WHICH FINGERS CONTROL THE CLUB?

WHAT DOES A GOLFER DO?

Many golfers have poor grips simply because of the sequence to which they place their fingers on the club.   MOST golfers do not understand “how” to start let alone finish taking a grip.  

MECHANICS: THE PINKY AND RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND GO ON THE CLUB FIRST. 

WHAT IS NATURAL: Regardless whether picking up and controlling an object, or implement, or creating an action, we control the implement with our index finger and thumb: whether it is a pencil, a nose pick, scratching dirt off a window, pointing a finger, turning the page of a book, swiping a lock of hair from our face, turning on and off a light, or steering a car. 

When we feel the weight and/or shape of the object or implement we are able to control it.

WHAT DO BASEBALL PLAYERS DO?

Ball players control the bat and ball by counterbalancing it with their index, middle fingers and thumbs. 

DO IN GOLF AS YOU DO IN BASEBALL: 

Question: Which fingers of each hand first hit the bat or ball or any implement?  

Answer: Usually, and in sequence, it’s the index finger, thumb and middle finger.  Understand how you pick up and control other objects, implements, balls, bats, rackets, and you understand how to pick up and control a club.  

Experience: 

Grab a bat, and feel where the weight falls in your hand and fingers.   

Grab a ball, feel where the weight falls in your fingers. That is how you control it, by feeling the leverage, the length and weight. 

You may notice the weight falls to the first and second knuckle of the index finger, rests on the side of the middle, and is balanced fully when coordinated with the pressure of the thumb.  

Experience: Turn a doorknob.  

Notice: How you use your fingers and thumb against the other.  That is how you grip a club, by counterbalance.