How to obtain the perfect grip

Your hands are the only contact with the club. It pays to do it right, here are two reasons why.

First a good grip helps you generate more power, because if the grip is neutral it’s more likely the clubface stays neutral throughout the swing and you can release it freely with the face returning to square at impact.

If your grip is too strong, where your hands are turned over too far to the right, releasing the club shuts the clubface and you hit the ball to the left. So to avoid that you have to hold off the clubface through the ball, which kills speed. A strong grip by name but weak by nature.

Also if you’ve got a good grip the left thumb can support the club at the top of the backswing, as you can see in the picture below, so you can get a much more solid and compact position.

If your grip is too strong, your thumb is in no position to support the club at the top and during the downswing. As a result your ball striking is bound to suffer.