Claw grip for putting

[Slab]

At the age of 69, I'm not that long off the tee anymore either. A good drive for me is now only about 210 yards, maybe 220 with a following breeze, but I am normally a pretty straight hitter and keep the ball on the short stuff. The shorter your hitting, the more dependent on your short game you become, so I don't understand your argument. You should welcome anything that makes chipping and putting slightly easier!

Nah, that's not going to work is it, why would I want something that makes putting easier for everyone that can already out-drive me by 50 yrds!
Bigger hole means I make more putts but they make more putts too, they still got to the green in a shot less than me. Maybe my vanity will be massaged with a fake lower handicap due to a bigger hole, so if that's what floats your boat you can already choose to play off a lower handicap if you want

I want it tougher for them surely? We need a smaller hole, a tiny number of additional missed putts for me will be magnified for them... Putting's a doddle!

 

[HickoryShaft]

I guess if I was a talented tour pro searching for the biggest way to influence my game I would try all the methods out there to evaluate the percentages and which one works best for me.

As the rest of us (probably) put in far less practice and thought / analysis on the differences it all comes down to confidence in what you are using - if not confident you will experiment and change if it feels better.

I would say to anyone go with what you are personally comfortable with and gives you the confidence

 

[HickoryShaft]

Well well well....I think you guys need to have a look, more players than you think using the claw, pencil whatever you want to call it. They're coming out using this style right off the bat not just after they run into putting issues. I'll leave it to you guys to have a proper look at who's doing what. Long gone are the days of a standard putting grip or technique.

So they could be banning it if 5 years if anyone wins a major and has not started with a conventional grip first then had to go to this as they struggled I guess

 

[Craigg]

I wish it was! You have obviously never had the yips!

But it most definitely is. It's all connected to the brain, even them twitchy nerve endings

 

[delc]

But it most definitely is. It's all connected to the brain, even them twitchy nerve endings

The issue if you have the yips is that one or both arms or hands seem to develop a mind of their own that the conscious mind can't control. They may relate to a breakdown of a neural pathway controlling a learned and automatic skill. Nobody gets the yips when they first start playing, or in most cases during the first 20 years or so.