What Do The Fingers Do During The Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
What Do The Fingers Do During The Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

Now let's have a look at what the fingers actually do throughout the whole golf swing technique. Now the first place to actually start is with the grip. It's an unavoidable consequence of what you're going to do with your grip. It will affect your club face and will affect many other aspects of the swing. Now with the grip no matter what you do if it’s overlapping and interlocking, there is some certain truth that you want to try and get in your grip if you are looking to grip it in a neutral manner.

So what you want to be seeing is the club running from the base of the little finger through the hands until it intersects the middle of the index finger on the left hand. That left hand then wraps over, and as you actually look down into the grip you want to be seeing the V created by the thumb and the forefinger pointing up to the right shoulder. And you want to be seeing two and a half knuckles on the left hand. Now this is pretty much a stock neutral grip with the left. If you are going to grip it any differently I prefer to see it go a little bit stronger. I certainly really wouldn't want to see it go any weaker. But that will get you into a nice neutral position. Now with the right hand you want to be seeing it overlapping or in interlocking. My preferred method is overlap in between the index finger and the second finger on the left hand with the little finger. The rest of the three fingers just sit underneath the grip like this, and then that right thumb comes over, just covers the left thumb. And again that V created by the thumb and the forefinger of the right hand should be pointing up towards right chest, right shoulder area. Now that's a neutral grip. That's how you really want to be holding it for most shots. But where does your grip pressure lie? Now generally speaking if you want to see a nice free-flowing golf swing and you don't try and do anything too fancy, what I would recommend is that you grip with the pressure a little bit in the little finger on the left hand, try and keep the rest of the fingers here nice and relaxed. Certainly the actual overlap area of the grip, you just want to be resting on it. You don't to be gripping it too tightly. And then the index finger and the thumb of the right hand, you want to be applying a little bit more pressure in those. So it's the back of the left hand and the front of the right hand which you're applying a little bit more pressure. Now what that will allow you to do it will allow you to have a nice free flowing wrist hinge. It will allow you to have nice free flowing swing. But it will also allow you to maintain control over the club throughout the entire technique. So that's the rule that the fingers play within the grip. And that's really what you want to be seeing as far as grip pressure is concerned throughout the rest of the technique as well. 2016-06-07

Now let's have a look at what the fingers actually do throughout the whole golf swing technique. Now the first place to actually start is with the grip. It's an unavoidable consequence of what you're going to do with your grip. It will affect your club face and will affect many other aspects of the swing. Now with the grip no matter what you do if it’s overlapping and interlocking, there is some certain truth that you want to try and get in your grip if you are looking to grip it in a neutral manner.

So what you want to be seeing is the club running from the base of the little finger through the hands until it intersects the middle of the index finger on the left hand. That left hand then wraps over, and as you actually look down into the grip you want to be seeing the V created by the thumb and the forefinger pointing up to the right shoulder. And you want to be seeing two and a half knuckles on the left hand. Now this is pretty much a stock neutral grip with the left. If you are going to grip it any differently I prefer to see it go a little bit stronger.

I certainly really wouldn't want to see it go any weaker. But that will get you into a nice neutral position. Now with the right hand you want to be seeing it overlapping or in interlocking. My preferred method is overlap in between the index finger and the second finger on the left hand with the little finger. The rest of the three fingers just sit underneath the grip like this, and then that right thumb comes over, just covers the left thumb. And again that V created by the thumb and the forefinger of the right hand should be pointing up towards right chest, right shoulder area. Now that's a neutral grip.

That's how you really want to be holding it for most shots. But where does your grip pressure lie? Now generally speaking if you want to see a nice free-flowing golf swing and you don't try and do anything too fancy, what I would recommend is that you grip with the pressure a little bit in the little finger on the left hand, try and keep the rest of the fingers here nice and relaxed. Certainly the actual overlap area of the grip, you just want to be resting on it. You don't to be gripping it too tightly. And then the index finger and the thumb of the right hand, you want to be applying a little bit more pressure in those.

So it's the back of the left hand and the front of the right hand which you're applying a little bit more pressure. Now what that will allow you to do it will allow you to have a nice free flowing wrist hinge. It will allow you to have nice free flowing swing. But it will also allow you to maintain control over the club throughout the entire technique. So that's the rule that the fingers play within the grip. And that's really what you want to be seeing as far as grip pressure is concerned throughout the rest of the technique as well.