Should I Grip Down On My Golf Driver To Improve Accuracy (Video) - by Peter Finch
Should I Grip Down On My Golf Driver To Improve Accuracy (Video) - by Peter Finch

Should I grip down on my golf drive to improve accuracy? Now with a longer driver, you are able to hit longer golf shots that’s because you have more potential club head speed. With a shorter driver you’re able to hit more accurate golf shots because your hands are closer to club face and therefore have more control.

So as a result actually gripping down on a driver will shorten the overall length and it will make you more accurate. Now this is something you do see even on the top professional tours especially when the wind is blowing. Rather than holding the club at the top of the grip just leaving a slight gap for the ball the butt end of the club. Players will often grip down by an inch or even two inches on very, very windy conditions. If you watch players drive at say a very windy course, some of this played on the British Open say you will see the players grip down the handle quite a long way. Now this does cause adaption’s that need to be made. It will bring you slightly closer to the ball, you may have to tee the ball slightly lower, but you can leave it teed up if you wish. But it will cause the club to have a shorter overall swing arc. And with a shorter overall swing arc the speed will be reduced, but the accuracy will be improved. So it is a little bit of a trade off. If the accuracy improves but the club head speed reduces, you’ll be hitting it straighter but shorter. So a slightly longer haul but with a wide fairway, you can hold back up the grip and actually get a little bit more distance. But on the shots way you really want a little bit more accuracy. You can hold down that club shaft, put the same sort of swing as you normally do but you should see that ball fly a little bit straighter a little bit more accurate but slightly shorter. So if you do want to hold down that club for accuracy give it a go; but just understand the trade off. You will hit it slightly shorter but you should hit it slightly more accurately. 2014-11-21

Should I grip down on my golf drive to improve accuracy? Now with a longer driver, you are able to hit longer golf shots that’s because you have more potential club head speed. With a shorter driver you’re able to hit more accurate golf shots because your hands are closer to club face and therefore have more control.

So as a result actually gripping down on a driver will shorten the overall length and it will make you more accurate. Now this is something you do see even on the top professional tours especially when the wind is blowing. Rather than holding the club at the top of the grip just leaving a slight gap for the ball the butt end of the club. Players will often grip down by an inch or even two inches on very, very windy conditions.

If you watch players drive at say a very windy course, some of this played on the British Open say you will see the players grip down the handle quite a long way. Now this does cause adaption’s that need to be made. It will bring you slightly closer to the ball, you may have to tee the ball slightly lower, but you can leave it teed up if you wish. But it will cause the club to have a shorter overall swing arc. And with a shorter overall swing arc the speed will be reduced, but the accuracy will be improved.

So it is a little bit of a trade off. If the accuracy improves but the club head speed reduces, you’ll be hitting it straighter but shorter. So a slightly longer haul but with a wide fairway, you can hold back up the grip and actually get a little bit more distance. But on the shots way you really want a little bit more accuracy. You can hold down that club shaft, put the same sort of swing as you normally do but you should see that ball fly a little bit straighter a little bit more accurate but slightly shorter. So if you do want to hold down that club for accuracy give it a go; but just understand the trade off. You will hit it slightly shorter but you should hit it slightly more accurately.