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What's your putting grip?  

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  1. 1. What grip do you use when putting? (feel free to elaborate below as well)

    • Traditional/dominant hand low
    • Non dominant hand low (Left for righties/right for lefties)
    • Pencil/Paintbrush/Claw
    • Something else
    • I putt opposite of what I swing the club (putt lefty/swing righty or vice-versa)
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I use the claw grip- really helps me with the club path- before I was very rounded, taking it back on the inside and swinging it around. The claw helped me go straight back and straight forward and not have my hips involved .. Dropped strokes off my game with this grip for sure

 

 

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Did it feel like your swingweight changed at all?

 

 

- Alan

 

nothing that I could notice one way or the other.  I didn't have a big SuperStroke type grip on before ... just a regular paddle style.

 

if anything it allowed me to feel the putter head better..

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Standard with my index finger running down the shaft. I've always done this and I don't know why lol

 

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I actually just switched to the claw a few weeks ago.  I had the traditional grip ever since I started playing golf, but it got to the point where I couldn't hit my line and I couldn't even feel confident over a 3 footer.  I went out and started practicing a little before a skins game I was playing in and decided to tinker with the claw grip.  I immediately felt more control over where the putts were going, so I played that skins game with it.  I rolled in 6 birdies that day and walked away with 9 of the skins in the group since we were playing carry-overs.  I've stuck with it ever since. 

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Callaway Epic Subzero with Aldila Rogue Max 75 Stiff shaft

Callaway Rogue Subzero with Project X Evenflow 6.0 75g stiff shaft

Callaway Rogue 3 Hybrid with Aldila Synergy 60 HYB stiff shaft

Callaway Apex irons (4-PW) with True Temper XP 95 stiff shafts

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I actually just switched to the claw a few weeks ago.  I had the traditional grip ever since I started playing golf, but it got to the point where I couldn't hit my line and I couldn't even feel confident over a 3 footer.  I went out and started practicing a little before a skins game I was playing in and decided to tinker with the claw grip.  I immediately felt more control over where the putts were going, so I played that skins game with it.  I rolled in 6 birdies that day and walked away with 9 of the skins in the group since we were playing carry-overs.  I've stuck with it ever since. 

 

 

I also switched to the claw a several weeks back and it now feels natural.  I automatically grab the putter in that manner and I haven't even thought about conventional since the move. 

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I immediately felt more control over where the putts were going,

That was my experience, too. I have found that distance control is a bit more of a struggle unless I have a lot of time on the practice green.

 

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well I am standard.  have no reason why other than its what I always have done.  messed around with left hand low and claw but just stroking a few putts each on the putting green.  Standard feels natural and I putt great with it.  not very interesting I know. 

 

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i do a mixture of things, i do have my dominate hand low, but i also extend my index finger on my right hand (dominate) down the length of the putter grip,  I find that when i do this it has stopped any wrist action and forces me to use my full arm/body instead of the hands. 

 

Also i have added in exhaling before i make my putting stroke. it sound crazy but i'm way more accurate since i've started doing this. It helps relax the body and keep things still. 

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who has their right index finger pointed down running along the grip. Have no idea why I do it just feels comfortable. Just got the black spider putter and the stock grip is too small. Thinking about getting the straight (blue) golf Pride snsr grip instead of the SS

 

 

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i do a mixture of things, i do have my dominate hand low, but i also extend my index finger on my right hand (dominate) down the length of the putter grip, I find that when i do this it has stopped any wrist action and forces me to use my full arm/body instead of the hands.

 

Also i have added in exhaling before i make my putting stroke. it sound crazy but i'm way more accurate since i've started doing this. It helps relax the body and keep things still.

Funny you mention that - the exhale .. I've found that for me I do better with a slight inhale to start the putting stroke... It seems to help me move the club back more smoothly, vs getting a little "lifty" and handsy with it.

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Funny you mention that - the exhale .. I've found that for me I do better with a slight inhale to start the putting stroke... It seems to help me move the club back more smoothly, vs getting a little "lifty" and handsy with it.

What ever works best for you is the right thing to do, that's what I always say..

it is actually a very common and proven method that the exhale helps calm and steady your body. Marksmen/snipers use this method when shooting. 

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who has their right index finger pointed down running along the grip. Have no idea why I do it just feels comfortable. Just got the black spider putter and the stock grip is too small. Thinking about getting the straight (blue) golf Pride snsr grip instead of the SS

 

 

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i have the super stroke 2.0 long grip as i don't like my index finger running off the grip. I am debating on switching over the the super stroke 2.0 flat instead. my buddy has this grip and i love the feel of it. 

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I have experimented with left hand low and claw, but never really felt they were any better for me. Might try them again, I often miss putts left by pulling them. These grips might help me be more SBST when putting... or not

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Back before I got on the oversized grip path, I used a modified claw style grip. Ever since making the switch to non-taped oversized grips I've gone back to a conventional style, but an all 10 fingers grip, no overlap or finger down the shaft.

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I used the Seve grip described in this video as the basis for my grip:

 

 

However it has evolved to look a lot like Jordan Spieth's (albeit without the alternate hands). I use thicker superstroke grips and I've managed to bring my thumbs almost side-by-side so that my shoulders are flatter.

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Left hand low. Best move I made as a golfer

 

 

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Left hand low. Best move I made as a golfer

 

 

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Golf magazine has LHL instruction this month - or for us lefties Right Hand Low.

 

 

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I switched to the claw.  It's been the best way for me to take my wrists out of it.

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I wasn't a huge fan of the round putter grip on my Edel. Just re-gripped it with a Garsen Max and switched to the Claw grip. That grip is made for the Garsen Max. Holy cow I am dead on the money with this thing now! Who would have thought that lining up where you think you are then striking it there could improve your putting?!  :D

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My hands are in the traditional position, but I have a slightly unconventional grip... To start, my right, dominant hand, is low (traditional). Now here is where the unconventional comes in... I've seen some people talking about positioning their index finger down the grip/shaft, BUT it always seems to be referencing the low hand. I run my index finger down the grip on my high hand and keep my low hand index finger in a more conventional position (although I will sometimes run both index fingers down the grip/shaft on short putts).

 

Don't remember why or when I switched to this grip, but I've been using it for years with good results. It is also worth noting that I am still using a traditional sized pistol grip, I have tried larger SuperStroke style putter grips and have zero feel for my putts.

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I just ordered the P2 react Tour grip yesterday. Anyone tried them yet. Some solid tech ideas in them.

 

 

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I went with a claw grip this year and won't be changing anytime soon!! I had a severe problem

With my right hand getting too involved and the claw took him

right out of the equation! I use a superstroke flatso

 

 

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I'm kind of like a Jordan Spieth grip only instead of left hand low my left hand is at the top of the grip and the first hand on the club. My right hand grips my left with my middle and pinkie fingers, my middle and pointer are on the grip. I use a SS 3.0 flatso so my thumbs are next to each other and my pointer has a gap from my middle finger. I also do a small forward press.

 

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My hands are in the traditional position, but I have a slightly unconventional grip... To start, my right, dominant hand, is low (traditional). Now here is where the unconventional comes in... I've seen some people talking about positioning their index finger down the grip/shaft, BUT it always seems to be referencing the low hand. I run my index finger down the grip on my high hand and keep my low hand index finger in a more conventional position (although I will sometimes run both index fingers down the grip/shaft on short putts).

 

Don't remember why or when I switched to this grip, but I've been using it for years with good results. It is also worth noting that I am still using a traditional sized pistol grip, I have tried larger SuperStroke style putter grips and have zero feel for my putts.

 

So.... It turns out I'm a liar... I was putting in the house last night and realized that my grip actually isn't what I said it is! When I address a putt, I start with only my left hand (upper hand) on the grip, which DOES include my left index finger running down the grip... But I realized that I am unconsciously moving that finger back to a conventional high hand grip when my low hand is going on the shaft.. My putting grip is so ingrained that I wouldn't have realized this little tidbit if I hadn't been thinking about it during my putting! My low hand index finger will still find it's way onto the shaft 50% of the time though...

 

It's funny that what you think you do isn't always what you do!

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