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Defining the Weak & Strong Grip

By Bob Burns, PGA Master Professional

A grip that is too weak is one in which the grip-handle of the club is placed too much in the palm of the glove-hand (the left hand for a right-handed player), rather than where it belongs in the fingers. A weak grip causes a slice—that big banana ball—especially with a driver and the longer irons. Your grip is too weak if you see one knuckle (or none at all) on the back of your glove-hand when you're addressing the ball, or when the V formed by your thumb and index finger on that hand points to your chin, rather than toward your rear shoulder.

By contrast, your grip is too strong if you see four knuckles on your glove-hand, and when the palm of your non-glove hand faces upward. A strong grip often causes a bad hook, or a shot that flies low and to the left. You have too strong a grip if either of the V's on your hands points outside your rear shoulder.