By Robin All
If you look closely at your top hand on the club, you’ll notice the “V” formed by your thumb and the back of your hand. For a right-handed golfer, that “V” should point toward your right shoulder.
In this case, the player’s “V” was pointing more toward his left shoulder, creating a weak grip. The result was a high, weak fade. To compensate, he had learned to swing from outside to inside, sending the ball well left before it sliced back toward the target—sometimes finishing in the fairway, but never consistently.
After strengthening his grip, the slice disappeared. However, because he was still making the same outside-in swing, his shots became pulls to the left. The next step is learning to swing from the inside, allowing the clubface and swing path to work together for a straighter, more powerful ball flight.
Sometimes two swing faults can offset each other enough to produce an acceptable result, but they will never produce a consistently solid, repeatable golf shot.
As the old saying goes, “There is no right way to do a wrong thing.”
— Robin All, PGA Life Member
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