The grip for a golf club comes from the fingers, not the palms of the hands. Learning to hold a club properly is one of the first lessons taught by golf masters. According to the Free Golf Swing Tips website, golf legend Ben Hogan said, “A player with a bad grip doesn’t want a good swing.” Practicing your grip by applying each hand individually and slowly will give your swing stability and depth. Once you become accustomed to the position and grip, it will be second nature when grabbing a club.
Step 1
Grasp the club with your dominant hand. For instance, if you are right-handed, hold the club with your right hand. This hand should be palm up with the thumb resting at the top of the club shaft.
Step 2
Let your less dominant hand swing from the shoulder and hang next to the club.
Step 3
Pull the hanging hand forward and set it against the golf club grip. The grip must rest in the palm of your hand and be diagonal starting at the base of the pinkie finger and ending at the middle knuckle of the index finger, or first finger.
Step 4
Close your hanging hand around the grip with the thumb resting on the club shaft. Release the dominant hand from the club.
Step 5
Hang the dominant hand down from the shoulder and lie it against the side of the club as you continue to hold it with the opposite hand.
Step 6
Wrap the index finger of the dominant hand under the grip and place the thumb on top. Free Golf Swing Tips refers to this as a trigger hold.
Step 7
Rest the pinkie finger of the dominant hand into the outside groove between the first and second fingers of the opposite hand. This creates a slight overlap of the hands, which helps maintain stability.
Tips and Warnings
- The strength of your grip also plays a crucial role in holding the club. A traditional mantra, repeated by Free Golf Swing Tips, is to hold the club as you would a tube of toothpaste — with enough pressure not to drop it, but not with so much as to squeeze the paste out of the tube.
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