Golf is a sport of precision, and all golfers want to play at their best, regardless of ability. The golf swing is triggered by specific fundamentals and body movements. Playing golf with a weak right-hand grip means your ball will fade to the right and have higher trajectory than golfers with a neutral grip or strong position with the club. Golfers can overcome these trajectory faults.
How to Golf With a Weak Right-Hand Grip
Step 1
Aim left on every approach and tee shot. Prepare for your ball to slide slightly from left to right. Having a weak right-hand grip ensures the clubface should be open on every shot.
Step 2
Lean toward higher shots and taking an extra club. High shots are more prone to the elements like wind and rain. Also, higher shots spin more. Choose additional club into greens.
Step 3
Anticipate the ball stopping quickly on the greens because of the added spin from an open clubface.
Step 4
Play for a miss to the right. Professional golfers prefer this miss because it can be controlled, while a hook is sometimes uncontrollable. Also, this style of play eliminates half the golf course.
Step 5
Fly the ball to the hole. Bump-and-run shots are hard to hit with an open clubface and weak right-hand grip, but higher, lofted shots, especially around the greens, should not present a problem.
Tips and Warnings
- To increase your versatility, practice shots with a neutral and closed right-hand grip and note the variations on ball flight and trajectory.
- Playing golf with a weak right-hand grip can lead to digging, flipping and scooping -- all major swing flaws that produce weak, inconsistent shots.
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