- Welcome back to Naples, Florida.
I'm Adam Bazalgette,
two-time PGA Teacher of the Year award winner down here,
and founder of Scratch Golf Academy.
Today we're gonna talk about how to grip a golf club
but specifically the right hand.
You don't hear as much about the right hand.
Stay tuned.
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Okay, so the right hand grip.
Let's have a look at it here.
Now let me just say at the outset,
there's been a few good players over the years,
more than a few really,
that didn't have the best looking right hand grips.
So it's doable.
But I believe a really good one
can help you play better golf.
Bruce Lietzke always had sort of a funny grip
for such a great ball striker.
And then you may remember Ed Fiori,
couple of decades ago.
He was known as the grip.
That was his nickname on tour.
And it was really both hands,
but he had an odd right hand.
But what is a deluxe right hand grip look like?
What does it do?
Well is does four things
that we're gonna talk about a little bit.
It helps you apply pressure at impact,
helps you compress the ball.
It should generally work in a harmonious fashion
with the left hand.
It can certainly help the hinging of the club
and as I'll show you,
it helps support the golf club throughout the back swing.
Especially up here at the top of the back swing.
Let's have a close-up look at this grip.
So as we look at the right hand,
remember the arm comes into the club at a diagonal line.
Some people try to go on straight on.
Just go in at a natural angle.
And this lifeline here between the two large muscle pads,
that fits up against the back of this left thumb,
and it should just fit there nice and naturally.
This helps create a scenario
where the two hands are working nicely together.
And it also helps this right hand
feel a good push at impact.
Or at least support the shaft at impact.
A lot of golfers get this pad up above the left thumb.
You're never going to have a very good push at impact
when you do that.
Okay.
So the other two things the right hand has to help with,
is hinging the club a little bit
and also supporting the club throughout the golf swing.
Let's have a close-up look at the pitfalls
and the things you should be doing to help you do that.
So how are we going to achieve that?
Well the right hand should have
a little bit of a trigger finger,
that's to say a very slight gap here
between thumb and forefinger.
Such as you would pulling the trigger of a gun.
And if you can do that with that diagonal look,
and you can avoid extending the thumb,
that's a real no-no when you do that,
you're going to have a pretty darn good grip.
So trigger finger,
natural look for the thumb, not extended,
and you'll find when you look at that,
that really gives this some support.
It creates a nice seam where the club is under control
and its a beautiful position to play from.
Now here's a little drill for you.
If you take a pen
and put it under these two fingers on this hand
and grip it this way and just bring your thumb down,
it really helps you feel the correct sort of a look here
with that right hand.
Just fit that on.
Feel the same thing again without an extended thumb
and you're going to be in great position
to support the club
and a great position to create some hinging motion
there with that right forefinger.
Now just look at the top of the back swing.
How much control I have over the shaft
and I have a good grip.
If I had a loose grip with a long thumb,
not nearly the control and support of the shaft.
With good control I can let the club load coming down.
With poor control and movement in the club
it often results in an attempt to grab it and gain control,
which only throws the wrists early.
So as we conclude then,
remember it always looks natural
when someone has a perfect right hand grip.
They don't stretch the thumb.
They don't fight under here.
They just slide that lifeline up against that finger
and just take control of the club like so.
You'll see about an equivalent length
between the bottom of the thumb,
and this knuckle on that hand when you look down.
It just goes in there naturally
and it gives you great control
and will help you be a better ball striker.
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Either way,
I hope this helps you with your right hand grip
and I hope you hit some better shots as a result.
Thanks again.
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