Mental Mondays: Watch Your Grip Tension

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January 17, 2011

Advice on the golf grip ranges from holding the club like a baby bird (Sam Snead) to gripping it relatively tight; most teachers seem to tell their students to hold the club in the fingers, but there’s a significant school of thought that focuses on the palm. Strong grip. Weak grip. Choke down. Finger on top. Vardon. Overlapping. Baseball. The variety seems endless.

Whatever program you subscribe to, though, you should be aware of how the tension in your grip changes over the course of the round. Under pressure, the natural inclination is to clamp down and grip every more tightly. If you start out light, it’ll be tight; start out firm, and you’ll end up with a death grip. Either way, the results won’t be good.

Make a mental note to specifically check your grip pressure several times during a round—and especially before a pressure shot.

This tip is an excerpt from The Five Inch Course: Thinking Your Way To Better Golf. The complete book is available in Kindle format at Amazon.com.

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