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Originally Posted by pinyo8 Actually, what I meant to say was...eventhough the hands are obviously touching each other in a baseball grip, its hard for them to be in "sync" (perhaps that is a better word to describe it)
Again, I am not saying that it wont work because I have seen that it does. If it feels comfortable for you, then I dont see why you shouldnt use it.
I think the most important thing is that the grip that you choose allows your hands to work together and not become separated "during "the swing. |
Agreed. There's a good drill for that, regardless of what grip is used. Place the pointed end of a golf tee between the pad of the right thumb and the top of the left thumb (right-handers), so that it's held there securely but not squeezed. When you swing the club, the tee shouldn't fall out. If it does, the hands are separating.
I think the main disadvantage of the baseball grip is that you have to make a special effort to get the hands into a "sync" position, whereas the other two grips pretty much force it there. It's possible to do a baseball grip with the right hand too low on the club, so that the base of the right hand is just touching the left thumb, which is probably more like the way a baseball bat is actually gripped (I'm not sure, since I don't really know anything about baseball), and that doesn't work. For that reason, I think the term "baseball grip" is misleading. The key, as in the other two grips, is to wrap the right hand over the left thumb, so that the left thumb rests in the "crease" (palmist's "life line") of the right hand. If you do that, I think the grip is functionally the same as the other two. Interlocking or overlapping the fingers simply forces you to do that. I can do the overlapping grip--the Vardon grip--but I've never found it especially comfortable.
Another important thing in all the grips, I believe, is not to let the right thumb sneak up onto the top of the club and point down the shaft. It should wrap over the club and rest on the middle finger. I have to keep checking this, because I find my thumb will creep up there, and when it does I get problems.
On the subject of grips, I'd like to get some non-tapered grips for my clubs.