What Is Meant By The Phase Trigger Finger In Golf? (Video) - by Pete Styles
What Is Meant By The Phase Trigger Finger In Golf? (Video) - by Pete Styles

Now the trigger finger in golf is a phrase that we use to describe the position of the lowest finger on the grips. So for a right handed golfer it’s the index finger of the right hand. Now as we make a decent grip; we'd often see the trigger finger, this one here, which sits slightly away from the rest of the hand. Just purely the position of the hand on the grip as it tilts up, just makes that finger sit away a little bit. But we can encourage it to do that as well because it actually provides a bit more support by gripping further and longer down the grip; we actually get a little bit more control. If that finger pops in underneath there’s a bit less control. If it just sits out, it's quite a nice position there. And your trigger finger, your index finger of your dominant hand, your right hand normally for the right handed golfer, that’s going to give you a lot of control because that’s a finger we use the huge amount, literally the trigger of the gun.

But also if we were to pick something up and throw it, you pretty much throw it from that trigger finger. That trigger finger is the last thing to let go. So you often feel that people that have a good strong trigger finger in the golf grip, giving themselves a lot more control with their hand. It works really nicely particularly at the top of the club as well because it kind of supports the club up here along the side of the right thumb. The trigger finger also has the shaft resting on it. If we move the trigger out of the way the shaft will drop down. So if we've got issues with length of swing, lacking control at the top of your back swing, having a nice supportive trigger finger is quite a good thing So when you place your bottom hand on the grip, consider the bottom finger, it doesn’t sit next to all of the others but it actually sits away a little bit to give more support, more control, more of a triggered action. Now the finger doesn’t actually move during the swing so I don’t think you need to pull the trigger to start the swing or pull the trigger from the top down. The trigger finger once it’s there stays there, nicely control throughout the whole swing and produces a nice rhythmical action. So if you don’t have your trigger finger in place, consider putting that right hand grip position nicely with the trigger finger to improve your golf swing. 2014-08-15

Now the trigger finger in golf is a phrase that we use to describe the position of the lowest finger on the grips. So for a right handed golfer it’s the index finger of the right hand. Now as we make a decent grip; we'd often see the trigger finger, this one here, which sits slightly away from the rest of the hand. Just purely the position of the hand on the grip as it tilts up, just makes that finger sit away a little bit. But we can encourage it to do that as well because it actually provides a bit more support by gripping further and longer down the grip; we actually get a little bit more control. If that finger pops in underneath there’s a bit less control. If it just sits out, it's quite a nice position there. And your trigger finger, your index finger of your dominant hand, your right hand normally for the right handed golfer, that’s going to give you a lot of control because that’s a finger we use the huge amount, literally the trigger of the gun.

But also if we were to pick something up and throw it, you pretty much throw it from that trigger finger. That trigger finger is the last thing to let go. So you often feel that people that have a good strong trigger finger in the golf grip, giving themselves a lot more control with their hand. It works really nicely particularly at the top of the club as well because it kind of supports the club up here along the side of the right thumb. The trigger finger also has the shaft resting on it. If we move the trigger out of the way the shaft will drop down. So if we've got issues with length of swing, lacking control at the top of your back swing, having a nice supportive trigger finger is quite a good thing

So when you place your bottom hand on the grip, consider the bottom finger, it doesn’t sit next to all of the others but it actually sits away a little bit to give more support, more control, more of a triggered action. Now the finger doesn’t actually move during the swing so I don’t think you need to pull the trigger to start the swing or pull the trigger from the top down. The trigger finger once it’s there stays there, nicely control throughout the whole swing and produces a nice rhythmical action. So if you don’t have your trigger finger in place, consider putting that right hand grip position nicely with the trigger finger to improve your golf swing.