The Case For The Overlap Golf Grip (Video) - by Pete Styles
The Case For The Overlap Golf Grip (Video) - by Pete Styles

If we now look at the specifics of an overlapping grip and how that can be useful for golfers and how it can be important to change to that method if you feel you fit into this category of golfer. We are going to take the left hand and place the left hand down on top of the grip about half an inch from the top. Looking down I can see two nickels and the thumb of my left hand points with a V up to my right shoulder. That’s going to be the left hand placement for both grips. But then here I’ve got my index finger of my left hand just protrudes away from my second finger a little bit and I’m actually going to slot my little finger into that space. And that’s going to be classes as an overlapping or Vardon grip. Now in that position I would feel my hands are quite securely on the golf club. And they feel quite solid, but don’t mistake solid for tight. You know there is no real grip, pressure or tension within that position, my hands are quite lose but they are also not going to fall off the golf club. So there is no movement between my fingers. Now I generally considered that this grip works nicely for golfers with larger hands and I think that’s why I benefit from this grip because I have longer fingers, not particular fat fingers but longer fingers. And my longer fingers find it nice and easy to hold around it to that grip in a nice comfortable position. And also under no illusions that I was taught with this grip, 20, 25 years ago, I was taught to hold in that position and therefore it has always been easier for me to maintain that position rather than change my hands around at a later date. So I actually feel that works best for me. Now a lot of golfers I teach prefer the interlinking grip and we’ll have a look at why that happens in the next video. So an overlapping grip here works nicely for golfers with larger hands. It also works nicely for golfers that want a passive hand action through impact. So if you are turning your hands over quite nicely through impact, quite quickly, you don’t necessarily need a grip that’s going to help you out with anymore of that. So a nice overlapping grip generally works well for golfers that don’t need any more hand action. So if you hit the ball straight or you draw the ball, you should be quite comfortable that that’s a good grip for you and maybe the overlapping – sorry the interlinking grip would create faster hand action, and probably give you some worse results. So a nice overlapping grip, secure and firm, not too tight with the grip pressure, good for golfers with larger hands and good for golfers that don’t want to release the golf club any faster than they are doing already. 2015-10-16

If we now look at the specifics of an overlapping grip and how that can be useful for golfers and how it can be important to change to that method if you feel you fit into this category of golfer. We are going to take the left hand and place the left hand down on top of the grip about half an inch from the top. Looking down I can see two nickels and the thumb of my left hand points with a V up to my right shoulder. That’s going to be the left hand placement for both grips. But then here I’ve got my index finger of my left hand just protrudes away from my second finger a little bit and I’m actually going to slot my little finger into that space. And that’s going to be classes as an overlapping or Vardon grip. Now in that position I would feel my hands are quite securely on the golf club. And they feel quite solid, but don’t mistake solid for tight. You know there is no real grip, pressure or tension within that position, my hands are quite lose but they are also not going to fall off the golf club. So there is no movement between my fingers. Now I generally considered that this grip works nicely for golfers with larger hands and I think that’s why I benefit from this grip because I have longer fingers, not particular fat fingers but longer fingers. And my longer fingers find it nice and easy to hold around it to that grip in a nice comfortable position.

And also under no illusions that I was taught with this grip, 20, 25 years ago, I was taught to hold in that position and therefore it has always been easier for me to maintain that position rather than change my hands around at a later date. So I actually feel that works best for me. Now a lot of golfers I teach prefer the interlinking grip and we’ll have a look at why that happens in the next video. So an overlapping grip here works nicely for golfers with larger hands. It also works nicely for golfers that want a passive hand action through impact. So if you are turning your hands over quite nicely through impact, quite quickly, you don’t necessarily need a grip that’s going to help you out with anymore of that. So a nice overlapping grip generally works well for golfers that don’t need any more hand action. So if you hit the ball straight or you draw the ball, you should be quite comfortable that that’s a good grip for you and maybe the overlapping – sorry the interlinking grip would create faster hand action, and probably give you some worse results. So a nice overlapping grip, secure and firm, not too tight with the grip pressure, good for golfers with larger hands and good for golfers that don’t want to release the golf club any faster than they are doing already.