What Is A Reverse Putting Grip Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles
What Is A Reverse Putting Grip Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles

When you study the world’s best golfers, there’s one area that you’ll see where that technique probably differs from each other the most. And its actually with the putter, we see so many different styles and strokes, and even different types of putter these days. But one area where a lot of club golfers just -- maybe they don’t explore it enough, they just pick up a club, maybe they take a putting lesson. Most people I would advise them left hand at the top, right hand underneath, fingers pointing down and they might put like that for the rest of their golfing careers. Better golfers, might even explore it a little bit farther. They might think about the broom handle putter, the belly putter or even a cross handed grip. And I’ll let you into a little secret is actually the way I put, I put with the cross handed grip. I’m used to teaching a normal position for most club golfers, but if I go and play myself, I play with a cross handed grip. I’ve played the last since about 15 years old. I generally find in this position the standing putting grip, I tend to be a little of an act with my right hand, my left wrist gets a bit slow and I tend to pull put particularly under pressure.

So I actually find that placing my right hand at the top of the grip, setting my elbow in quite a big bend position then letting my left hand hang down and straight, and actually interlink my fingers like a left handed would do as well. So I grip it there, my left arm remains quite straight. Now my left wrist can be strong and my right wrist works like a little piston just pushing forward. So I have my left wrist straight, my right wrist quite bent and I push forward with my right hand. My left hand doesn’t really provide a great deal of power, it just guides the club straight forward not letting it twist or turn. So if you are still putting in the conventional fashion and you are struggling with clubs, you are struggling with pace, you are struggling with releasing your hands, it might be worth considering swapping your hands around. I would never force anybody to do this; it needs to be a decision that they take on themselves because it’s going to feel quite strange to make that change, when you may feel that you are actually get worse before you get better. So it might be a change that you incorporate going into the off season, so through the winter time, maybe you are playing a little bit of golf from a driving range, maybe you are putting practices more indoors than outdoors, and you could take a bit of time to get used to this change. It would feel different but if you feel that it gives you more control and you are able to not release your hands quite so much, not flick the putter, maybe using a cross handed or reverse putting grip could be good for your game. 2014-03-27

When you study the world’s best golfers, there’s one area that you’ll see where that technique probably differs from each other the most. And its actually with the putter, we see so many different styles and strokes, and even different types of putter these days. But one area where a lot of club golfers just — maybe they don’t explore it enough, they just pick up a club, maybe they take a putting lesson. Most people I would advise them left hand at the top, right hand underneath, fingers pointing down and they might put like that for the rest of their golfing careers. Better golfers, might even explore it a little bit farther. They might think about the broom handle putter, the belly putter or even a cross handed grip. And I’ll let you into a little secret is actually the way I put, I put with the cross handed grip. I’m used to teaching a normal position for most club golfers, but if I go and play myself, I play with a cross handed grip. I’ve played the last since about 15 years old. I generally find in this position the standing putting grip, I tend to be a little of an act with my right hand, my left wrist gets a bit slow and I tend to pull put particularly under pressure.

So I actually find that placing my right hand at the top of the grip, setting my elbow in quite a big bend position then letting my left hand hang down and straight, and actually interlink my fingers like a left handed would do as well. So I grip it there, my left arm remains quite straight. Now my left wrist can be strong and my right wrist works like a little piston just pushing forward. So I have my left wrist straight, my right wrist quite bent and I push forward with my right hand.

My left hand doesn’t really provide a great deal of power, it just guides the club straight forward not letting it twist or turn. So if you are still putting in the conventional fashion and you are struggling with clubs, you are struggling with pace, you are struggling with releasing your hands, it might be worth considering swapping your hands around. I would never force anybody to do this; it needs to be a decision that they take on themselves because it’s going to feel quite strange to make that change, when you may feel that you are actually get worse before you get better.

So it might be a change that you incorporate going into the off season, so through the winter time, maybe you are playing a little bit of golf from a driving range, maybe you are putting practices more indoors than outdoors, and you could take a bit of time to get used to this change. It would feel different but if you feel that it gives you more control and you are able to not release your hands quite so much, not flick the putter, maybe using a cross handed or reverse putting grip could be good for your game.