Golf Swing - Grip Pressure Test You Need to Know to Get a Good Golf Swing

Many of my students overlook the most important ingredient to a good golf swing - grip pressure. This aspect of your golf technique is far from a science and each individual will need to experiment to find the right amount of pressure to apply. In this article I will give you a no-fuss-no-frills methodology that has help countless of my students to nail the perfect pressure in one session on the driving range.

Focusing on your grip is a no brainer. Your hands are the only points of contact between your body and the golf club. This means that all the momentum and torque your body generates has to be efficiently and precisely transferred through your hands into the club for it all to result into a good golf swing.
There is only 1 rule you need to bear in mind:

The TIGHTER you grip the golf club, the SLOWER and LESS FLUID your swing will be
Points Of Contact

The question I get all the time about grip and grip pressure is " Which fingers should I apply the pressure with?". Firstly, pressure should only be applied in the FINGER TIPS, not the entire finger.
FORGET all the confusing mumbo jumbo about using "these fingers" for the left hand and "those fingers" for the right hand. For both hands, the pressure points are the thumb, index finger and pinky. The thumb and index fingers pinch the club, while the pinky is stabilises the grip.

The Practice Drill
Grip the club, applying pressure with the thumb, index finger and pinky. Start with your tightest grip you can. Now, gradually go from a scale 1 to 6. Grip pressure 1 will be your "death grip" and number 5 will be the lightest pressure you need to apply to prevent the club from flying out of your hands. Hit a few balls with the six different pressures. Majority of my students found number 3 and 4 to be their ideal grip.

Generally, as you vary your grip pressure from tightest to lightest, you'll see the flight pattern change from a slice to a hook. In other words, the tighter a right hander grips the club, the tendency is to curve the ball from left to right. As you ease up on the pressure, you should see the fight path straightening out and at the lightest, the ball will curve in the opposite direction. If all this seems a tad bit complicated, it isn't!

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