use the same as Padraig Harrington.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/golf-padraig-harringtons-putting-tips/5846.html
 
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