Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
When you learn to play golf there are 3 grips that are commonly available to you. You've got the baseball grip where all 10 fingers are on the handle. You've got the overlapping of Vardon grip named after Harry Vardon the old Open champion, and then you've got the interlocking grip which is very most commonly used by Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus two of the greatest players ever lived ,but believe me the interlocking grip here is the most misinterpreted grip on the planet because people over lock as I call it. They're obsessed with locking the club in so what they're going to do is force the roots of the little finger into the index finger thinking they've got more power and in doing so getting that tight a grip on the club. They think they're going to be able to hit it further and harder nothing could be further from the truth.
There's also a myth that the interlocking grip suits people with small hands that's not entirely true I have short fingers and my fingers can barely interlock. So when you over lock and push them into far it pulls the hands round. If I point two tee's in my fingers to illustrate the correct grip here. Roughly speaking we want the both hands if this was 12 o'clock about 1 o'clock fold it round so this is about 1 o'clock this tee and this one is the same that would be a pretty neutral grip. You start interlock too heavily it pulls those hands apart and immobilizes them. You can't get the speed of the release your not going to hit it very far with that grip I'm afraid. So if you are going to interlock I really urge you to only lightly do it with just the ends of the fingers. Get the position of the hands correct and then what's left interlock, overlap, or baseball, but if you're interlocking don't hammer those fingers in. If you lightly do it that now gives the wrists the leverage and the freedom they need to create the speed on full golf shots.
2018-12-03 Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
When you learn to play golf there are 3 grips that are commonly available to you. You've got the baseball grip where all 10 fingers are on the handle. You've got the overlapping of Vardon grip named after Harry Vardon the old Open champion, and then you've got the interlocking grip which is very most commonly used by Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus two of the greatest players ever lived ,but believe me the interlocking grip here is the most misinterpreted grip on the planet because people over lock as I call it. They're obsessed with locking the club in so what they're going to do is force the roots of the little finger into the index finger thinking they've got more power and in doing so getting that tight a grip on the club. They think they're going to be able to hit it further and harder nothing could be further from the truth.
There's also a myth that the interlocking grip suits people with small hands that's not entirely true I have short fingers and my fingers can barely interlock. So when you over lock and push them into far it pulls the hands round. If I point two tee's in my fingers to illustrate the correct grip here. Roughly speaking we want the both hands if this was 12 o'clock about 1 o'clock fold it round so this is about 1 o'clock this tee and this one is the same that would be a pretty neutral grip. You start interlock too heavily it pulls those hands apart and immobilizes them. You can't get the speed of the release your not going to hit it very far with that grip I'm afraid. So if you are going to interlock I really urge you to only lightly do it with just the ends of the fingers. Get the position of the hands correct and then what's left interlock, overlap, or baseball, but if you're interlocking don't hammer those fingers in. If you lightly do it that now gives the wrists the leverage and the freedom they need to create the speed on full golf shots.
