It’s secretly destroying your golf swing and causing bad ball striking habits. The way you grip the golf club greatly impacts how your golf swing works. One of the first things golfers do when they start slicing or hooking the ball is change their grip – and this causes huge problems. Many golfers fall for this trap thinking a grip change will improve their golf swing. While golf tips like changing grip can fix temporary problems, sometimes they can lead to long term issues. Learn how your grip changes your swing and ball striking with this golf tip.
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This is the video I NEEDED..! I have identified a strong grip for many months, and it's just that taking a more neutral position feels so weird , that I can barely lift the club back. However, when I do it (on driving range), I get more loft and am more accurate in terms of direction. This video is the missing link – thanks Saguto Golf, you always come up with the goods.
This is the best grip lesson I have ever heard, you are so correct. I see this every time I golf with my buddies. Slice after slice after slice
Yep, definitely working on that. Got a horrible habit of closing the club on the downswing….
Great info & is it true if you open your foot stance U will get more distance? LMK & Thx ‼️
@SagutoGolf – I played a few rounds while traveling last week & focused a lot of loading weight on the front leg & shoulder to the ball. However, I do have a strong grip & this video illustrates low ball launch & pull/hook issues I am seeing (push/slice with Driver/3wood for some reason). The neutral grip feels uncomfortable right now so I was wondering if you recommend a practice club with the correct grip trainer built into or if they cause potential issues with incorrect grip? I believe you may have shown/used one in one of your videos that clicked with proper contact also, but can't seem to find that video that referenced the recommended product. I have a son that has never played or swung a club that I am looking for good intro training aids so hoping this could help us both :)… Thanks!
Controversial only because there's so much misinformation out there, like politics and society in general.
Great stuff Tom !
Thank you this video is perfect for me, I’ve just been hooking all my shots because of my grip and feel like I can’t hit a good iron shot to save my life right now
Starting to think my body just wasn't made for golf.
I watch alot of different golf youtubers and they all have their lead arm straight in the backswing and their trail arm bends
I cannot for the life of me keep my lead arm straight. About 30-40% of way through my backswing my elbow just collapses and I can't keep it straight
I use a very strong grip, (2-3 knuckles) with a more vertical swing and I hit it dead straight and far.
If I see a full 3 knuckles I do tend to hit a fade.
I also start with a slightly closed stance and my trail foot is also about 6 inches farther back than my lead foot.
Zack also rotates hard and completely to keep that face square.
Absolutely brilliant video. I see almost every bad golfer with a strong grip. They either hit a low hook or a slice. Lol. The grip is the single most important fundamental and a bad grip can ruin all of your other fundamentals.
S'gutes……the top view is next level bro
next time I lose a drive into the woods I'm going to yell "Wilson!!"
Tnx Tom😊
1:29 was a huge aha moment for me. That is absolutely what is happening with my swig right now. Great Stuff!
Still recovering from left knee surgery #7 and held off commenting until now. This is the first time you’ve addressed Grip since your video on 3 types (Strong, Neutral or Weak). I was taught and taught others about see 3 knuckles. This like many others things I’ve viewed will be incorporated into my swing once I return to practicing and playing. Another thing I don’t believe you’ve ever addressed is stance. You usually hear “ Feet shoulder width apart”. As I look at your’s in all your video’s they appear to be much wider than “Shoulder width apart and feet pointed outward”. Like a Neutral Grip does your stance produce something positive and keep bad things from happening? Perhaps another video you’ve been holding off addressing is worth making?
I'm using the Hogan grip from his book, what would that be considered and if that's not the one to use which is?
Good video, I feel like you could have elaborated on the specific grip that could of helped more. Thanks!
I have said it before. Love this guy! He put the enjoyment back in my game.
Best bit of Golf advice I’ve had in 2023! Thank you 👍⛳️🏌🏼♂️
Strongly disagree, how your arms hang naturally and where your hands are is the best, my hands hanging naturally is in a strong 3-4 knuckle position, how I hold the club, and play of 3.4 at almost 70, generally hit a draw, but can fade if required
This fixed a lot of my issues. I drove the ball really well for years and clean irons. I quit playing for about two years and when I came back I was all of a sudden hooking everything so bad it made me not want to play and when it didn't hook I had no distance. So I started searching and realized my grip was way too strong, for whatever reason when I started back playing I adjusted my grip. I've spent the last month getting back to a weaker grip and I dropped so many strokes and I've got my drive back, and my irons are dialing back in the distance.
Why not use a strong grip without hands ahead? Hogan didn't set up with hands ahead like that, and he was the best ball striker ever. 🤔
Come on, get a grip on life.
Tom excellent video thanks as always. God Bless
I use a strong grip because I cut my thumb off in 1978 and they reattached it sideways
Excellent perspective change on grip. I am happy I watched this. Trial and error, here I come! Thanks, Saguto!
I’ve needed 2 golf gloves because of my ridiculous grip and struggle with extreme hooking. I’ll have to try this out. Thanks Tom.
Nice quality on the videos !
Great video Tom on grips! I, like you, use a neutral grip and I have no problem in staying in the "short grass!" I find that using the neutral grip and my swing being in to out, I get a slight draw and do not have trouble finding my golf ball. Good Job Tom! Keep Up The Good Work!
Wonderfully DEMONSTRATED ! I’ve been trying 2 figure out the right way 2 figure out my clubs face at contact problem 4 months now ! LOL! Just about everything has been going left then on other shots…. Yeah, U guessed it ! Far right ! LOL! It’s been my hands probably all alone ! Can’t wait 2 work on this at the range today !
I see you're using an iron. Is it the same result with a driver? What does a neutral grip look like?
Best golf videos on YT 🤘🏼
Dude thank you so much for your videos. I’m truly enjoying golf because of your tips
Spot on video. When I use a strong grip to tee off, the ball goes low and straight, but takes a big nosedive at 100 yards out. It's in the fairway but it is very short on distance.
I was an over-the-top guy for 40 yrs and used my wrists to square up the face (inconsistently). For the standard weight shift takeaway perhaps a strong grip is effective. However I am now a Stack & Tilt guy and realized a strong grip was counter to this move. I had two experienced instructors, one being Golf Tech who both suggested I change to a strong grip which I tried for one season. After changing to S&T you want a neutral to weak grip so your forearms turn slightly up at setup and inturn your upper arms are more snug to your body. This assists in taking the club back on plane (correct arc) and and thru on plane as your arms remain somewhat straight on the follow-thru and finish high rather than wrapping your club around your body as taught with the traditional weight shift swing. Ok I know many will disagree but if you read the Stack and Tilt book you will see how effective this grip/arm position is for more consistent ball contact.
When will we see you play a round of golf
As usual, very interesting advice to consider. Such a nice guy.
Hi Tom!
I absolutely love your videos! Your information is terrific; re: this video you’ve made it very clear as to the problems using a strong grip, however, I’m not exactly sure what a neutral grip looks like, unless you’re saying to have your thumb straighter down the shaft. Is that it? Thanks so much! You’re the best!⛳️👍
Nice video Tom. Thank you. I have a different question that I would appreciate your thoughts. I’m left handed. However, I play golf right handed and have done for over 40 years at 49 years old. For 30 of those years my handicap has been single digit. I play tennis left handed, throw left handed However, for other sports like cricket for us Aussies I bat right handed and would be the same for baseball. Should I actually be playing golf left handed? As from a kid I only played with my father’s clubs and his father’s clubs (both naturally right handed). No one’s been able to answer this apart from the obvious “give it a try”. Looove your channel. 👍😎🇦🇺
Does this apply to driver ?
I've been using a strong grip since most YT golf instructors say this will help correct a slice. Now you say the opposite. When I grip I can see 3 knuckles alright. So if I use a neutral grip how many knuckles should I see? Or should I see any at all?
Your not alone, more and more recent YTers are comiing to your point of view on this. Good stuff.
Tom you gotta be only one on YouTube telling people to use a weak/neutral grip! But it does make perfect sense! I always looked at my strong grip and noticed I can never get it flat in the backswing, which is what everyone says it correct and I agree, but the strong grip doesn’t achieve that unless you become Dustin Johnson 😂
Another great tip. Thank you Tom.
I needed this video… I knew it, but didn't do anything about it. I've been using a strong grip this whole season in order to "fix" my slice. It has worked on half my shots, but those it didn't have gone both left and right! It's time for a change! I even know what causes my slice anyways so I should have done this long time ago. It was just an easy quick fix at the time and I stuck with it.
Option 3…right hand comes over to neutralize it and then swing somewhat in to out. Easy push draw.