In order to hit a golf ball correctly you must have the proper grip. For right-handed players, the left hand is usually considered the most important part of the grip because it is your lead hand. However, your right hand must finish the swing and you must have a firm grip with it or you will lose distance and accuracy.
Function
The overlapping grip is the most popular way to hold a club. To hold the golf club properly with this grip, you will place the small finer of your right hand in the gap between your forefinger and middle finger. You will wrap your other fingers around this club and place your thumb down the shaft of it. This is the ideal grip to use when accuracy is your biggest priority.
Significance
If you are looking for a little more distance from your swing, you may want to try the interlocking grip. Jack Nicklaus used the interlocking grip during the heyday of his career in the 1960s and 1970s. With this grip, take the small finger of your right hand and place it underneath the forefinger of your right hand. Wrap the rest of your fingers around the club. Place your thumb down the shaft.
Considerations
Use the baseball grip if you are looking for more freedom in your swing. Many beginners use the baseball grip because they find it easier to manipulate the club. With this grip, you wrap your right hand underneath your left hand and the fingers do not overlap or interlock. Your thumbs wrap around the club and do not go straight down the shaft.
Considerations
Grip your club firmly with your right hand but do not choke it tightly. You don't want the club to wiggle or move on contact with the ball. Grip the club at a "6" on a scale of 1 to 10. That's about the same as a firm handshake with a new business associate. That will keep the club in place without holding it too tightly.
Benefits
When you are putting the final stages of your grip together, make sure you wrap your right index finger around the club rather than letting it run down the shaft. "Golf Magazine" Top 100 instructor Brian Mogg, believes this will help you to develop a consistent swing every time you pick up the club. "When you position your right hand, the handle should rest across the base of your right pinkie to the top crease of your index finger," Mogg said.
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