So in this video we are now going to look at the interlinking grip, the interlocking grip and see how that can benefit certain golfers. Now when we take the left hand we are going to go the same position moving half at an inch down, over the top here. So we can see two knuckles on the back of the left hand for the right handed golfer, the V pointing nice and square up to that right shoulder. That’s a nice neutral left hand position.
Now if I come forwards here you can see how I’m going to position my right hand on there, I’m going to link the little finger into that space by the index finger and close the rest of my hands around. So effectively the two fingers that touch each other swap places and interlink here. Now you notice the link isn’t too deep, I’ve not reached around and really pushed my fingers in too deep here, they just lay on top of each other. Just of kind into the resting into those nice little areas there, holding the golf club nice and securely in that position. Now the benefit of using this sort of grip here, is you can actually feel for a lot of golfers like they have a tighter and more secure hold on the grip, effectively it is locked together, both hands are pulling – can’t be pulled apart because the fingers are nicely locked together.
Now it doesn’t mean that you should stress the tightness of your grip, you shouldn’t really grab the grip too tightly to create sort of a grip pressure or any tension. The fingers nicely laid on top and with not much grip pressure, is going to be fine but it should give you a nice secure feeling through the hit. You should also find that that grip works better. Generally we find for people with smaller fingers. So often it starts you know we’ll give the juniors that grip and then we will give the ladies that grip and guys that have shorter fingers and small fingers, they can hold it in our fashion. But there are obviously exceptions to the rule there. You got Jack Nicholas and Tiger Woods both play with that grip. Now you wouldn’t say either of those have got small fingers but clearly they like the way that grip feels and it’s good for them, so guys with smaller hands generally good, gives a nice secure feeling.
And one other area in your golf swing, that might benefit you from is golfers that need a little bit more speed of rotation. So a faster hand action and a faster release down through here. The right hand can feel a little bit more involved in the swing because it has a little bit more power to start to work the hands over. So if you struggle with cutting the ball out to the right hand side and slicing after the right because the face is open and the hands aren’t rotating fast enough, having that right hand in a more interlocking grip, turning over quicker might feel that you can have some benefit with that. So I think it would be worthwhile having a go with a interlinking grip if you feel you’ve got smaller hands, you want a tighter hold on the club or if you feel like you need more hand action through the hitting zone to hit the shot straighter.
