Describle Your Putting Grip

[Spoff]

The more I love this game more and more I notice details when watching others.

Over the last couple of weeks it has been putting grips, Harrington has his left hand tristed round the club.

So, if you can, describe your grip on the putter.

 

[THJahar]

Standard right over and below left, thumbs straight down the shaft, but with one difference both my index fingers are extended pointing straight down on the left and right side of the shaft

 

[USER1999]

Fairly conventional. I have right below left, thumbs on top, with the little finger of my right hand interlocked with the first finger of my left hand. Nothing that unusual really. I find interlocking makes my wrists behave, and gives me more of a pendulum effect.

 

[jammydodger]

Left below right with right gripping left forearm ... a la Langer a few years ago. Terrific for bringing the club through on line but a little harder on the really long putts to get the distance right

 

[Smiffy]

So, if you can, describe your grip on the putter.

Terrified

 

[Parmo]

Same as Jammy, I just tried this on Saturday and I got more feel for the ball and more control from the putter. Went out the same day in a comp and did pretty well with it, just need to get used to the longer putts.

Kjeldsen uses the same grip.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Right below left. I put my left hand on first and make sure the life lines in my left hand are on the side of the grip and pad at the base of my left thumb is on top of the grip. I put my right hand on with the thumb pointing down the shaft and my left index finger overlaps and sits between my little and fourth finger of my right hand

 

[julsk10]

Right hand below left. I used to put my right forefinger straight down the shaft until during a lesson the pro asked me why I did this as it is just another thing that could jerk. Haven't done it since. Grip feels very natural couldn't imagine changing to the more radical grips like the claw, but obviously this is what works for these people.

 

[RGDave]

Imagine you are a sea lion, clapping and saying "arf, arf".
Put your right below left, leaving the grip directly up the middle of your palms, and linking the 1st finger of left hand over right hand fingers.

Traditional overlap.....arf, arf.

The place in the palm is the important thing for me. Hard to explain but it's not at all the same as a regular left hand hold on a normal club.

 

[jammydodger]

Same as Jammy, I just tried this on Saturday and I got more feel for the ball and more control from the putter. Went out the same day in a comp and did pretty well with it, just need to get used to the longer putts.

Kjeldsen uses the same grip.

Exactly that Parmo , distance control is the only thing to work on with it , but it comes

 

[kid2]

Im right handed....
I put my left hand on top with my index finger of the same hand pointed straight down the side of the shaft and i close my right hand below the left with the small finger of my right hand overlapping the middle finger of my left hand as well as the outstretched finger ....seems to work for me i have plenty of distance control and head control this way plus it feels comfy....i stand very similar then to oliver wilson......very upright.... i use a 35in taylormade rossa itsy bitsy...

 

[nulassilb]

Conventional. I try to have hands nuetral and try to hold the putter lightly. Have started to leave my glove on as the sticky feel from the Odessey grip means I can hold it even more lightly. I'm a poor putter (av 34)so I'm reading these comments with interest and will try some of them on the putting green.

 

[Imurg]

Right hand below, shaft held in the fingers with the index"feeling" for a trigger.
Left hand above with index overlapping right hand's middle and ring fingers.

Looks like a couple of Octopi getting busy - fingers all over the place...

 

[rgs]

As i putt left handed and play right handed i get some odd looks from new playing partners.

Putter grip last few months has been right hand below left. Making more putts and feels more comfortable.

 

[jeffc]

Right below left. I put my left hand on first and make sure the life lines in my left hand are on the side of the grip and pad at the base of my left thumb is on top of the grip. I put my right hand on with the thumb pointing down the shaft and my left index finger overlaps and sits between my little and fourth finger of my right hand

crikey homer, do you have that lot written down on a piece of paper so you can remember it?

 

[Spoff]

...I'm a poor putter (av 34)so I'm reading these comments with interest and will try some of them on the putting green.

Exactly the reason I started this thread, nulassilb!

My grip usually stays the same, which is similar to my grip with irons just have my index fingures pointing down the shaft.

I've tried going down on the shaft, bending over, arms bent but found too much going on, currently standing quite upright with arms straight. It worked for a while.

I'm going to have a play with different grips suggested here this week at home, ultimatly though I think I need a lesson!

 

[USER1999]

At risk of boring people, back to Rotella.

What grip you use is irrelevant, as to an extend is technique. If you think too much about grip / technique, you will never be a good putter. Just relax, and use whatever means you have to get the ball in the hole. It is a mind set about holing out, not a mechanical skill.

 

[bobmac]

Murph, I agree up to a point.
It's also about how you handle the pain when you miss one
Here's mine for what it's worth

 

[wilf_74]

Left below right for quite a few years now after seeing Westy switch to it briefly, so one day practising not holing out thought i would give it a try and liked the way you pull through with the left hand (i am a right handed golfer but write with my left!) and it has stuck ever since, it feels very natural, not as good a putter yet as paddy or furyk but works for me! give it a try!

 

[RGDave]

At risk of boring people, back to Rotella.

What grip you use is irrelevant

Sure it is. That's why folk who haven't a clue how to hold it are worse putters than any normal person can imagine.

I suspect what the books mean is that whatever choice of grip you choose to use, as long as it fulfills the basic requirements, it's OK?

A grip where the face is never on target or lends itself to a totally useless stroke is a waste of time.

Please tell me there is a difference between using a logical and workable grip (regardless of choice, or hand orientation) and no grip idea at all.