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DOING THIS WILL INCREASE CLUBHEAD SPEED (at any age) | GOLF LEGEND Tom Watson | Senior Golf Tips
when I play in pro-ams or with amateurs and that I see this I know that person has too much grip pressure they're gripping on to the golf club way too tightly this chapter is about the proper grip pressure first of all let's talk about where the pressure points are in the grip pressure points in the grip in the left hand are these last three fingers of the left hand they grip the golf club like this in the right hand is the middle two fingers right here that hold on to the golf club in the right hand it's not the forefinger and the thumb but it's the middle two fingers of the right hand in fact I've seen lots of players from John Daly to Fred Couples even Ben Hogan used to practice with these two fingers off the golf club like this just to make sure that these three fingers and those two two fingers are the pressure points in the grip now instead of being like this like this I want to see more a waggle like this a little bit slower and a little bit looser with the hands when you grip the club the last three fingers of the left hand are the tightest the middle two fingers are on there a little bit less tight these two fingers are not tight at all my good old friend Stan thirst said keep the club in your fingers in your fingers meaning that the palm of the hand right here is not the place to put the club it's in the fingers of the left hand there in the fingers of the right hand there that's how you grip the golf club during the swing you want to maintain that same amount of pressure in your last three fingers of the left hand and the middle two fingers of the right hand you don't want to increase the pressure at all on the golf swing it will increase naturally on the the downswing with the centrifugal force but it doesn't get really tight at any time in the golf swing especially the right hand you want that right hand when it when it's in the hitting area like there to be able to be flexible and just fire through there like that compressing the ball and creating Club head speed the most relaxed grip pressure you can have without losing control of the club head during the swing is where you want to be with your grip pressure in your golf swing
DOING THIS WILL INCREASE CLUBHEAD SPEED (at any age) | GOLF LEGEND Tom Watson | Senior Golf Tips
when I play in pro-ams or with amateurs and that I see this I know that person has too much grip pressure they're gripping on to the golf club way too tightly this chapter is about the proper grip pressure first of all let's talk about where the pressure points are in the grip pressure points in the grip in the left hand are these last three fingers of the left hand they grip the golf club like this in the right hand is the middle two fingers right here that hold on to the golf club in the right hand it's not the forefinger and the thumb but it's the middle two fingers of the right hand in fact I've seen lots of players from John Daly to Fred Couples even Ben Hogan used to practice with these two fingers off the golf club like this just to make sure that these three fingers and those two two fingers are the pressure points in the grip now instead of being like this like this I want to see more a waggle like this a little bit slower and a little bit looser with the hands when you grip the club the last three fingers of the left hand are the tightest the middle two fingers are on there a little bit less tight these two fingers are not tight at all my good old friend Stan thirst said keep the club in your fingers in your fingers meaning that the palm of the hand right here is not the place to put the club it's in the fingers of the left hand there in the fingers of the right hand there that's how you grip the golf club during the swing you want to maintain that same amount of pressure in your last three fingers of the left hand and the middle two fingers of the right hand you don't want to increase the pressure at all on the golf swing it will increase naturally on the the downswing with the centrifugal force but it doesn't get really tight at any time in the golf swing especially the right hand you want that right hand when it when it's in the hitting area like there to be able to be flexible and just fire through there like that compressing the ball and creating Club head speed the most relaxed grip pressure you can have without losing control of the club head during the swing is where you want to be with your grip pressure in your golf swing
