| I would like to focus the jest of this article on the | | | | Certainly there is an abundance of golf swing |
| basis of the golf swing... the grip. With spring in the air | | | | peccadillo's that can occur that can cause those |
| and golf on our minds let's get this year off to a | | | | woeful golf shots. You know the ones I'm talking |
| good start by not overlooking the basics. | | | | about: the banana ball, the smothered hook, skied, |
| Unquestionably the biggest mistake I see in people's | | | | skulled, and chili dipped. Ok, I'll stop... If you'll stop |
| golf swing isn't in their golf swing itself. | | | | trying to correct your golf swing by in incessantly |
| Nope. Not at all. | | | | hitting ball after ball trying to make every physical |
| More often than not the mistakes happen before the | | | | adjustment known to man (and some that aren't) |
| swing even begins. The first mistake is made in how | | | | within your golf swing itself and begin by using a |
| the golfer holds the golf club. After that the next | | | | fundamentally sound grip. |
| mistake usually comes in with how they stand up to | | | | So you're going to continue on with me... great! Let's |
| the ball. Poor posture. Then after having two strikes | | | | talk about the left hand (right handed golfers) first |
| against them, they then finish the job of making it | | | | and foremost. |
| almost impossible to hit a good golf shot by | | | | The left had should come in contact with the grip of |
| improperly lining up to their intended target. | | | | the club in such a manner that the grip cuts a |
| Of course, after hitting several (possibly several | | | | diagonal across the palm of the left hand from the |
| hundred) balls with only a minute few being what | | | | crook in the index finger down and across to the |
| they think is acceptable the tired frustrated golfer | | | | bottom right pad of the left hand. |
| asks... what am I doing wrong with my swing? | | | | When you close your left hand, your club should be |
| For the purposes of this article I want to discuss the | | | | held in the first to fingers and your palm. |
| very first part of the proper golf swing ... the golf | | | | The key that you look for out of your left had grip |
| grip. In fact, let's be even more precise here; the left | | | | is quite simple. As you address your ball and look |
| hand grip on the golf club. Oh sure... there's much | | | | down, you should only see two knuckles of your left |
| more than just the grip including the aforementioned | | | | hand. As an instructor standing directly across from |
| posture and alignment. But there's only so much | | | | you, I too should only see the same. If I don't see |
| typing I can do at one time so let's stay with the grip | | | | EXACTLY two knuckles of your left hand then we |
| for this communication. | | | | take a step back and re-grip until we get it right. And |
| The position of your club face is greatly influenced by | | | | don't try to cheat and re-grip club just as you begin |
| your grip. And this is especially true as your club face | | | | to take the golf club away and into your back swing. |
| enters the impact zone and contacts the ball. | | | | FOUL I say. And I will stop you. |