Although there are many ways to grip the club, themost effective and widely accepted one is the overlapping grip. This grip promotes excellent unity of the hands,allowing them to function as a one-piece unit throughout the swing.
The overlapping grip places initial control in theleft hand and keeps it there throughout the backswingand early in the downswing. The right hand then takes over and applies the powerthrough the clubshaft and clubhead.Positioning your left hand on the club correctly isthe first step towards building a good grip.
A good test to tell if you have the correct left-handgrip is to bring the club up to eye level and open thelast three fingers. If the club does not move, you havethe correct left-hand grip, because the pad of the palmand the crook of the forefinger around the shaft willmaintain a firm grip for you.
About the left thumb: There are two accepted positionsfor it on the shaft, depending upon your experienceand skill.
The straight-down-the-shaft thumb position is generallyused by better players and those who are prone to hooking(a right-to-left flight pattern). The other positionhas the thumb slightly on the right side of the grip.
As you progress in experience and acquire a betterfundamental knowledge of the grip and swing, it ispossible to make the slight adjustment of puttingyour thumb straight down the shaft.
When you have completed your left-hand grip, theV formed by the thumb and forefinger should point toyour right shoulder, or to your right eye if you areprone to hooking.
Looking down, you should be able to see at least two or three knuckles of your left hand. If you cansee only one knuckle, your grip is too weak; and iffour knuckles are showing, your grip is too strong.
One more thing about the left-hand grip, and it isso important that it merits special study and thought.It concerns the gripping pressure applied to the shaftby the left hand.
I have seen some golfers grip the club so tight thatthey can't even flex their wrists. Remember, thereis a difference between firmness and tightness.Never grip the club tightly and with such rigid tension that you lose the feel of the clubhead.
The pressure points for the left hand should bethe last three fingers of the hand, with a lesseramount of pressure exerted by the palm pad and the forefinger.
In other words, the fingers press up and the pad presses down, thus locking the shaft in-between.It is a little more difficult to position your righthand on the club, because it is the overlapping hand.
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