Strong Golf Grip, What Does A Strong Left Hand Grip Mean (Video) - by Peter Finch
Strong Golf Grip, What Does A Strong Left Hand Grip Mean (Video) - by Peter Finch

What does a strong left hand golf grip mean and is it important? Now with your grip, it is the most important part of your set up, because it has a direct control over the angle of the club face at impact. Now a strong left hand position is when the left hand is too much on top of the grip. You’ll often see a lot of players who hit the ball low use a strong golf grip, or who hit the ball left with a very strong left hand. As you actually come through impact the palms will naturally want to return to a point where they face each other. And if you have a strong left hand, with the left hand on top, then that palm rotates to face inwards it impacts the club face closes down, and will normally lead to a hook, a pole or a dog hook shot.

To make sure this left hand isn’t too strong, as you look down, you don’t want to be seeing four knuckles, you don’t really want to be seeing three knuckles. You want to be seeing two and a half knuckles down on that left hand. And if you can see that position as the palm faces inward at impact, the club face should stay nice and square. Also with the left hand as you look down, as well as two and a half knuckles on the back, the V created by the thumb and the fore finger, should point up towards the right shoulder. If you do slip back into a strong position, the club will rotate close and it will send the ball off to the left. The opposite is true if you go too weak, the club face can open and go off to the right hand side. To be on the safe side try and get your left hand in a neutral position. If it’s in a neutral position and then linked up with a good right hand position, you’ll be out to keep the club face nice and square through impact more of the time then with a strong golf grip. 2014-10-16

What does a strong left hand golf grip mean and is it important? Now with your grip, it is the most important part of your set up, because it has a direct control over the angle of the club face at impact. Now a strong left hand position is when the left hand is too much on top of the grip. You’ll often see a lot of players who hit the ball low use a strong golf grip, or who hit the ball left with a very strong left hand. As you actually come through impact the palms will naturally want to return to a point where they face each other. And if you have a strong left hand, with the left hand on top, then that palm rotates to face inwards it impacts the club face closes down, and will normally lead to a hook, a pole or a dog hook shot.

To make sure this left hand isn’t too strong, as you look down, you don’t want to be seeing four knuckles, you don’t really want to be seeing three knuckles. You want to be seeing two and a half knuckles down on that left hand. And if you can see that position as the palm faces inward at impact, the club face should stay nice and square. Also with the left hand as you look down, as well as two and a half knuckles on the back, the V created by the thumb and the fore finger, should point up towards the right shoulder. If you do slip back into a strong position, the club will rotate close and it will send the ball off to the left. The opposite is true if you go too weak, the club face can open and go off to the right hand side.

To be on the safe side try and get your left hand in a neutral position. If it’s in a neutral position and then linked up with a good right hand position, you’ll be out to keep the club face nice and square through impact more of the time then with a strong golf grip.