Putter Grips - the Claw

[WaffleHouseTour]

I’ve been using the claw/pencil method of gripping my putter for several years. Ive tried all sorts of ways to take my wrists out of the equation from left hand low, long shafts, etc.  I know there are a variety of grips out there and have experimented with many of them from the giant SuperStroke to Evnrolls gravity grip.  But I did not know there was something specific for us claw grippers until recently.   

I’ve got the SuperStroke to the right of a well worn Evnroll Gravity Grip for comparison.  I don’t think the Evnroll is oversized in any meaningful way.  But I show both to demonstrate the thickness of the SS so you can see how it’s thinner shape fits into the crook of your hand between thumb and forefinger. It’s flat  top/front flat is then wider/thicker as your fingers rest on it. Just like it was made to be held that way…

I really like it, and wish I’d known about it before.  When I went thru my putter fitting at CC he offered it as a suggestion, and though it felt weird at the time (and did for the first practice session) I thought I’d give it a go.  It has the SS counterweight in it - I liked that extra weight in the Evnroll gravity grip so I thought that would keep some consistent feel.  Because I’m an Arccos user I needed the adapter for the putter sensor. 

Since putting it into play I’ve seen two thing: first I’ve reduced the pull to the left - now that is likely attributable to the neck of the putter and the whole reason for the fitting and new weapon, but it’s part of the package. Second, I’ve gained .6 strokes SG - again, the neck and the fact that my short game SG has improved as well.  But it clearly isn’t having a negative effect. I like the feel of it and that my hand stays parallel to my target line. Can’t  be anything else. 
 

So if you are a Claw gripper you might want to take a look
 

 

 

 

[RichL85]

Had the same grip on my old putter. Realistically just waiting for an excuse to put it on the new one as well. I really like the claw-specific grip even though I'm a pretty recent convert to that style of putting.