How to Hold a Golf Club: The Proper Golf Grip-SAPLIZE
This article is the best guide for beginners to learn about golf grips.
From the experience of professional golfers, just five steps to hold a golf club correctly, the types of golf grip, and how to change your grip. And the guide to left and right-handed golf grips. The grip, body posture, ball position, and swing are the most basic movements of golf. Holding the club properly will allow you to progress rapidly and avoid many headaches. Learning to change the grip set can also save you a lot of money.
Table of contents:
Beginner
1. Grip the golf club tips
2. How to grip（five steps)
3. Golf grip types
Proficiency
Higher
1. Grip the golf club tips
This tip could save you a lot of trouble. Many beginners want to swing nice and early, which often leads to neglecting and not training enough on the grip and stance. Doing the basics of training is the best way to avoid developing bad habits later in the game. Great players have a strong foundation, and good coaches spend a lot of time working on the basics of stance and grip.
2. How to grip
Step-1. Before we start, make sure our clubs are straight. Put the grip at your own waist height.
Step -2. Keep your hands natural and use the markings on your grip to align your clubface.
The perfect grip is important and there are three alignment marks on the top of the grip, we need to keep them in line with the club face.
Then we put our fingers around and place our hands on top. Do not cover the end of the grip with your hand.
3. Golf grip types
Golf grips have evolved, and there are many variations. The three most common ways are described below, but choosing the proper grip for you is primarily a personal preference.
The first step is to determine the orientation of your hands on the club. For right-handers, your left hand will be on top, closer to the butt of the club, with the right hand underneath the left. Of course, lefties can simply reverse the order. The thumb of the hand on top extends down the shank of the club rather than wrapping around the bottom.
4. Driver and Putter Grips
Driver
The Driver has the same grip as the irons but is slightly different from the putter.
Putter Grips
The way you hold the putter is very different from the driver. Professional PGA players generally use these three types of grip and you can try them all to find the best one for your putter.
Better stability - Cross-Handed Putting Grip
Also known as the 'left-hand low'
where your left hand is placed on the putter below your right hand (applies to right-handed golfers.)
If you're looking for more stability, try the Cross-Handed Putting Grip.
More Grip Pressure - Claw Putting Grip
Left-hand holds the top of the grip,
Right hand sits on the top or side of the grip
The claw grip raises your grip pressure and it is suitable for putting at short distances.
5. Left and right-handers in golf
- The technique is the same for both right and left-handed golfers.
- The club head is not the same for the right or left hand. You need to find the left-handed version of the golf club equipment
Phil Mickelson, Mike Weir, Bob Charles, and Bubba Watson are all well-known golfers, so it turns out that golf technique is not about left or right-handedness, only equipment, but it doesn't affect your performance any less.
6. How much pressure is on the grips?
This method helps you find the right pressure.
- Hold the grip with your hands and raise the club head to chest level.
- Turn with the grip in your hand. Turn in small circles and then in large circles. Feel the pressure of your fingers on the grip at different ranges.
- The hand grip wiggles from side to side to find the right grip pressure for either firm or comfortable grip.
7. Troubleshooting golf grips
Do you still feel that the golf grip is not very comfortable? Are you experiencing any of the following problems? Lack of distance and inability to control the direction of the ball? We have created a checklist that you can use to check your grip.
1. Allow a small gap
Prevents slippage and saves more energy. Less centrifugal force on the backswing.
2. "V" goes towards right shoulder
3. Seeing two knuckles
TIPS:
- Allow a small gap
- "V" goes towards the right shoulder
- Seeing two knuckles
- Moderate grip pressure
8. How to Replace Golf Grips
Learn how to change grips and you don't need to go to the golf supermarket to do it, you can change 13 grips at home in half an hour.
- The first step is to install a rubber protector on your club. This protects the cue from getting caught in the pincer table.
- Step 2, the cue is secured to your pliers. Be careful not to clamp it too tight but make sure the club doesn't move.
- Step 3, carefully cut the grips off the club with a hook knife.
- Step 4, clean off all the remaining tape from the old club and dry the club thoroughly with a clean towel.
- Step 5, apply double-sided tape, leaving an extra portion of tape on the head of the club. Once you have completely covered this section, remove the backing paper from the double-sided tape.
- Step 6, pour the solvent into the grip to lubricate it with complete contact.
- Step 7, check that there is no damage to the new grips and start installing them with the arrow on the head of the grip pointing in the right direction. Gently and evenly push in the rod head.
9. What Size Golf Grips Do I Need
Most instruction on teaching you how to choose a grip size these days tells you what size grip to use for what size glove. This method helps you to pick your grip on the internet. If you buy in a shop you choose the size based on how well your palm fits the grip.
1. Select the size according to the golf glove size
2. Select the size according to how well your palm fits the grip
10. What are the best golf club grips
Golfers have different needs for golf grips, so there is no specific standard for the best golf grip. We select the “best golf grips” for different performance characteristics.
1. The best cost-effective grips
If you're looking for good value for money then rubber grips are your best choice. In addition to the price advantage, the rubber grips offer a very good and comfortable feel. More durable than wrap tape grips. No less durable than hybrid grips either.
Normal rubber grips are half the price of hybrid grips. Combining performance, durability, and price, the rubber grip is the best value for money. Ideal for golfers with no special requirements. It is also the best choice for the beginner.
2. The best-performing grips
For golfers with sweaty hands and who need all-weather grips. Hybrid grips also called corded grips, have cotton thread embedded in the rubber grip to increase the friction of the grip. The cotton thread absorbs moisture from the hand.
The hybrid grip is the best-performing grips for all-weather traction. Ideal for rainy days and the best golf grips for sweaty hands.
3. The best grip for arthritis
Non-tapered grip and oversized grip are suitable for golfers with arthritis. The larger grips without taper reduce pressure on the hand and reduce wrist movement. The thicker grip brings less vibration so improves comfort.
Non-tapered grips and oversized grips are the choices for arthritic golfers. Choose comfortable enough grips.
Conclusion
Holding the grip correctly is very important for your swing. You need to choose the right size grip and the correct grip. First, learn how to hold the grip. Then choose the type of grip to your liking. There are slight differences in the type of grips for the swing and the putter. The left and right-hand grip are the same. Then find the right grip pressure and you have fully mastered how to hold the grip.