Your connection to the golf club begins and ends with your hands, and how you hold the club might be the single biggest influence on where your ball goes. It’s the steering wheel for your entire golf shot. This guide will walk you through the fundamental grip types, help you find a neutral position, and explain how small adjustments can fix common shot problems like a slice or a hook.
Think about how you hold a steering wheel in a car, tiny movements dictate exactly where the car goes. It’s the same with a golf club. The way your hands are positioned on the grip determines the orientation of the clubface at impact. If the clubface is open (pointing right for a righty), you’ll likely see a slice. If it’s closed (pointing left), a hook is often the result. Everything else in your swing - your turn, your weight shift, your downswing path - is an attempt to deliver that clubface squarely to the ball.
When your grip is flawed, your body instinctively knows it. You'll start to make subconscious compensations throughout your swing to try and “save” the shot and get the clubface square. This creates a chain reaction of inconsistency. A proper grip puts the clubface in a neutral-to-square position from the very start, freeing up your body to make a simple, athletic, and repeatable swing rotation. Getting the grip right is a giant step toward achieving better power, accuracy, and consistency.
The first decision is choosing how to connect your hands on the club. There is no single "correct" style, it comes down to comfort, hand size, and personal preference. The goal is to get your hands working as a single, unified unit. Let’s look at the three main types.
Named after the legendary Harry Vardon, this is the most popular grip among professional golfers. In the Overlap grip, the little finger of the trail hand (your right pinky if you’re a righty) rests in the space between the index and middle finger of your lead hand.
The Interlock grip is a favorite of some of the game's greatest, including Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Here, the little finger of the trail hand hooks, or "interlocks," with the index finger of the lead hand.
As the name suggests, this grip involves placing all ten fingers on the club, much like you’d hold a baseball bat. The hands are close together, with the thumb of the lead hand often covered by the palm of the trail hand, but there is no overlapping or interlocking.
Don't be afraid to experiment. Spend a little time on the range trying each to discover which one feels most comfortable and gives you the best control.
Once you've chosen a style, the next step is positioning your hands correctly. Our goal is a “neutral” grip, which gives you the best chance of delivering a square clubface. This guide is for a right-handed golfer, lefties simply do the opposite.
Before you even put your hands on, set the clubhead on the ground behind the ball. Make sure the leading edge - the a very bottom horizontal groove on the face - is pointing directly at your target. This is your baseline. You want the grip's logo or any markings to be pointing straight up at the sky.
Approach the club from the side. Hold the grip primarily in the fingers of your left hand, not the palm. It should run diagonally from the base of your little finger to the middle of your index finger. Once the fingers wrap around, place the heel pad of your hand on top of the grip.
Checkpoints for your left hand:
Bring your right hand to the club. The lifeline of your right palm should fit snugly over your left thumb. The grip should, once again, rest in the fingers of your right hand.
Checkpoints for your right hand:
Don’t stress if this feels bizarre. Holding a golf club isn't a natural motion, and it can take time to become accustomed to the correct feel.
The terms "strong" and "weak" don't refer to grip pressure but to the rotational position of your hands on the club. Your neutral grip is the go to, but a very tiny adjustment can help troubleshoot your ball's final resting position flight.
This is the position our step-by-step guide helps you find - two knuckles visible on the lead hand, with the "V"s of both hands a pointed toward your trail shoulder. For most golfers, this provides the ideal balance of power and control and tends to produce a straight in stock ball a place to fly.
To create a strong grip, you simply rotate both hands slightly away from the target so more on “top” of the club instead of at your side’s of each side.
A weak grip is the total opposite. Get yourself ready with that to grip both hands and do turn as one just at your targeted in front of us of your target a shot instead.
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