The Correct Golf Grip for Nearly Every Amateur Golfer Which is Very Different to the Pro Golf Grip

Much has been written about the correct golf grip in golf instruction books over the past one hundred years or so. Virtually every golf instruction book has a chapter on how to learn the correct golf grip, and yet there are so many golfers who have grips that are a long way from being correct.

In this article I'm going to shed light on what to do to develop a correct golf grip that will drastically improve your golf shot-making consistency, leading to more golf confidence when you play and practice.

Before I begin though, I want to tell you about golf lies that are being spread about the golf grip. You see, there are two distinct styles of golf grip; one is for the PGA tour golfer or the elite amateur golfer, and the other is for the average amateur or social golfer.

It is a lie to think that a high handicap amateur golfer should use the grip that a tour golfer uses. The reason for this is that tour golf swings are highly developed to hit golf shots over long distances very accurately. The whole purpose of a pro golf swing is to shoot low golf scores consistently, so their grip is finely tuned to their individual swing style. It is uncommon to see a tour golfer with a poorly formed grip because they know how important the hands are in controlling both the club face and club head during the golf swing.

Amateur golfers don't compete for tournament prize money, so their goals are different to that of tour pro's. Most of the amateur golfers that attend my golf school simply want to hit longer and straighter shots so they can play closer to their golf handicap. An amateur golfer has a handicap so they can compete against other golfers with handicaps ranging from low to high. Pros and amateur play the same game, but have very different goals and ways of going about it when all is said and done.