The Golf Grip

Grip:  

The golf grip is the most essential fundamental for you to control all the factors of a golf shot.  If you do not grip the club properly you will have to make swing faults (shown in later posts) to send the ball in the general direction of your target.  Even then it will be difficult to be a consistent ball striker.   

The heel pad of your left hand (fleshy portion nearest the thumb) should be on top of the club.  

A neutral grip is in the base of the left palm and diagonally across the fingers in the right hand.  The V on the right hand should point through the middle of the shaft (golf pride logo).  The thumbs should be on opposite sides of the center line of the shaft.  The left thumb should fit into the cavity of the right palm.  Interlock grip is usually recommended.  

Left hand grip: in the base of the palm 

Grip for right handed golfer

Right hand grip runs diagonally through the fingers

A strong grip on right hand (pictured below left) is where the right hand is more "underneath" the club.  This grip promotes early extension in order to stop the ball from going left.  More under plane to get the ball spinning back to target.  Strong right hand grip also promotes a hip slide towards the target to straighten the face to the target.

View of the strong right hand grip

This strong grip promotes faults such as early extension and hip slide

This photo shows a weak left hand grip 

Weak left hand grip promotes flicking the wrists at impact among other faults in order to square the club face

   

Drill 1: Check your right hand grip by chipping a few shots with your right hand with the correct release of course (see release).  Experiment releasing the club properly with strong and weak grips to understand how the grip affects club face control.  Then change to the correct grip and repeat.

Correct right hand grip drill

See "Release" section to do drill correctly