Know is an older video. My swing is ok, but at 53 struggling with backswing to downswing transition. For some reason was thinking about grips and places hands in reverse overlap position as 10 finger feels weird(was always a traditional overlap gripper). Went to range earlier to test reverse overlap swing our and was amazing until the heat got to me. Consistently straight from SW to Driver, great distance on driver. I decided to pull up reverse overlap grip on RU-vid and just found your video. The set at top of my swing and transition felt so much better, but the ball strikes were amazing and felt so pure. Wish more people watched this video and wished I found sooner. Just a great and maybe beat golf grip ever. Lastly the club, to me, sits in a powerful position in your right hand as your last 3 fingers of right hand are much better connected, preventing index finger and thumb taking over as the power source of grip, if that makes sense. I challenge everyone to try. My first 10 shots with my 9 iron were dead out of center of club and all practically straight. No pulls.
Tim, That is great news !! Glad you were experimenting with this type of grip which I promote to all of my students at our golf academy!! This grip allows both hands to work properly and to help square the club with a firm or bowed lead hand and with pressure point against the pinky of the trailing hand allows for great pronation of the trailing wrist/hand. I have 2 videos on this grip and will be relaxing another in the future along with a series soon on what I like to call “The Senior Swing”- Stay tuned and keep at it !!
So, I’ve always used this grip with putting since high school when I learned Tiger did it. Quick backstory, I was always a pretty good player. I used to bomb the ball, (b4 everyone did it). Driver and wedges on most holes. Always reaching par 5s in 2, no issues at all. I was a scratch golfer in 2005-2007. Then my job was more demanding, got hurt at my job, back surgeries, neck and nerve damage. Couldn’t golf for 2-3 years. Came back, couldn’t swing like I used to. Went from 120+ club speed to 95-100 max when I’m not in pain. It took years, to get my handicap back down to about five. It’s gone back up the past year or so to about 7. I lost significant distance off my driver, 50 to 75 yards probably. I can’t swing fast and hit the ball solid. Whenever I try to swing hard with my driver, because of my lack of flexibility now and range of motion, I hit the ground chunky hook it etc. I’ve learned to take 2/3 to 3/4 swing with my driver i can poke down the middle 230. Far cry from 300 like the old days. I’ve learned to hit mid irons in the greens or eight or nine Irons instead of wedges. I rarely reach par fives in two now. I struggle with the driver and long woods and irons. So brings me to today. I was just messing around in my garage (it is winter when I’m writing this) and I grab the club reversed overlap because I have current torn ligament in my left wrist and hurts to swing regular. I swung it felt amazing. I swung again and still amazing like my swing felt better as before. So once I get warmed up, I swung hard as I could, I didn’t hit the ground just nicked the top of the carpet perfectly. Did about 10 times in a row. Went back to my regular grip. Try to swing hard hit the ground terribly. when I try to swing hard and not hit the ground with my regular grip, it awkward and I usually miss it terribly slice it or something worse. I can’t get to the range as there’s 3 feet of snow on the ground but I think this grip might save my golf game. I can get some distance back and it doesn’t hurt my wrist to swing this way! No obviously I was just swinging in there’s no boss I’m not sure where it’s going. I did feel like I was turning it over a little bit but I could always correct that no problem especially if I’m not hitting the ground! Into anyone questioning what I’m saying, when I try to swing hard because my swing is so different it’s shorter now I can’t bring it back as far or follow through by rhythm gets thrown off and I timing and that’s why it’s so inconsistent. That’s why I do three-quarter shots with my driver basically all my clubs it’s like a wedge shot from 100 yards out. I started using voice to text so if my grammar is off for give me update as soon as I can probably in April or May
I've always held the club this way....and club pros have told me it's wrong...after trying all the other grips....I've gone back to this method simply to enjoy the game....stumbled across your video and feel at ease after hearing you teach this grip...
Rick, Glad you went back and when I hear of these things especially as long as I have been teaching the golf swing, I just don’t understand why not- if your just trying it out, and it works better. Jim Furyk has a different grip (double overlap that has uses, and has made a lot of money and has had a great career!! Keep at it!!
Hey my friend this grip is helping me a lot!! At least for the last couple of times at the range. I now feel my left arm is in charge instead of the right
Watched this vid last night and gave it a try today. I've always tended to be a bit of a flipper, hitting behind the ball - so fats or thins on the way up. I hit a load of chips and pitches and then some full shots with the wedge. Wow! Really impressed. Divots starting at the ball position and finishing 2-3 inches past the ball. It also felt much more comfortable than I imagined. I need to have a go with some longer clubs but this could be a keeper.
@@johnpritchard9753 Keep at this buddy!! This is something to gradually move up into the longer irons- but typically I try to have my students who start using this grip to hang with a 9 or 8 iron after getting the feel for this in your wedges. I have a cool drill in my latest series “ The Not So Senior Swing” episode 5 called the *atomic low point drill* that I feel would be great drill to hone this grip, and to say good bye to flipping and fat shots etc..and on to some solid ball striking !!
As a result of watching your video last Spring, I switched from interlock to reverse grip . The control gained was an immediate game changer. Irons 2° flat . Had a fitting from a well respected fitter in late Summer and he said I needed 2° upright and bent them . Now I have a tendency to pull many more shots than previously . Wondering if the grip change has anything to do with lie angle ? Have you come across this ?
Jack, It would seem to me that an upright lie would be the culprit for pulling shots for reasons that are tough to completely explain here, but if you where hitting it good before the lie angle change while employing the reverse over lap grip, then I cannot understand then why the change was being made to the irons, ( unless you were not hitting it on the sweet spot ). I am very familiar with these type of changes as my son is a PGA teaching pro and respected club fitter as well but this is a first to hear through all of the years I have been promoting this type of grip of this issue.
Quick question on the right pinky. (I’m a right handed golfer) Is the entire right pinky covered by the left index finger or does the tip of the pinky remain uncovered ? I had one of the best ball striking rounds in years yesterday using this grip!
James so it usually will depend on the size of your hands - so that being said whatever you were doing that enabled your ball striking to jump then stick with it regardless of what others may say or advise while your playing. This is a game changer grip so Just work at it and experiment if you have your in terms of pinky getting overlapped by the lead hand!! Keep at it buddy 💪⛳️
@@DrillFreakGolf Thank you for the positive words. One of my biggest grip flaws (especially when I get tired or just lose focus) is my trail hand will get progressively stronger and slide under the handle. For some reason this grip prevents that from happening. The left index finger almost acts like a governor, not allowing my trail hand to turn under. Pretty amazing actually
Marty, Give it good try as I have had many of my students switch over to this type of grip and never looked back!! I also have searched and we couldn’t find anyone teaching this unique style of grip. The pressure points in this grip should be engaged as well and good luck sir!! Please subscribe if you haven’t already!!
@@DrillFreakGolf I hit several balls this morning in the 30 to 40 yd range and it worked fine. Moved on to 9i and 7i and those seemed fine too. I did pull a couple but that was due to more of a weight shift problem. I'm bad about hanging back and sometimes in an attempt to get off my right side I over do it. I hit a few drives and only hit a couple of good ones but my driving has been poor as of late even with a traditional grip. Funny....driving is usually the best part of my game. Anyway.....I'm going to stick with the new grip. I know it will take time to fully click. On a related subject is it ok to have a stronger grip with the irons and a slightly weaker grip with the driver? A strong grip(2 knuckles on left hand showing) helps with my irons but not so much with the driver. Oh yes....I'm a sr golfer if that matters.
@@MSDOGS1976 Showing 2 knuckles on the left hand would be basically a slightly strong grip if that as 2 1/2 to 3 knuckles would be considered strong so you ok with that - usually using the reverse overlap grip ties in both hands so they are working together hence getting a flip. Follow along with either of the 2 videos I have posted on this grip that decently allows the lead hand to come in firm or slightly bowed and the right hand very bent or pronated which is great for increase both club head and ball speed!! Being a senior player like myself I (64 years old) try flaring your lead foot and experiment with this as I have always tried to get all of my students doing this to some degree with great results for ball flight and speed! I have some videos on this, and now BTW opening up the lead foot now on tour seems to be very vogue these days more so than ever!! Keep at it !!
I grew up using interlocking. Got out of golf, much older now. The interlock is destroying my right pinky. I went to an overlap, but it's reverse like you're showing here and it's much more comfortable and feels more natural to me than the traditional overlap.
Sounds like you may be either swaying in the backswing, not posting properly with some extra weight on you lead side, or as most do they are throwing the club at the ball and not moving off their back foot which is your pivot. I have some other cool quick video tips and series’s on these things I just mentioned!
I ended up accidentally doing this this afternoon thinking i was doing a traditional overlap grip and I was striping them down the middle. Penetrating ball flight and contact felt pure like the ball wasn’t even there. Butter. You could really feel the trail hand stay in the extension position through the ball.
Been struggling with ball striking recently. I putt and chip with this grip so thought i would try it with the full swing. Bingo! Hitting the middle of rhe club and compressing irons properly. Ill be ising this grip from now on
I have always chipped with a putter (reverse overlap grip). I have tried this grip with full shots a few times over the years with mixed results. The problem that I have is that I get pain in my covered pinky finger. Additionally, it's the only grip that produces the occasional shank/ near shank.
Well I am thing that you maybe gripping it a bit too hard, could be a variety of reasons for the dreaded S word, but again if your gripping it say a 1 (being extremely light ) to a 10 ( being extremely hard ) anywhere near 6 and up will be hard for you to get a proper release of the hands correctly and would lead to these issues especially on very short chip shots! Hope this helps !!
