The Tour Championship - 2022

[LICC]

Great to see Rory get the win! Especially after the Open slipped away. 

[FrogginBullfish]

7 hours ago, Middler said:

Unbelievable Rory! Condolences to Scheffler and Schauffele, congrats to Im. Great watch!

Rory has been under a lot or pressure this year, acting as primary spokesperson for the PGA through it all. And The (British) Open was a tough (major) loss. Almost seems a deserved FedEx win, with no ill will for any other PGA player, especially Scheffler.

Hard agree. As fitting a champion as there could be this season. And as mentioned, certainly no ill will towards anyone else, especially Scottie.

[GolfSpy TCB]

It was hard to watch Scottie struggle on Sunday (especially after coming out on FIRE in the morning 3rd round finish), but I'm also a huge Rory fan... and the fact that he had to make up 6 strokes from the start of the tournament on the leader to claim the prize... awesome.  Also, the lowest 4 round score won the tournament, regardless of the starting stroke advantage... win/win.

[David Leighton Reid]

While watching the Tour Championship on Saturday afternoon, one of the commentators mentioned a golfer having a strong top hand grip.  Paul Azinger then made the comment that golfers with a strong top hand grip like to fade the ball.  For many years I have believed just the opposite; that a strong grip helps close the club face thus encouraging a draw or anti-fade.  For me personally, if I have a weak grip I will fade or slice the ball.  

[GolfSpy TCB]

12 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

While watching the Tour Championship on Saturday afternoon, one of the commentators mentioned a golfer having a strong top hand grip.  Paul Azinger then made the comment that golfers with a strong top hand grip like to fade the ball.  For many years I have believed just the opposite; that a strong grip helps close the club face thus encouraging a draw or anti-fade.  For me personally, if I have a weak grip I will fade or slice the ball.  

For me personally, I have found that if I have a strong right hand grip (right handed swing), I have a tendency to have the shaft too deep in my grip, which promotes a more passive right hand and more out to in path.  When I weaken my right hand and get the shaft more in the fingers, my right hand is more active through the swing - which helps me in path and releasing through the ball.  I could be fooling myself on this, but that has been my experience.   

If there is anyone to speak about a strong grip... it is Zinger... 

[cnosil]

24 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

While watching the Tour Championship on Saturday afternoon, one of the commentators mentioned a golfer having a strong top hand grip.  Paul Azinger then made the comment that golfers with a strong top hand grip like to fade the ball.  For many years I have believed just the opposite; that a strong grip helps close the club face thus encouraging a draw or anti-fade.  For me personally, if I have a weak grip I will fade or slice the ball.  

I wouldn’t listen to the talking heads too much.  Instructor Mike Adams has some videos on the subject; search through his Instagram as he talks a lot about left and right hand grip.