Left hand low? Right? Or both?

[Copernicus]

I am learning to putt and started with my usual Vardon grip until a friend casually mentioned the left hand low method. Tried it and it instantly felt good. Stops my bad habit of breaking my wrists. But I hear some golfers use both and switch depending on the length of the putt. Anyone do that? Why does it help? Or will it just confuse to have two methods on the go?

 

[Region3]

Whatever works is my opinion. I tried left hand low but didn't feel like I had any control so reverted back after only a few rounds.

You could also try a different grip with your hands the same way round. Have a google of "reverse overlap putting grip" which is very popular.

If it lowered my scores I'd play "1 potato, 2 potato" on the grip until I got down to the shaft and putt from there!

 

[Capella]

I use a slight variant of the Vardon grip for putting. Instead of cupping my right thumb over the left one, I keep the palms of the hands a bit more to the sides of the grip and place my thumbs next to each other (with the right one a bit lower than the left one ... that way they fit together like pieces of a puzzle). It works, because my putter grip is a bit thicker than the grips on my other clubs (not massively, though, not like one of those superstroke things). I find that way of gripping the putter very stable and consistent, it limits the wrist movement, but without changing the complete body posture (like I find the left hand below method does).

 

[the_coach]

I am learning to putt and started with my usual Vardon grip until a friend casually mentioned the left hand low method. Tried it and it instantly felt good. Stops my bad habit of breaking my wrists. But I hear some golfers use both and switch depending on the length of the putt. Anyone do that? Why does it help? Or will it just confuse to have two methods on the go?

with holding a putter a key issue is in just where in the palms the handle lies - as you say you don't want any wrist break - reason being key is accuracy control of face & path, not seeking 'distance' any as you do through a full golf swing

the normal 'vardon grip' has a clubs handle lying more in the fingers as that's how you get an optimum wrist hinge, wrist hings a key component to clubhead speed

so not many elite golfers have use a normal 'vardon grip' with the putter meaning in relation to where the putter handle lies in the palms
many RH folks have traditional right below left hand but the handle lies 'up' in the palms so more running down the 'life-lines' of both hands, so hands more join the putter handle with the fingers initially pointing down to the ground - as the key is to eliminate wrist involvement

this is true whether right below left or the 'newer' left below right - both is better if the handle lies in the palms
the issue often times with left below right is it tends to make finding the correct pace for longer putts more difficult for msot folks - hence they revert to a 'normal' hand hold right below left for longer putts to help with the 'feel' of pace but somewheres around 10',8',6' length they switch to left below right as that helps with keeping the ball online

would look at first where the handle lies in the palms with 'normal' right below left hold- plenty of info out there on this as to how the handle is better up in the palms and not in the fingers, as it should be through the other clubs in the bag that 'normal' vardon in the fingers more grip

 

[SugarPenguin]

I'm changing my putter grip.
My hands were close together and fairly normal.

Now im going for a really really weak grip low with my left arm and my right on top.
Going to see how i go!

If if I could putt I would be single figures easy so I will try everything.

 

[Sats]

I use this method - Left hand low for shorter putts and right hand for longer putts - it just seems right to me, but my putting stats have vastly improved since though.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Left hand down and love it. Took a bit of getting used to, but its the bestest for me.