Variations Of Right Hand Position At Golf Impact (Video) - by Peter Finch
Variations Of Right Hand Position At Golf Impact (Video) - by Peter Finch

Although you generally want to be seeing the same things with the right hand at the point of impact, the variations and the different positions that you can achieve can give very contrasting golf shots. In a normal shot you want that right palm to be pressing downwards. You want this angle created between the shaft and the right arm. That will ensure a ball first in the turf contact with the irons and it should improve a little bit of consistency with the driver. But let’s say you wanted to hit it a little bit higher. If you move into impact with that same position, you'll deloft in the club because the hands are ahead, and the angle of attack is going to be moving downward so the launch angle won't be so high.

If you want to get a little bit more elevation with this, you can get the feeling that as you come through impact, that the club head is matching up to the right hand if not overtaking slightly and you are clipping the ball off the very top of the tee. This is useful if you want to try and get a lot more height on a shot. So moving into impact, trying to get that right-hand position and the shaft matched it quite nicely, and this can really allow the ball to be launched much higher and certainly initially fly much higher. Another variation that you can have is to try and control club face with the right hand. Generally you want to be seeing the clubface controlled by the left. But you can add adaptions into the right hand to try and help change that relationship. So as I come through, if I rotate my left hand under I will close the face. If I leave it open like this and don't rotate it, I can cause an open clubface. But if with my right hand I start to grip the club a lot more underneath like this, I can more easily rotate coming down into impact, and cause that clubface to be much more closed. So exactly the same with the other way, I can get my right hand more on top, leave it more open and cause the clubface to be open. This is very useful if you are struggling with say a slice and you want to draw the ball a little bit more you can alter your right-hand position to help strengthen up the clubface. So that right hand position, it doesn't always have to be in exactly the same position. You can alter it around to achieve different results. It’s a good way to experiment. It’s a good way to see different shot shapes and it’s often the case that tour pros will change their grips to allow for different ball flights. Play around with it. See how you get on and see if you can make the ball move in different ways just by altering that right hand position. 2016-09-09

Although you generally want to be seeing the same things with the right hand at the point of impact, the variations and the different positions that you can achieve can give very contrasting golf shots. In a normal shot you want that right palm to be pressing downwards. You want this angle created between the shaft and the right arm. That will ensure a ball first in the turf contact with the irons and it should improve a little bit of consistency with the driver. But let’s say you wanted to hit it a little bit higher. If you move into impact with that same position, you'll deloft in the club because the hands are ahead, and the angle of attack is going to be moving downward so the launch angle won't be so high.

If you want to get a little bit more elevation with this, you can get the feeling that as you come through impact, that the club head is matching up to the right hand if not overtaking slightly and you are clipping the ball off the very top of the tee. This is useful if you want to try and get a lot more height on a shot. So moving into impact, trying to get that right-hand position and the shaft matched it quite nicely, and this can really allow the ball to be launched much higher and certainly initially fly much higher. Another variation that you can have is to try and control club face with the right hand. Generally you want to be seeing the clubface controlled by the left.

But you can add adaptions into the right hand to try and help change that relationship. So as I come through, if I rotate my left hand under I will close the face. If I leave it open like this and don't rotate it, I can cause an open clubface. But if with my right hand I start to grip the club a lot more underneath like this, I can more easily rotate coming down into impact, and cause that clubface to be much more closed. So exactly the same with the other way, I can get my right hand more on top, leave it more open and cause the clubface to be open. This is very useful if you are struggling with say a slice and you want to draw the ball a little bit more you can alter your right-hand position to help strengthen up the clubface.

So that right hand position, it doesn't always have to be in exactly the same position. You can alter it around to achieve different results. It’s a good way to experiment. It’s a good way to see different shot shapes and it’s often the case that tour pros will change their grips to allow for different ball flights. Play around with it. See how you get on and see if you can make the ball move in different ways just by altering that right hand position.