So did you vote for a NEUTRAL grip????????
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ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
TBH it doesn't matter much what the pros do, I do what I need to... We play a very different game to them, it may still be called golf but its worlds apart!
Pros may NEED a stronger grip because of other things, I think club players are better off neutral, just as we all have said here.
Pros may NEED a stronger grip because of other things, I think club players are better off neutral, just as we all have said here.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
You're right, it's only for those who are serious about their game.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Yup, as a club golfer we just cannot be that serious about it, even the best players I know at my club and previous have all just played for fun (bar a couple of exceptions who had pro aspirations).
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Actually I disagree, else I wouldn't have posted it. I'm a club golfer and I'm serious about my game.
Not everyone is like you, if your grip is wrong and you don't care then that's entirely your prerogative. Seems stupid to buy a putting aid if your game is just for fun
bobmac
Major Champion
Seems stupid to buy a putting aid if your game is just for fun
Cant believe your sitting at your computer at 03.19 on a Sunday morning calling someone stupid for buying my V-Easy :angry:
Back to the op
Not many pros swing out to in on the downswing.
Most amateurs do.
If most amateurs had a strong grip or a very strong grip, the ball would start left and go further left.
Therefor, neutral or weak grips suit most amateurs.
BTatHome
Tour Winner
Really?Actually I disagree, else I wouldn't have posted it. I'm a club golfer and I'm serious about my game.
Not everyone is like you, if your grip is wrong and you don't care then that's entirely your prerogative. Seems stupid to buy a putting aid if your game is just for fun
So this diagnosis of a wrong grip comes not from seeing his grip, or hearing of any poor shot etc but simply by the fact that PGA tour pro's use a strong grip so everybody that doesn't is wrong !
Foxholer
Blackballed
Interesting vid SR.
If you do a 'frame by frame' step of the slo-mo section - from 0.53 on - there is very little, if any downward movement of the club head just before impact. There's also a tiny closing of the face just before impact too. He seems to be hitting down on the ball much more than he really is - contrary to what the commentator actually says. Interesting to watch what happens from impact to the point at which the divot is made too. It's not simply 'bottom of the arc' that causes that!
Of course, this is a single swing, teed up and we don't know what Zach was trying to do with the shot, but it's clear to me that the commentator hadn't checked out the slo-mo part very much and that perception and reality often differ!
richy
Journeyman Pro
In the article some of the grips he claims are strong look neutral to me.
I didn't vote or even ask as I simply, and still don't know, what an actual neutral grip is compared to a strong grip. Like someone earlier, I thought it referred to the pressure so I was immediately wrong there as well.
My grip works for me, its consistently used (by me) and any adjustments in my address, swing or tempo should be OK as I use the same grip all the time so.........................................................I'm out :thup:
My grip works for me, its consistently used (by me) and any adjustments in my address, swing or tempo should be OK as I use the same grip all the time so.........................................................I'm out :thup:
Tiger
Money List Winner
I read some where not sure where but tour pros use a stronger grip for two reasons:
1. Take the right side totally out of the equation
2. Generate more distance
However these guys have two things we don't
1. A repeatable, consistent set up
2. A very repeatable and consistent swing
Advocating copying the pros blindly is a bit misleading, and as other people have mentioned, so is the characterisation of their actual grips. However, all that said I recently slightly strengthened my grip and was striking the ball beautifully...
...until I started hooking and shanking it that is
1. Take the right side totally out of the equation
2. Generate more distance
However these guys have two things we don't
1. A repeatable, consistent set up
2. A very repeatable and consistent swing
Advocating copying the pros blindly is a bit misleading, and as other people have mentioned, so is the characterisation of their actual grips. However, all that said I recently slightly strengthened my grip and was striking the ball beautifully...
...until I started hooking and shanking it that is
But did you strengthen it in a way that you "changed" your grip or, do you mean "pressure"?
Tiger
Money List Winner
Changed it
left hand was ok but right hand was too far over with V pointing more at my chin than my shoulder
Tiger
Money List Winner
:thup: I've experienced this pain. Fore left, very, very left!!!!
jammag
Challenge Tour Pro
This may sound really stupid, but I am really confused here. My grip is what I was taught when I first started playing which is little finger overlapping between index and middle finger of my left hand, both thumbs pointing down the shaft. The only time this changed was when a pro mentioned that to take my right hand out of the control and to use the swing more I should move my right hand thumb to the left of the shaft.
Now what kind of grip is this? Do I make it stronger by turning my right hand over the top more or under the club more? I have looked through the article and the pictures but dont really understand it if I am being 100% honest. Any help greatly appreciated.
Now what kind of grip is this? Do I make it stronger by turning my right hand over the top more or under the club more? I have looked through the article and the pictures but dont really understand it if I am being 100% honest. Any help greatly appreciated.
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Under the club more with your right hand is stronger...without leaving the left hand too far left!
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
I wouldn't mind betting that there are no 2 pros that have the same grip, there may be many That have strong grips but they won't be the same. I don't know if my grip is strong, weak or neutral, all I know is my pro told me it was alright and that's good enough for me.
Sweep
Journeyman Pro
I played with a neutral grip and hit the ball well, particularly off the tee. In an effort to improve I decided I needed to draw the ball. In doing so I didn't realise that you can do things subconsciously that can help you achieve what you are seeking to do. I had no idea that strengthening your grip could help you draw the ball and had no idea my grip had slipped towards strong. Sure enough I started to draw... And then hook...and then hook flat and low. I couldn't understand why my driving had become so poor. I booked lessons and the pro immediately attended to my grip, however it still kept slipping. Result: an increase in handicap of 5 shots in 3.5 years! Now, every time I grip the club I have to check my grip. Strong still feels comfortable. Please learn from my mistakes. Do not experiment with a strong grip. Fix that fade /slice with a correct plane and correct release. A strong grip ruined my golf for 3.5 years to the point where I was ready to quit the game I love.
jammag
Challenge Tour Pro
Thank you very much, makes more sense now, I would assume I have a neutral/weak grip then.
What are benefits and negatives to these different kind of grips obviously there are more than strong weak neutral etc but there is also baseball overlapping and interlocked?
