Golf Grip

I was a college baseball player and am now playing golf. I find that interlocking the index finger with the pinky and having a thumb on the shaft limits my wrist action. I noticed when I do not interlock my fingers and only have my thumb on the shaft that it feels natural to me and I am able to have more wrist movement at impact. What is the purpose of interlocking the fingers? Do you think I can avoid the interlocking the fingers and not develop any problems because of it?

You could use the Vardon grip. ,I am one of the minority in this forum who uses a reverse overlap grip, and this subject has been discussed in other threads which you can find using the Search function in the bar above.

The following link shows how to properly grip the club, using the grip of your choice. The videos are very good. Other info in the link may be of interest to you too.

http://golf.about.com/od/golftips/ss/griptypes_2.htm

Ted

Thank you so much for the link!! Do you know if there are advantages or disadvantages to the baseball grip?

Hi,

I have used the baseball grip for a period when I was using the Moe Norman swing. Moe used it. There were a few pros who used it quite successfully, as the link I gave you refer to.

It was attractive to me in that I have short fingers and with that grip I was able to have a secure grip.

The disadvantage, one could debate, is that the hands are less unified than with an interlock or overlap grip. In that case the bottom hand may want to overpower the top (lead) hand, which may result in diving hooks. This could be lessened by a weak grip, which I believe Art Wall Jr. did and played with a fade. This grip, because of the tendency for the bottom hand to release over, may be attractive to people who want to eliminate a slice.

I recall there were discussions on this grip in previous threads, which you can find using key words.

You may be interested to know there was another grip that some players used in the distant past. It was a true baseball grip, with the thumbs wrapped around the grip and not on top. That provided great freedom of the hands and wrists to cock and bend, but I have to believe it came with a accuracy penalty. In baseball, a ball is fair between the foul lines, but in golf the same ball may be out of bounds or off the green.

Ted