(1) Functional Grip
In general it is important to have a functional grip to hit good shots. The grip should be functional to create club head speed. It is very important that your hands have the ability to bend.
Let’s find your own functional grip:
Grip diagonal from hand into fingers
Not functional – in Hands
Functional with Short Thumb
Not functional – with Long Thumb
Bottom hand from the side on the shaft for Speed
Don’t turn your bottom hand on top it prevents Speed
Good Set-Up with low hands, left wrist can hinge
Wrist can easily move the club up
Hold your club in front of you
Club should be gripped in a way that you can easily do this motion with your wrists
This motion is important since you want to create flexibility in your wrists to generate SPEED
Check out what Padraig Harrington says on his YouTube channel about:
A proper Grip
(2) Set-Up Driver
In general it is important to hit your driver in an upwards motion and use your functional grip with low hands.
Let’s find your own Driver Set-Up:
Low right shoulder makes it easy to hit up on the ball
High right shoulder makes it harder to hit up on the ball
Somewhere in the first third. Doesn’t have to be at the front foot!
Ball Position back makes it hard to hit up.
Somewhere in the first third. Doesn’t have to be at the front foot!
Non Functional Set-Up with high hands
Set-Up with low hands to use your functional Grip
With this Set-Up focus to hit up on the ball