How to Properly Grip Your Golf Club | GOLFPASS | Golf Channel

GolfPass coach Martin Hall reveals his plan for building the swing from the beginning using basic fundamentals and some of his favorite drills.
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[@jabee81]

The most comprehensive tutorial i’ve ever seen. Thank you very much

[@zombie12392]

I turned 62 yesterday. I learned more about how to hold a damned golf club in this video by Martin Hall than I did since I started golfing when I was 30. Thanks, Marty!!! An AMAZING lesson!!!!!

[@JuulVapor-w1w]

That’s weak my baby is only 19 and he’s been golfing for 50 yrs!!!! Ur awful

[@jeffsimpson2100]

I have been playing this wonderful game for over 45 years and also have had the privledge of caddying for a good professional and this is the best golf video i have ever seen!!I have always stressed to all and sundry the most important part of the golf swing begins with the grip as it your first contact with your club! and must be correct!!!Love your work!!!

[@terrywalker9092]

Mr. Hall, I don't if you remember me. I caddied for you at Kinloch Golf Club. I've always loved your instruction. Learned a lot from you that day. Keep up the great teaching 👍

[@clarebailey]

Thank you for using the terms, lead hand and trail hand! It can be really confusing for lefties, thanks for recognizing that!

[@SeinKaylaWoo]

Wow. the best golf grip video I have found online by far. Thank you!!

[@DustyDad63]

I’ve watched loads of grip videos lately and this is by far the clearest and best explained! Thank you 🙏

[@kcwilshaw4449]

W TD

[@KevErazo]

@@kcwilshaw4449 trfyci

[@mariecohen3052]

Agreed !!!! Now does it work?

[@2kDWS]

This video helped my game immediately after implementing these techniques

[@johnmanheimer8006]

It's the Ben Hogan/Carl Lohren golf grip....EXCELLENT Instruction by Mr. Hall.

[@32icon]

This is the best tutorial video I've ever seen on this subject,and I've seen many. Chef's kiss!

[@mapleafstoronto3862]

This is the best video for gripping I have ever seen. Thanks a lot.

[@anunez5173]

THIS has changed my whole game !!!!! No more slices or blades. Broke 90 today (89). Been pinning the ball on the greens with GREAT accuracy. Thx Coach👊👊✌️✌️

[@philrob4468]

Nice bro... I can't wait to try this tomorrow

[@matt7iron]

I shoot 78-83, id eat your Lunch and take your $5bucks in $skins $money.

[@beaudickinson7976]

Good job man

[@OleJaxon]

@@matt7iron I came here 2 years later to tell you that you’re still trash.

[@kclmnop4372]

​@matt7iron with that attitude I can pretty much guarantee you take 25 mulligans a round with 10 foot gimmes

[@cflorez1986]

Props for using lead/trail instead of left/right. I'm lefty and it really goes a long way 👍👍👍

[@adygolf]

I been holding in my fingers will be trying this tonight on the range ! hope it works xx Thank you xx

[@markrobertson6664]

Well? What’s the verdict?

[@gjmutter606]

Excellent explanation and easy to follow!

[@Dorich55]

Best golf grip instructional video yet! Thanks.

[@Dggb2345]

Great instruction. Highly recommended

[@randomfocus1549]

Tried this today, felt good

[@sloneharrison8534]

Everyone starting golf should watch this video first.

[@stark20ful]

This video just finally save my swing after six months of being lost

[@kahep314]

yes it did work for me. Thanks sooooooo much for that simple change.

[@jaychqpr97]

finally... someone who doesn't over-complicate the grip lesson

[@miketurner2182]

Very very good. Thank you 😊

[@thebephoko6491]

I tried this grip and had one of my best practise days. I am taking this grip to the course on my next game. I think I had it before and I lost it when I was "looking for power in my swing". I should have simply kept the grip and found power over time.

[@lawman34]

Former baseball player. 18 handicap. Been working my ass off to get better at this game and it's taken so long to decide to work on my grip. Have had wrist pain lately. Haven't hit the range or a course yet, but swinging a club in my house oh my god. I've been contorting my hand so wrong for so long. It felt 10x as smooth like this. Awesome video!

[@jakoboverton1324]

I had the wrist pain too and it’s from chunking the ground

[@shawnspaulding5416]

Thanks for the video! Please explain how it know if the club head is open, closed or correct at address.

[@JamesMShelton]

A proper grip sets the foundation for a solid golf swing, enabling you to control the clubface through impact and achieve greater accuracy and distance.

[@Army7-l4i]

Excellent video

[@Louis-eq2mq]

Thank you very much, this tutorual is the best I can find.

[@jordanmiller7642]

Just watched this and set out to the driving range. It is INCREDIBLE how a more proper grip can change your game. Today was the most straight I’ve ever shot! Thank you for your information and video! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

[@WyattScott]

yes, it’s huge . Sometimes we need to go back to the fundamentals. Been in the wilderness searching for my lost swing the past month since i got covid and finally today realized it’s was all due to my grip. It was way too weak. Stronger, Solved.

[@DJMoore82]

This is as good as it gets.

[@fpsthepr0468]

Great video!

[@fredyj6730]

Great video! Thank you

[@Takioutdoors]

By far the clearest, most detailed video I’ve watched on grip.

[@robertobezerracavalcanti9042]

Dear Sir From Brazil for Martin Hall. I am Brazilian, I live in Brazil and I have difficulties with the English language. Forgive the text. A very good presentation, great didactic and with simplicity. Congratulations. My profile is beginner and, worse, elderly. If possible, allow me to request some help, some simple information. Roberto

[@innerpowercouple]

Does the grip stay the same for all clubs or do you make it "stronger" for short irons and "weaker for long irons, woods and driver?"

[@bman6502]

Good info… I’ve been teaching my wife on proper grip.. not too hard, but firm… use both hands and let it slide thru the follow thru,,,,, if your gloves too dry, use your lips to lubricate

[@arejay1992]

great video for the grip but.....i struggle with exactly where the club face is supposed to be while im gripping it. There are a lot more aspects of the grip than just holding it.

[@terrythomas790]

I have trouble with the grip of my wedges. It seems that when I mishit a short shot, the grip gets real loose, and the club flies way out of my hands! I think many have the same issues. lol

[@musicspace5392]

8:21 that is lit😂😂

[@gregoryberleue4089]

Switched to this grip, more relaxed, less strangle hold on club, better control and shot accuracy. Played 9 to try it out shot a 1 over parr. May be a good day, better grip on club or just plane lucky. I'll go with luck for the time, but am sticking with this tip.

[@SAVEAMERICA-cf6kf]

Some might call it luck- I’d like to call it, well, luck I guess. Happy Gilmore

[@samanthagates1746]

Hi gregory

[@Paul-fp1gr]

I just watched your video prior to playing a round this morning. Results were beyond my wildest expectations. Hit the ball longer & straighter than ever before. Broke a 100 for the first time. All this with a twist of a wrist . Great video with solid reasoning behind each portion of the vid. Thanks again !!!

[@finderskeepers6684]

Grip, Aim, and Set up. Master all of these three, you should shave off a ton of strokes. Congrats on the new record, keep it up, and update us! I've read this book before a few times...sounds like he got a lot of his info from this book, check it out, 19$, will be the best book you buy! "PGA Teaching Manual: The Art and Science of Golf Instruction"

[@TeddyCavachon]

One of Hogan’s “hidden in plain sight” secrets was always establishing his grip with club hanging in the air in front of him with bent elbows pointing down. If you have read his Five Lessons he first hooked grip with left index finger and pad of left hand then added the right hand with only the second and third (middle two) fingers. When grip is established up in the air with bent elbows when the club is lowered the arms straighten and counter-rotate against each other because of way the ulna and radius bones in the forearms work. Again if you have read Five Lessons you will remember the “wring the towel” and “rubber band around arms” illustrations. When lowering the club starting with elbow down bent arms that counter rotation creates that “wring the towel” and “band pulling arms to chest” action AUTOMATICALLY! The way it firms up the arm triangle is nothing short of amazing compared to just resting the head of the club on the ground and gripping it. It was also the act of hanging the club IN THE AIR in front of him to serve as a counter-balance which allowed Hogan to sit back, butt over heels (as in the stool illustration in the book) keeping lower leg vertical for good leverage to counter pull of club force at impact without falling over backwards. Hogan’s last move after the waggle to rehearse the wrist action at impact was to push his left hand downward with pressure from his slightly bent right arm TO REMOVE THE SLACK FROM THE LEFT ARM. Hogan realized the club force in the takeaway move stretches the left arm about 1/2” or more. But instead of just guessing and setting up with face 1/2” inside the ball he would pull the slack out of his arms by pushing hands toward the ground when aligning the shot and again just before taking the club back in the swing to take the slack out and visualize “at impact” alignment of the face exactly. What I discovered when adopting that action in my pre-shot routine is that the pressing down action of the hands strengthens the orientation of the left hand by pronating the palm more and pushing the wrist into greater extension. As the the left arm tries to rotate clockwise more in response to that downward stretching the grip forces the right hand thumb pad to rotate counter-clockwise increasing pressure on the left thumb. This very subtle and stealthy action is what gave Hogan (and now gives me) very firm control of the club but with very little contraction of the fingers which is the key for allowing the club to whip around the hands during the downswing. I discovered and adopted Hogan’s method a dozen years ago and by ball striking improved dramatically. The counter-rotation and counter-torquing of the arms make them feel like tightly twist rope or steel rods because there is no feeling of “give” at impact with ball and turf. 100% of the energy in the club head gets transferred to the ball with none lost because of give in the arms and hands. Hogan gripped the club held out horizontal -- in front of him but if you really want to feel and understand the counter rotation cause and effect try gripping it with 90° bent elbows with shaft vertical | then lower it to address \ without changing the position of the hands on the grip. Don’t rest the head on the ground, instead hover it an inch or so over the ground and shift hips laterally < == > parallel to the line your heels are on letting arms hand down as you bend at the hips / - do not bow ( at the waist. The arms and butt of the club will swing in closer to the body (because arm + club is now a cantilever) and the club if allowed to swing freely with no steering input from hands will find perfect balance between mass and gravity. If you simply rock the hips an inch or so laterally the combination of the cantilever leverage and the MOI of the mass in the club head will dictate the path the club head swings on. It will automatically be an inside- back to square - inside path. Part of what makes a high MOI club more “forgiving” than a old style blade iron is the way the MOI affects the balanced natural (unaided) swing path. The old pre 1970s blades were so toe heavy they would swing too far inside in the takeaway requiring the golfer to fight with the hands to keep them on a swing radius matching the shoulder and hip turn. Engineer and amateur golfer Karsten Solheim realizes that by moving the mass around in the club head it could be made to AUTOMATICALLY steer itself onto the ideal (gravitational pendulum effect) swing arc. All modern cavity back irons are now designed to do that automatically except 99.99999% of the golfers on the planet don’t understand that cause and effect and how to utilize it to create a more automatically consistently swing. I doubt Hogan understood the physics but he intuitively, by trail and error, figured out how it worked and incorporated it brilliantly into his swing in his wide, low, slow takeaway move, letting the club find perfect balance like a pendulum at address and then keeping it that balanced gravity influenced path in the takeaway, which is the key for bringing it back down in balance, the condition that exists when one feels the swing is “in the groove” or like “on rails.” That feeling is a club swinging on its natural, laws of physics dictated path without steering action by the golfer’s hands messing it up. Starting at address with a proper grip is necessary for not messing it up 😀

[@larrymosher5045]

The Hogan book is available at barnes and noble, fairly cheap. I got it about 4 or 5 years ago.

[@jonwright8236]

thanks for the great advice on grip , been a major dilemma of mine, greetings from Ireland

[@5moonunit]

Just a quick question. Why a 36 inch? I see a lot of people do a 37 inch. Is there really a difference. Is there like a rule one should go by? Thanks

[@gabrielcain2738]

I’d love take lessons with this man

[@j1238066]

Do you recommend a long or short lead hand thumb ?

[@timfrancis7795]

You say that it should be across the base of your fingers. This is right as taken from the side. People say the fingers and they are right as taken from the bottom of the club. Cradle it in your fingers to cup the base of the grip and then your position is the same way everyone else says as you are looking at where the grip touches the hand at the side. Drawing lines on your glove is great but you need to realise where on the grip this relates to i.e. the side of the grip. The right hand needs to grip the club like you are holding a baby bird. Great Video

[@ernestcorrigan6717]

Overlap seems to suggest trail pinky on top of lead index but it looks anchored between trail index and next finger. - I fuss with this

[@zackraynor5156]

I honestly wish I could call you up and thank you. I am on the course now I’ve never hit so accurate far consistent, yesterday I couldn’t even drive accurately or hit a pitching wedge. My hits are straight long accurate. The only thing I did was grip the club how you showed. You are a genius!!!’n

[@bluelemonade6200]

Only video content that CNBC did right

[@lv8591]

Do you both hands pressure or just target hand ?

[@gloriagraves1912]

I’d like to learn how to play 🥴

[@lv8591]

@@gloriagraves1912 I also would like to learn to play better

[@T.Hizzle]

when i grip this way i hit a hook. what should i change

[@steelydan5501]

Baseball is loose hands until you go to swing then you grip hard as you swing, could this work for a golf swing?

[@kunalkataria3506]

Where can I buy those gloves??

[@KRITORISS]

Some instructors on youtube say this is wrong, some say its right others say its both.....who do we listen to?

[@nhanle9218]

I think the problem i had for years not realizing until i watched this video was , my pinky finger wasnt all the way locked in, people dont address this often but i had a major problem with consistency due to looseness of the grip.. ty

[@TrueNorthGolf]

Loved this video. Great coach

[@mariecohen3052]

How do you position the 7 iron in your grip

[@gillcelt]

Best grip video Ive seen. Thankyou.

[@williammills8953]

Wish I could grip my club the right way. I can't put my right hand around like this. I have my right thumb on the backside of the club. So I have to compensate my style for it. I broke my wrist 3 times. I've tried to do what he is. I can't do it. I want to. But, I just can't do so.

[@hockeyboy3913]

Use ten finger

[@seandickinson395]

So about 2 weeks ago I was absolutely the worst golfer to ever exist. Turns out my grip was horrible. Changed it to the baseball grip with the Vs pointing toward the trail shoulder and I've never hit drives like this in my life. Just hitting absolute nukes straight and for distance

[@justjames1111]

Great video Martin. I've recently focused on Maintaining the Same Grip Pressure (or at least feeling I do) from Start to Finish and got cut 5 shots after winning two tournaments at my club. Regards Grip Pressure, Aimee Cho says in her video on the Grip, that most Pro's hold the club with most Pressure in the L/hand with the 'pinky' finger and the Trail hand with the First finger and Thumb, and I was wondering if that's what you do too? Thanks

[@patts6153]

How about cack handed grips!?

[@freddycrewger]

I’m at Top Golf rn looking at this ☠️👀

[@fitbritt3]

😂😂😂

[@danielbello4100]

What's the diference betwen the size's of the stick's?

[@alZiiHardstylez]

I thought my old man was intense when he was teaching me. 4:10 brought flashbacks.

[@TheToxicTank]

Anytime I hold the club properly I feel like I don't have control of the club. When I swing it, the ball proves that I don't have control. When I roll my trail hand thumb to the backswing side of the shaft instead of on top I gain control and additional power. Sadly I also hook often. I want to grip it right but I feel no sense of strength when doing so. It even feels goofy and foreign (not natural). This problem kills me.

[@jaysherman4149]

Me too. Think it just takes time to get used to it.

[@johnwalker1471]

I think I use the baseball grip. My drives and iron shots are arrow straight (unless I screw up). What is the advantage of this grip vs the baseball grip? I’m too old to learn a different grip unless there is a definite advantage.

[@kirighy]

He is the only one who correctly said that ,club is partially in fingers and partially in Palm ! Almost ,everyone else says hold it in fingers only .

[@menumlor9432]

Who is here to learn how to golf just to break free of reality and adult responsibilities for awhile?

[@Frank020]

Hi, I am senior. I switched to the baseball grip, and I'm doing better. Some of my fingers have power others don't lol Kids avoid breaking bones, and senseless injuries, oh and excessive beer usage. Don't let people say that was dumb. Yolo.

[@ktr2345]

I loved this video! As a short woman, I always liked the 2handed grip. Recently I've changed to interlock because my trainer told me too. Was a disaster at first but now I'm used to it. Should I have just suck to the 2handed grip?

[@ag358]

Throughout history ive seen drastic differences in hand grips and they all won majors obviously there isn't one way to grip a club. Hand pressure is different from start to impact, if your loose at start and loose at impact the face will turn. Your downswing really determines a good strike, if you come outside the ball target line i don't care what grip you have itll be a mixed result. Get a grip that works for you.

[@NemoandtheBlowfish]

Well done! Those markings on the glove are very helpful and a technique I've not seen before.

[@samanthagates1746]

Hi pete

[@jacobknippel8296]

So I’m assuming if I’m left handed the v’s /line should be going strait to left shoulder?

[@kyleraynor4375]

Yea

[@cluman1]

You making us lefty look stupid. Yes! Most online coaches have right handed swings so get use to flipping left and right when they're describing which hands to use.

[@No-ex2tk]

Wish you sold gloves marked for this

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Unreal how every expert shows a different grip as the 'correct' grip. Nicklaus says lead hand grip is in the palm.

[@dtgpsinc.4289]

IMO, right hand goes on first, then fit the left hand and fingers into the right hand, with left thumb fitting into the . This ensures that the left hand is in fingers with left thumb under life line of the right hand. The left index finger and ring finger of right hand should be as close as possible. Result is left thumb is in a natural position. ie not to long or too short. The left thumb is the fulcrum of the grip.

[@tmax8029]

Bryson DeChambeau has already change this concept of the traditional golf grip?🏌🏿‍♂️⛳️

[@dannyfree1120]

If we all copied bryson, we'd all end up in the hospital.

[@monortues]

I think most of the grip videos, like this one, missed a very important point, which is the relative position of lead hand thumb and trail hand fingers. I found I made a big mistake to put the trail hand fingers on top of the lead hams thumb. It created a big pain. The skin of the thumb somerimes pulled off the nail bed. It is caused by the moving of the middle and ring finger of the trail hand. They move a little bit downward and drag down the skin of the lead hand thumb. No kidding.

[@4everswinger]

Great video Martin, I imagine you are a wonderful coach to teach the game!

[@FrankRusso-tr7so]

Tell that to Moe Norman, not to to put the grip in his palms Moe Norman put it in his plams and hiad a 10 finger grip and he was a Greatest ball striker ever

[@RobGams]

Do these grip recommendations apply to drivers, irons, and putters? Or just drivers?

[@CaptainXSmitty]

All clubs you should grip the same.

[@dibnah46]

I definitely looked up anatomical snuff box to see if it was a real thing 😂 it is! On the list of things that sound made up that has to be near the top

[@josephdubiel7129]

Great golf lesson. Thanks for this review. Very helpful. Joe

[@davidbeydler-f4j]

Love you happy Valentine's day.

[@doma3199]

I wonder what the take is on Bryson's grip. Weak lead hand, but hits it a mile.

[@corytaylor5919]

There are so many contradictions in golf. It can really confuse the beginner.

[@emilywelsh1072]

Wow, so helpful. Thank you!!

[@steelydan5501]

Baseball is second knuckle much stronger than the palm.

[@robertobezerracavalcanti9042]

I would like to hear your opinion. Is this experience, this test, its valid?

[@BrushlessNitroSlayer]

id like to see the PGA go back to early 90s golf club tech handicap the equipment or go back to 70s clubs even better force the pros to play with those and watch them score climb.

[@robertobezerracavalcanti9042]

I am currently without a teacher. But my caddie has sensitivity. I think about asking my caddie to take, ask to pull, the club out of my hands and also and also only from my left hand. With the aim, for the purpose, of testing, checking, comparing the pressure of my grip.

[@HOKALIco]

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[@ryanrmonahan]

Greatest golf video on youtube.

[@kccodex8931]

Always the same with these videos, bad camera work, no need to show the cart shack, the instructor needs to slow way down, and the camera has to be close. Slowly place the hands, slowly open the hands. You leave so much out, short thumb? Trigger? Right hand, against the fingers and palm? Or more in just the fingers? Grip it out front, or when sitting on the ground? Wear marks on the glove? Grip size? I've watched many, and still my grip doesn't feel perfect. Thanks for trying, but, slow down. Get close.

[@4Nzxs176]

Thank you, brilliant. Coming back to the game, getting great hands was the key before and now I'm older, Couldnt be more virat. Thanks

[@jaydjennings8925]

I watched this about a week ago, tried it today... Extremely happy with the result, very good video

[@cubercuber9257]

4:11 DONT DO THIS