How Do I Grip the Club?

Well . . .

How DO you grip the Club?

With the Left Hand. And the Right.

How do you join your Hands?

What are your Pressures?

I try to form my grip just like Hogan from 5 lessons but slightly stronger.

I use the following checklist from one of Yoda's older posts:
Left Hand Grip Checklist
1. Grip under heel pad.
2. Butt end of grip not in heel pad i.e. grip sticks out a little
3. Back of left hand matches leading edge of clubface, plus or minus a little depending on the player.
4. Index finger slightly away from last three fingers.
5. Thumb slightly right of centerline.
6. Grip pressure predominately in last three fingers.

Right Hand Grip Check List
1. Ring finger touches index finger of left hand.
2. First joint of middle and ring fingers directly under the club - 'fingers grip'.
3. Little finger - overlap (rest on left forefinger, or gap between the left middle finger and forefinger) or interlock.
4. First joint of index finger pointing down the shaft, with a moderate gap between the middle finger. Pressure point #3 directly behind the 'sweetspot'.
5. Thumb left of centerline.
6. Grip pressure predominately in middle and ring fingers.

sean saved me a lot of typing there!

I'm pretty much identical to that though I would confirm that I overlap.

I will admit to a tendancy to 'lose' my grip through my swing and find my right hand coming away from the shaft - this is something I have worked on this winter and feel more solid through my swing as a result

Great stuff guys! I interlock.

Kevin

Only thing I would add is to make sure the left thumb fits into the right hand life line. That would insure that there is no wobble in the #1 pressure point.
Pat

And the grip should be taken at an Impact Fixed location for precision alignment

I'll add:

I grip the club with the right hand first, forearm, lifeline and triggerfinger on plane, and in impact fix position, then I'll fit the left hand in, and interlock.

I grip the club first with my left hand at address and I never really saw any pros doing this until I watched Ogilvy playing in Hawaii this month.
I played with interlocking as a kid because Nicklaus was my idol. When I took the game up again in recent years I've been experimenting with an overlapping grip.
Birdie Chance

Originally Posted by BBax

And the grip should be taken at an Impact Fixed location for precision alignment

BBax,

Expert advice! This was a big piece of the puzzle for me! Imagine that...a grip that has a relationship with impact conditions! Do you have a routine for taking your grip at fix? Example: I set the club with the shaft lean and clubface angle with my right hand paying attention to the degree of right wrist bend.

Quick question about impact fix. I have become fixated on where the club face is aimed at fix (the direction the ball starts). When I move back to an adjusted address postion I tend to "lose" the clubface. Obviously, with a vertical shaft pointing midbody the clubface now aims left of where it did at fix. Am I overally dependent on the visual cue? I know I can select a variety of fix versions but it seems as though I would be giving up geometry for physics (lagging club head take away.) Is this an example of swinger physics v. hitter's geometry? Right now I am a swinger that has impact hands/club face at address.

Originally Posted by okie

Quick question about impact fix. I have become fixated on where the club face is aimed at fix (the direction the ball starts). When I move back to an adjusted address postion I tend to "lose" the clubface. Obviously, with a vertical shaft pointing midbody the clubface now aims left of where it did at fix. Am I overally dependent on the visual cue? I know I can select a variety of fix versions but it seems as though I would be giving up geometry for physics (lagging club head take away.) Is this an example of swinger physics v. hitter's geometry? Right now I am a swinger that has impact hands/club face at address.

good question, i have wondered about this myself.