The best golfers in the world have the best hands in the world. While this may not be a proven fact, it is hard to dispute. Every weekend, when you watch the best players in the world on television, you see some amazing golf shots made to look very simple. This is due mainly to years and years of practice. The rest of you, on the other hand, who do not have these years and years of dedicated intense training, would do well to start working on your hand-eye coordination as soon as possible. Here are a few tips on how to get started.
First, and foremost, you should learn how to place your hands on each club for the various shots in golf. For the full swing a grip trainer is a good idea,
even if you think your grip is perfect now. A grip trainer marries your hands together in such a way as to allow them to work in unison, as opposed to
fighting each other. Once your hands are in a good position, wrap an ace bandage around the entire grip. This will give you the feeling of both your hands molded together as one unit. Then hinge your wrists up and down or hit balls off a tee.
For chipping and putting you will want to use a different grip. In chipping and putting you should be attempting to keep the club’s face square to your
target line the entire time, where as in the full swing the club face opens and closes slightly. This requires a grip much more in the palms, as opposed to the fingers. The pitch shot is basically a mini version of the full swing, as is the bunker shot.
John Mason
PGA Director of Instruction
Encinitas Ranch Golf Course