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  1. Tony Jacklin: Tip on gripping your driver

    Tony Jacklin shows you how to gain driving distance through your grip . Watch 'Golf Channel Academy' with Tony Jacklin Tuesdays at 7PM ET only on Golf Channel. For more 'Golf Channel Academy' show content, click here .

  2. The Golf Fix: Grip it and rip It

    … as the most important thing in the game of golf is the grip and really how you hold this club and it's so important. I wanted to talk to you about it. How about that? Now, let me tell you the different types of grips that there are. There's the 10 finger grip. That's when all of the fingers are on the club. They call it the baseball grip. Okay. All of the fingers of both hands are on the club. Then, there's a 9-finger grip or the Vardon grip after Harry Vardon. This where you're taking the pinky and you're putting it on top, the pinky of your trail hand and you're putting it on top of the first knuckle of the lead hand like that. There's also an interlocking grip. This is the grip that Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods use and this is when you interlock the pinky of the trail hand and the index finger of the lead hand, and there's a double overlapping. This is a grip that is a grip that is not as common, but it is out on tour. Jim Furyk uses this grip, and this is where you take the last 2 fingers of your trail hand and you put them on so there only 8 fingers on the club. Okay. And this is the grip that you're gonna use so that the club face is a little bit slower. If you have a tendency of hitting a hook, you might experience with this grip. It could be effective. Now, what I wanna tell you the most important part of how you hold the club, which ever one you choose. The most important part is the club comes in to your hand. Most of you are having a difficult time of the club coming into your hand because you've got to coming into the hand across the palm like this so that the fingers are actually acting like a vise and they're pushing against the palm. So, when you look at that position of the left hand, this part of the thumb and that knuckle of the index finger they are on the same line. If I draw a line right across the grip like that, they are right there on the same level. What I wanna have happened is want the shaft of the club ..... gonna struggle with your game. So, pay very close attention to the grip. That's gonna help your game. What will also help your game is to watch the golf fix every Monday night at 7 …

  3. Change your grip for more distance

    … Do you have suggestions, Martin?" I have. If you use an overlap grip, or an interlock grip, and more distance is your wish, you should try using a two-handed grip, sometimes called the baseball grip, sometimes called the ten-finger grip, I call it two-handed grip. Why would that work? Well, it gives you a bit more leverage on the back swing a bit more wrist cut, more of a 2-lever type of stroke, and if you can turn it to a 2-lever stroke, and keep those levers at a line until the right time, you're going to hit the ball further. So, I like the two-handed grip for more distance; it gives a better set going back from-- I'm going to give you a liitle rhyme for the down swing, if more distance is your wish. On the way down, move the grip with your hip, move the grip with your grip, get your legs going before the hands, hips before the hands, hands work here but hips before the hands, and here we go, two-handed grip, going to set those wrist a bit earlier, and then I'm going to move the grip with the hip, I'm going to get the hips moving before the hands, here we go, and that's definitely going to give me a bit more speed. Now, why don't you see the top guys on tour doing that? Because it is not quiet as accurate, they don't need the distance but you might. So, try that two-handed grip, it'll definitely help. Thanks for joining us on golfchannel.com for the best in golf instructions, I'm Martin Hall, make sure you go …

  4. School of Golf Extra Credit Tip: The Perfect Golf Grip

    … watching the School of Golf Extra Credit. We're talking about how to grip it like a pro. I promise you in the show that I was going to show you how to mark your hand so you could grip it properly. So here we go. Now, my hope here is that you will watch this more than once, maybe many times ..... look at the grips of the best players, here is where the grip sits. I'm turning sideways here, it's in one finger, and the heel pad is going to be below the club so I'm ..... the golf club. Now I also like, I think in the golf grip, that the thumb in that first thing, you should lie about the same, there should be no gaps. How can I have …

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  1. Henry Brunton: Grip It Right

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    Posted 2010-02-05T04:00:00-05:00

    Eagles Nest Golf Club's Henry Brunton shows you a new tool that can help golfers young and old maintian the correct grip .

  2. Golf Channel Academy - Arnold Palmer on Re-Gripping Clubs

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    Posted 2010-11-11T19:00:00-05:00

    Seven-time Major Champion Arnold Palmer explains "the old fashioned way" to re- grip clubs. Plus, he shows you the way he grips a club, just like his father taught him. Get more tips from pros and top golf instructors by watching 12 Nights at the Academy, Nov 29-Dec 10, every night at 7 p.m. ET.

  3. School of Golf: The Grip - February 1, 2011

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    Posted 2011-05-03T20:30:00-04:00

    … we focus on the building block to better golf, talking about the grip. Now, we're here every Tuesday from our studio. The teacher, this man right here, Martin Hall, Golf Channel Instructor Search winner and ..... plan tonight, we're gonna talk about the three P's to a perfect grip, we're gonna have Brittany Lincicome, LPGA major championship winner, on the set, and I'm going to reveal the most important move in golf according to Bobby Jones. I don't think it's changed in 100 years. -I don't wanna miss that. I'm sure they don't either. Back to the topic of the grip, just how important is it? How vital to the game? -Well, it's only important if you want to hit it long, hit it straight, be consistent, and have a good shot-- -Is that all-- -all of that, it really doesn't matter at all. It's absolutely vital. Harvey Penick said if you have a bad grip, you don't want a good golf swing. How true that is. Now, with regard to the grip, there are, of course, three types of grip. There's a two-handed grip, there's an overlap grip, and there's an interlock grip. Now, of those three, the most deficient one I see on the golf course all the time is what I've termed the 'inter-loose' grip, where people actually, they think they're doing an interlock but in fact they're doing 'inter-loose' so for goodness sakes, if you're going to do the interlock, make sure it's an interlock. Now, I'm not going to talk a lot about those 'cause I don't think it really matters. The two-handed grip is probably best for the youngsters for power. -Okay. -The interlock grip is probably best for strong players like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus for consistency, and the sort of the hybrid between them is the one most of us use which is the overlap grip, but nevertheless, whether you use two-handed, whether you use overlap or interlock, some of these things must be present for you to have a good grip that will let you swing with speed and square the clubface, so I get to the three P's-- -Yes. -of the perfect grip-- -Do tell. -Now, the first one is what I call 'professional.' You need to have a professional grip. I've been influenced profoundly on the grip by a work from Steve Elkington. He wrote a book called the Five Fundamentals. It's got the best stuff on the grip I've ever seen. His teacher, Alex Mercer, said there is no reason whatsoever that you shouldn't have a professional grip. You may not have enough talent to swing like a Tour pro but it takes zero talent to get a professional grip. I don't talk about looking at the knuckles and I don't talk about the V. It isn't that I don't notice that but the reason I don't talk about it, it's never worked very well for me on the golf course, it never worked on the range when I'm teaching. What's worked so much better for the 3 P's, the first one being professional, is this: This is a sort of a Harvey Penick-Davis Love-type grip and I'd-- I'd suggest if you're working, if you're at home there in the snow, get yourself a yardstick, and get used to putting the hands...on the side. I say the hands, I mean the palms. Get used to putting the palms on the side of the grip. My great friend from Atlanta, Jack-- Tom Ness talks about "clap, clap, chop, chop." What a lovely way to think of the palms going on the club. Clap, clap, chop, chop. Left palm on the side of the club, right palm on the side. I swear gripping the club will be better if the USGA would let us play the flat-sided clubs, which is probably why they don't. Flat, flat. So, get a yardstick, get the palms on the side of the grip. That's part of precision-- part of professional, I'm sorry. The second part of professional would be this. Again, from the great Harvey ..... tees in there, so those are the three P's to a good grip. You've gotta be professional, you've gotta be precise, and you've gotta get the right pressure. -Pressure! I like that last one. Everybody, you know, can always put too much pressure in the hands and it can really mess up your shot. We've got a lot more coming. In fact, you can get some Extra Credit. Message to all of you out there. If you'd like more help improving your grip, he's got more tips online. They are ready for you. Immediately following School of Golf, go to golfchannel.com/schoolofgolf for a little Extra …

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    we focus on the building block to better golf, talking about the grip . Now, we're here every Tuesday from our studio. The teacher, this man right here, Martin Hall, Golf Channel Instructor Search winner and
    plan tonight, we're gonna talk about the three P's to a perfect grip , we're gonna have Brittany Lincicome, LPGA major championship winner, on the set, and I'm going to reveal the most important move in golf according to Bobby Jones. I don't think it's changed in 100 years. -I don't wanna miss that. I'm sure they don't either. Back to the topic of the grip , just how important is it? How vital to the game? -Well, it's only important if you want to hit it long, hit it straight, be consistent, and have a good shot-- -Is that all-- -all of that, it really doesn't matter at all. It's absolutely vital. Harvey Penick said if you have a bad grip , you don't want a good golf swing. How true that is. Now, with regard to the grip , there are, of course, three types of grip . There's a two-handed grip , there's an overlap grip , and there's an interlock grip . Now, of those three, the most deficient one I see on the golf course all the time is what I've termed the 'inter-loose' grip , where people actually, they think they're doing an interlock but in fact they're doing 'inter-loose' so for goodness sakes, if you're going to do the interlock, make sure it's an interlock. Now, I'm not going to talk a lot about those 'cause I don't think it really matters. The two-handed grip is probably best for the youngsters for power. -Okay. -The interlock grip is probably best for strong players like Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus for consistency, and the sort of the hybrid between them is the one most of us use which is the overlap grip , but nevertheless, whether you use two-handed, whether you use overlap or interlock, some of these things must be present for you to have a good grip that will let you swing with speed and square the clubface, so I get to the three P's-- -Yes. -of the perfect grip -- -Do tell. -Now, the first one is what I call 'professional.' You need to have a professional grip . I've been influenced profoundly on the grip by a work from Steve Elkington. He wrote a book called the Five Fundamentals. It's got the best stuff on the grip I've ever seen. His teacher, Alex Mercer, said there is no reason whatsoever that you shouldn't have a professional grip . You may not have enough talent to swing like a Tour pro but it takes zero talent to get a professional grip . I don't talk about looking at the knuckles and I don't talk about the V. It isn't that I don't notice that but the reason I don't talk about it, it's never worked very well for me on the golf course, it never worked on the range when I'm teaching. What's worked so much better for the 3 P's, the first one being professional, is this: This is a sort of a Harvey Penick-Davis Love-type grip and I'd-- I'd suggest if you're working, if you're at home there in the snow, get yourself a yardstick, and get used to putting the hands...on the side. I say the hands, I mean the palms. Get used to putting the palms on the side of the grip . My great friend from Atlanta, Jack-- Tom Ness talks about "clap, clap, chop, chop." What a lovely way to think of the palms going on the club. Clap, clap, chop, chop. Left palm on the side of the club, right palm on the side. I swear gripping the club will be better if the USGA would let us play the flat-sided clubs, which is probably why they don't. Flat, flat. So, get a yardstick, get the palms on the side of the grip . That's part of precision-- part of professional, I'm sorry. The second part of professional would be this. Again, from the great Harvey
    tees in there, so those are the three P's to a good grip . You've gotta be professional, you've gotta be precise, and you've gotta get the right pressure. -Pressure! I like that last one. Everybody, you know, can always put too much pressure in the hands and it can really mess up your shot. We've got a lot more coming. In fact, you can get some Extra Credit. Message to all of you out there. If you'd like more help improving your grip , he's got more tips online. They are ready for you. Immediately following School of Golf, go to golfchannel.com/schoolofgolf for a little Extra
  4. Grip it and rip it - Golf Fix

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    Posted 2012-03-21T16:05:00-04:00

    … is the exact correct position for the left thumb on the golf grip? What would be the result if you drape it too far over to the right side of the club? All right, Roger. This is a great question. So many people don't understand exactly what the grip is supposed to look like. And through history, all the best instructors have said that the grip is the most important thing. So, it's time for you to understand exactly where that left thumb is gonna go and obviously ..... there of the index finger. So, many people I see have this grip look like this or they end up going like that, and they get the thumb and the index finger on the same line. They also get their thumb too far over or grip it around there like that. We wanna make sure that, that thumb is on the right side of the center line of ..... as far as it possibly can go. So, pay attention to your grip. It's one of the most important things that you can do. The other thing that you can do is you can watch …

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    is the exact correct position for the left thumb on the golf grip ? What would be the result if you drape it too far over to the right side of the club? All right, Roger. This is a great question. So many people don't understand exactly what the grip is supposed to look like. And through history, all the best instructors have said that the grip is the most important thing. So, it's time for you to understand exactly where that left thumb is gonna go and obviously
    there of the index finger. So, many people I see have this grip look like this or they end up going like that, and they get the thumb and the index finger on the same line. They also get their thumb too far over or grip it around there like that. We wanna make sure that, that thumb is on the right side of the center line of
    as far as it possibly can go. So, pay attention to your grip . It's one of the most important things that you can do. The other thing that you can do is you can watch
  5. School of Golf: Golf’s Missing Links

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    Posted 2013-05-15T08:00:00-04:00

    … put your left hand on the a bit Gaudin a bit more than normal. With the not gap that you can put babble I gave you between the grip and and you laughed a little bit stadium. Now can you hot back and through with that or drop via that will keep left for a squad …

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    not gap that you can put babble I gave you between the grip and and you laughed a little bit -- stadium. Now can you hot back and through with that -- or drop via
  6. Playing Lessons: McDowell behind the scenes

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    Posted 2013-05-12T20:30:00-04:00

    Holly Sonders recounts her time with Graeme McDowell during the Playing Lessons shoot. Watch 'Playing Lessons with the Pros' on Golf Channel.

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    changes his -- where he where he has his hands on the grip he said that from. The bottom of the grip out of the rubber to the top of the rubber that's about fifteen yards. The people -- with especially with a wedge
  7. School of Golf: Get your swing on plane

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    Posted 2013-05-06T13:12:00-04:00

    … check you'll playing a visual reference. Is easier to go back I just want usually risk talk to point that club point nine grip and you can see it a battle to you target behind on the backswing. And that would be first checkpoint. And then when you come …

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    I just want usually risk talk to point that club point nine grip and you can see it a battle to you target behind on the backswing. And that would be first checkpoint. And then
  8. School of Golf: Stick it close like Hogan

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    Posted 2013-05-01T09:43:00-04:00

    … Not towards the last need to make a run at the Bulls so I would say. Movie you'll right kneecap a little bit towards to grip and of that club deal right you can of course little bit if you if you wait. So making a run the ball with a right knee sets …

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    I would say. Movie you'll right kneecap a little bit towards to grip and of that club deal right you can -- of course little bit if you if you wait. So making a run
  9. Academy: Langer on chipping from collar

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    Posted 2013-04-30T04:25:00-04:00

    … up on top them all on the bottoms that doesn't pop up. So let's see if we can make that work. I got in the very gentle grip on this. Very soft tried to hit the belly of the ball right in the middle. And get their rights speed as well. Comes out just …

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    we can make that work. I got in the -- very gentle grip on this. Very soft -- tried to hit the belly of the ball right in the middle. And get their rights speed
  10. The Golf Fix: 100th Show - April 25, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … s in its place. So I have a student grip an alignment rod in the left-- -Here ..... go through that, then I'll have them grip a golf club with typically a sand wedge ..... they will set up, and with the proper grip alignments-- -I've got a net right …

    grip found at 16:55, 18:02

    has a place; everything's in its place. So I have a student grip an alignment rod in the left-- -Here, let's-- let's move back over here-- -And then I have a-- -so that they can
    a full swing? -Once they go through that, then I'll have them grip a golf club with typically a sand wedge or pitching wedge and they will set up, and with the proper grip alignments-- -I've got a net right over here. -If you wanna swing around,-- -Okay, sure. -you can fire right into that-- -Right.
  11. The Golf Fix: Viewer's Special - September 5, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … happening here with RJ is he's taking the club back and the grip position is really quite good. Typically, we see this position from a poor grip where the wrists don't allow the way the grip is set. It doesn't allow the wrist to hinge and we end …

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    happening here with RJ is he's taking the club back and the grip position is really quite good. Typically, we see this position from a poor grip where the wrists don't allow the way the grip is set. It doesn't allow the wrist to hinge and we end up hinging in the elbow, but RJ's grip is actually-- It's a very good grip , but what's happening is he gets up here like this and then this is just all collapsing into him. And I don't
    a ball right here. What I want to do is I wanna grip down on this so that I can see the grip there. And I wanna take the club back and I wanna put the grip so that it's pointing and send a camera to here Savi. If you can see right there, I wanna see where this-- where this grip is pointing. And what happens to many people is they take the club and they go like this and now the grip isn't pointing anywhere near that channel. What I wanna have happen is I want that grip to point into that channel right there. And when that grip points into that channel, now I've got the club on plane. Now, the question is what am I doing with my wrists
    golf clubs. And as you can see right here, this pitching wedge grip , this is a 6-iron grip and this is a driver grip . What you can see is the pitching wedge grip is shorter than the 6-iron and the 6-iron is shorter than the driver, which means that the clubs, as they get longer,
  12. The Golf Fix: Other Sports - September 19, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … got going on. Let's take a little look at this golf swing. Great setup position, absent on that ball position, very good grip , body rotates back, the club that's a good full turn you're making right there, Jonathan. That's excellent. What a …

  13. The Golf Fix: Masters Recap - April 11, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … the shoulders in the and the feed and the grip and everything is great okay that. We ..... club and in your sternum right here and grip at like best and what I want it was I want ..... book. Then my dad told me after their grip . And set up Tom had to hook it and slice …

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    to make sure the shoulders in the and the feed and the grip and everything is great okay that. We know that stuff but there are three things that I want to pay attention to
    drill. You put the club and in your sternum right here and grip at like best and what I want it was I want you to let your body turn this back. So that the
    the start of the book. Then my dad told me after their grip . And set up Tom had to hook it and slice as the next lesson he gave me as a six year old
  14. The Golf Fix: Best Of - October 31, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … come back out and we got setup issues or grip issues or whatever it is. So I wanna make ..... And the first place to start is with the grip . So I just wanna go over this quickly ..... to the same spot. So that's what your grip is gonna look like right there, and that …

    grip found at 2:21, 7:34, 14:25

    And then we come back out and we got setup issues or grip issues or whatever it is. So I wanna make sure that during this off-time you're paying attention to the fundamentals. And the first place to start is with the grip . So I just wanna go over this quickly for you here. When you hold this club, what I'm looking for is I'm looking for the thumb to be farther down the shaft than the first knuckle of the index finger with that V right there, that line going to the right shoulder, and then the trail hand is gonna cover up that thumb go right through the lifeline of the trail hand and cover that up with the V of the trail hand going to the same spot. So that's what your grip is gonna look like right there, and that's all gonna go right to this shoulder right here, all right? So you make sure that you got your grip set in the correct position. Then there are 4 body lines that we concern ourselves with when we get set up properly. The first one is which suggest doing when you're paying attention to all this stuff, always go from ground to head. So whatever you're thinking about, if you've got an issue going on with your knees and you wanna deal with what's going on with your grip , I would always go floor to ceiling. That's how it's easiest for you to remember. So we're concerned with the line of
    guest, our first PGA Tour guest of the year talk about the grip , take a peek. -One of the first things is to, you know, kind of soften that left hand a little bit and
    sure that that hanger is going right up that and through that grip , so that when you get set up in that position right there, you can see that you could barely even see. That's
  15. The Golf Fix: Memorial Day Special - May 30, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … passed the target. Let's talk about that grip for just a second. Come on over here and ..... getting back in the game, you know, the grip is the toughest thing to rebuild but I ..... straight. You know, stay focused on your grip . Get the hands to the ball-- -So when …

    grip found at 7:14, 7:47, 18:39

    You just hit it and passed the target. Let's talk about that grip for just a second. Come on over here and show us what we've got here 'cause we got an interesting thing. We've
    So when I started getting back in the game, you know, the grip is the toughest thing to rebuild but I just start slow, just start, you know, the basic is really what I focused on. You know, keep your head down. Keep your left arm straight. You know, stay focused on your grip . Get the hands to the ball-- -So when you're-- so let's jump back in. -Okay. -I know you hit a couple of
    is I want you to put that ball right up against the grip . Don't put it on top of the grip or underneath the grip or put it right up against the side of the grip . And what that's gonna do is that's gonna take your fingers basically out of this. You're gonna position your forearm like that and all I want you to do is just push the ball against the grip . Now what you'll find is, is that what's pushing there is the elbow and the palm. They will push down the line
  16. The Golf Fix: PGA Professionals Special - June 27, 2011

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    Posted 2013-04-25T20:00:00-04:00

    … your weight balance and how hard you grip the club, to be honest with you. You know, you gotta have a consistent grip , a consistent pressure that you hold ..... one to ten, what would you say your grip pressure is? Ten being the most …

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    to do with your posture, your weight balance and how hard you grip the club, to be honest with you. You know, you gotta have a consistent grip , a consistent pressure that you hold the club and just consistency in the overall pattern of going through your, you know, your
    us some idea from one to ten, what would you say your grip pressure is? Ten being the most. -Well, I'd probably say about a five or a six. -Okay. -Hold the club just tight enough so it don't come out your hands and if you grip the club correctly, I think the way your fingers form the club, the club is gonna stay in your hands anyway. -Okay
    too much, like too much forward. So-- -All right. So, nice smooth grip . -Yeah, just-- -Swinging up with a good tempo. -just consistent, you know, tensions out of my shoulders, out of my arms, the
  17. Playing Lessons: On the Range with Poulter

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    Posted 2013-04-25T12:00:00-04:00

    … position being in the right place for 9 iron, I try and keep my grip neutral. If everything that I'm trying to do goes back to ..... a target, if always your posture, ball position, stance, grip , if they're all correct, something really shouldn't go …

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    in the right place for 9 iron, I try and keep my grip neutral. If everything that I'm trying to do goes back to basics all the time, then hopefully from that position, I've got
    something down towards a target, if always your posture, ball position, stance, grip , if they're all correct, something really shouldn't go wrong, and if it does, you've made a bad swing. We all make bad
  18. The Golf Fix at the Masters: Get a grip

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    Posted 2013-04-21T12:30:00-04:00

    … important. Because when you're learning a grip , you wanna make sure you take your hands ..... re gonna make sure that we have that grip correct. Yup. That right hand is gonna ..... know what I want you to practice? -My grip . -Michael, I appreciate it. Make sure …

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    Now, this is something that's really important. Because when you're learning a grip , you wanna make sure you take your hands on and off the golf club. So, that's gonna be-- yeah. And you're gonna
    we're gonna do is we're gonna make sure that we have that grip correct. Yup. That right hand is gonna be a little bit under, and that trigger finger-- yeah. There you go. Excellent. I want it to be just a little bit that way. And make sure this is coming in under that club. Excellent. And then, good posture. Make sure we get that good posture. Good. And then, let's go ahead. Beautiful. Nice little draw right down the center there, turned it over. Excellent job. Okay. You got that? You know what I want you to practice? -My grip . -Michael, I appreciate it. Make sure you get that grip correct. And then what else? -My posture. -Your posture. That's it. Grip and posture, right? Really important-- -Yes, sir. -for you. And really important for you to remember, get your fundamentals correct before you
  19. The Golf Fix For Juniors: Swing path

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    Posted 2013-04-21T12:00:00-04:00

    … let the hand get right down at the very base of the-- of the grip , you're gonna go ahead and set up like you're gonna hit ..... re gonna do the same thing and we're gonna go slowly. Same grip , get the feeling that the club shaft is perpendicular to the …

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    hand get right down at the very base of the-- of the grip , you're gonna go ahead and set up like you're gonna hit that, don't let it get in to your stomach but let
    you're gonna do the same thing and we're gonna go slowly. Same grip , get the feeling that the club shaft is perpendicular to the-- to the shoulders all the way through, so go slowly-- excellent,
  20. School of Golf: Junior Academy-Hitting Straighter tips for juniors

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    Posted 2013-04-21T11:00:00-04:00

    … what would be termed a very strong left hand grip . Now the interesting thing is before we came ..... has anybody said anything about Austin's grip , thinking that someone would've said to you your grip is too strong. He said yes. His grip was …

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    swing, you have what would be termed a very strong left hand grip . Now the interesting thing is before we came here, I was talking to your father and I said has anybody said anything about Austin's grip , thinking that someone would've said to you your grip is too strong. He said yes. His grip was way too weak meaning the back of the hand was to the ground and I suggested he turned his hand over. You've overdone that by some and a bit and I'm actually going to talk to you about the grip in a different way. I don't like talking about turning the hand over, turning it under. -Yes. -There was a great teacher from Austin, Texas called Harvey Penick and he said he hated people twisting the arm. I'm gonna give you a different way to put your hands on the club, and in your case the reason I think this is important is you have a grip that is strong and yet interestingly enough, you get the face of the club in a beautiful position at the top, which
    that a little bit, but the big thing is gonna be the grip of the wrist cock. Are you ready? -Yes. -Let's get to it then. You seem like you're a very good student, so
    the club and therefore it's also the best place to take the grip . Now watch how I do this. This will save you a lot of pain and horror in your golfing career that I have to endure. If your left hand sits like so, just take your grip with the left hand by the side, take your grip by the left hand, by the side of your body right there. Arm can be straight. That's the perfect place to take the left hand grip . Now what you're going to find is wherever your left-- that doesn't feel twisted, does it? -No. -You didn't think about where your knuckles were, did you? -No. -You didn't think about where that V is. You don't have to. This is how you're designed for your left arm dangling. We're all a bit different so however the left arm hangs, that's where you should take the grip and that's how you should just hold the club. Now once you've done that with your left hand, then you can bring that club up here with your left hand and put your right hand on, and I think your right hand is very good. Now that should feel just a little bit different an awful lot, but I sort of what I'd say I got that grip a bit more neutral, but not by you trying to twist it. Okay. Now let's take a couple of practice swings with that grip now, and I think from there with that grip Austin Cherichello you should be able to feel a bit more wrist cock and that feels a bit more wrist cock, doesn't it? -Yes. -That's going to make the ball go farther and then you get to say thank you, Martin. They are the 3 most important words in golf, you know. Thank you, Martin. All right. So let's reset that grip one more time please. Reset that grip . Yes. Just absolutely, there you go. Pull the club back in front of you. Put your right hand on. I call this shadow golf. Now swing back and let's have a bit of wrist, let's have a bit more wrist action here, a bit more give, a bit more angle. That's right and then just swish it on the way through. All right. So have a few swings. It's going to feel a bit different. Grip changes are tricky, notoriously tricky. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of these go to the right to start with but I don't want you pressing any panic buttons. I got my hockey stick should that happen. Maybe we'll use it, maybe we'll probably will. All right. Are you ready for this? -Yes. -So does your grip feel a bit different? -Yes. -Yes. Give me some wrist cock and let's see what we get here. That was very good
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