Grip : Interlock/Baseball/Overlap

What is your grip ?

also, what do you think most pros grip like Inter or Over ?

I'm currently using the interlock.

Due to the size of some of the guys on tour, I'd figure they'd overlap.

I use the 10-finger "baseball" grip.

I believe the majority of pros use the overlap "vardon" grip.

When I started in 2003 I used the baseball grip because it was the only one that was comforable. Mid-season 2004 I switched to the interlock and increased both my distance and accuracy for all my clubs (except putter).

I've tryed all types of grips and I feel really confortable with the overlap. Also it is the grip that 95% of pros are using. The interlap grip would be recommended for player with small hands in order to keep both hands joined. In my opinion , the baseball grip doesn't help much because hands are too tight to the grip and we Can't give enough speed to the club at the impact. I'd recommend all players use the overlap or interlock grip. FORGET Baseball because it doesn't help , but maybe some people think that you can win more control with this grip but the reality is that if we want distance , we need to hit the ball with hands. Thanks

Here are some more thoughts on grips:

- A good grip is one that allows both the hands to work together without being too active. Using either the overlap or interlock grip allows that. Although I do have some friends who do well with the baseball grip, it is more difficult to get your hand to work together since they are separated.

- You should never feel like you are hitting with your hands. They are not the power generator. Your big muscles coiling and releasing are where you can create the power. A good grip allows your hand to naturally respond to your swing. The hands are the connector to the club and an extension of your shoulder turn.

Oh, and I use the overlap grip maybe because I have fairly biggish hands. Have tried interlocking but didnt feel comfortable with it (although my brother who has pretty much the same hand size uses interlocking).

Two of the best players ever to surface in the world (in my opinion) uses interlocking. Tiger and Jack.

Separated? There is no reason to have hands separated in the 10-finger grip, nor would it be desirable. The position of my hands on the club is exactly the same as it would be in the other two grips, with one small difference: the right hand is slightly lower. How much lower? The width of my right pinky.

I used the interlock grip for a year, but found that it made my fingers hurt after a while. I do have big hands, so maybe that's why.

Note that some players use a half-overlap grip, in which the pinky of the right hand only half covers the index finger of the left.

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Todd
Philadelphia, PA
USA

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ~Phyllis Diller

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.

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Todd
Philadelphia, PA
USA

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ~Phyllis Diller

I've got an interlock, with a VERY strong top hand, and a neutral bottom hand. Still doesn't stop me slicing though

I use an interlock grip as i feel it is one of the strongest and also i feel it helps your hand to move together more

Due to a cut on my finger, I abandoned the interlock yesterday and went baseball.

Oddly enough, I made much better contact.

started with a baseball grip then tried overlap but hands on the small side so settled for the interlock which i find more secure and increased distance and accuracy.

Used to use overlap now using interlock. I like the way my hands fit together on the grip. However I'm starting to think I need smaller grips.