Are You Ruining Your Golf Grip?

By Author: Lee MacRae
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Are you always on the lookout for the perfect golf grip? Well, maybe you already have it! The reason I say that is because so many people are always trying to change their golf grip because they keep hooking or slicing or topping the ball on the course. And for some reason they usually blame their grip. But if you are constantly changing your golf grip you may be messing your game up even more. In fact, you may be losing the perfect golf grip you already have!

You see, there are only three basic golf grips in the golf universe and that is it! We have the 10 finger grip, the Vardon grip and the overlap grip. That's it. There are really no other fundamental golf grips you can try. Any other ones are really convoluted and not recommended for the normal, everyday golfer. You have tried them all but you still have your problems don't you? You still slice the ball, you still hook it, you still drive it over into the trees or into the pond to the left, don't you? And you keep changing your grip because it doesn't seem right. Well, that may exactly be your problem.

You see the golf grip has just one fundamental reason ...
... to exist-to grip the golf club. All it really does is allow you to swing the club up over your head and bring it back square to the golf ball and to the target you are aiming for. That's it. That's all she wrote! Some people may tell you it also has to do with the amount of power you put into the shot and so on but forget all that for now. All you really want for now is a grip that puts your golf club face square to the ball and to the target.

Take your setup. A bad one will usually make your golf grip seem like it just doesn't feel right. So you end up changing the grip instead of the setup and you still have problems. And so you keep going in circles, changing your grip and still not feeling right and still driving the ball in a book or a slice or topping the ball. Nothing changes except your grip. And in frustration you begin to change other things and all you've done is created more problems for your golf game.

Stop doing that! Go buy yourself a good golf swing training aid with a built in grip and you can really start to see where your problems are. The molded grip on the handle will always keep your hands in the proper position, help you to develop [or redeveloped] the proper golf grip and now you can concentrate on the rest of your golf swing. In fact, get yourself one of the golf swing training aids that has a built-in engineered hinge that breaks anywhere in the swing plane where you swing improperly. This kind of aid will help you to develop a perfect golf swing along with the perfect golf grip, the best of both worlds.

If you are constantly changing your grip you're only going to mess your game up even more. It would be a shame if you already had a perfect golf grip and ended up changing it! Think about it. Golf is difficult enough without you continually changing something that may already be working perfectly. Get yourself a good training aid like we suggest and watch your scores begin to drop.