Picking up and Controlling and Implement

WHAT DOES THE TYPICAL GOLFER DO? 

They lay the club behind the ball then grab the club.  

There is little forethought toward the process of holding and balancing the club.  Some problems arising from taking your grip with both hands while the club head rests on the ground:

Too much grip pressure (resulting in lack of feel of the club),

Too strong or weak a grip, or an imbalance between the two hands,

An open or closed club face,

An imbalance between pressure points in the hand and fingers (more about this later).

THE MECHANICS: TAKE YOUR GRIP WHILE THE CLUB HEAD IS IN THE AIR NOT ON THE GROUND!

WHAT IS NATURAL: One of the common denominators when grabbing a bat is too control the barrel UP and balance it before placing the other hand upon it. You would never place both hands on the bat while it was resting on the ground.  

WHAT DO BASEBALL PLAYERS DO?

Regardless what level baseball player you might be, one common practice is the placing of their hands on the bat while in the air. 

DO IN GOLF AS YOU DO IN BASEBALL:

Experience: Take a bat in your hands.  

Notice: Which hand brings the bat into the air, which hand controls it?  

Searching for the sequence:

Which hand, finger touches the bat first?

Which hand lifts the barrel (can be different than the first)?

Where is the bat? At what angle, up, down, angled to the right or left?

Drill: When you understand the sequence, timing and rhythm, and positioning of grabbing a bat go through the same routine when gripping a golf club.  

Once you understand how YOU are wired as an athlete, as a baseball player, what remains is a sense of the familiar.