Overlap grip vs. Interlock

gllama · 2022-03-19T20:22:01+00:00

I've always used an overlap grip, it just feels more natural to me. However, I have also always struggled with pulling or hooking my irons and wedges (especi...

scotts33

Interlock/overlap. More about the top hand weakness or strength as to fade/draw IMO along with set up position/alignment and how the bottom hand matches up to the top hand. Don't over think it. Get a good grip and figure it out. Golfers over think playing situations which also leads to slow play. Find something that works, emulate it and repeat it.

KCee

Typhoon I think it is just old age. I've surgery on my left hand and right wrist and both get achy at times especially in the winter. I went from standard grips to midsize when I was fighting the hooks and then dropped down to +1/32" or so, but now thinking of going back to midsize just for comfort. Sucks getting old.

Eguller

KCee I think it is just old age. I've surgery on my left hand and right wrist and both get achy at times especially in the winter. I went from standard grips to midsize when I was fighting the hooks and then dropped down to +1/32" or so, but now thinking of going back to midsize just for comfort. Sucks getting old.

i've some bad news for you potentially. Due to my pounding loads of ball when I competed in Senior LD,
I've had my left thumb joint replaced and now need the right one done ( in addition to other issues ).

Guess what - grip size doesn't seem to matter or help the situation. Maybe softer grips would help to
quiet vibration (+ larger maybe). I've tried them all. I just put up with it. Celebrex or Aleve helps but
I can't take too much of that either. What did you say ? Sucks getting old. 🙄

Sarnella

Eguller
Getting old is NOT for Sissy's.

bogeypro

Eguller

Yeah, sucks getting old when you have to deal with some amount of nominal (and sometimes chronic) pain every day but it sure beats the long dirt nap

Typhoon

Eguller Funny you say that, both my thumbs are a wreck.

Eguller

Typhoon Funny you say that, both my thumbs are a wreck.

Good luck & pay attention. I use to love firm GP grips and 6.5 shafts and firm, fast conditions - I'm sure
that contributed to my thumb/wrist issues. Not a mudder at all and can't stand spongy fairways. YMMV.

Typhoon

I had an xray done and I go into this room after and the slide of 2 thumbs on the screen. He wasn't in the room yet. Now I had no idea really but I'm looking at them and I'm like, WTF?? He comes in and starts talking and I said, That's MY fuckin thumb???

Eguller

Typhoon WTF?? He comes in and starts talking and I said, That's MY fuckin thumb???

And he said "Yep".

Want a 2nd opinion - the others ones bad too. 🤔

sdandrea1

Interlock here.

rsvman2

I use jumbo grips and have tried really hard to take hands out of the swing over the past couple of years. Works for me. As long as I stick with overlap I don't get hand pain at all.

Sneakylong

10 finger since I got back into golf 22 years ago. Haven’t looked back since.

Typhoon

Sneakylong I learned using a 10 finger grip and the juniors I teach, I start them with a 10 finger grip as well. When I try it now I can kill the ball but accuracy is an issue

propman

Sneakylong just curious about the 10 finger grip. Do you keep the same amount of pressure with each hand?

Ive always used a interlock grip ( long before knowing Jack used it)😁

Sneakylong

propman

Yes. Both equal pressure and both involved in the takeaway. The feel I have in the downswing is the left is guiding or leading the right into impact and keeping the right from hitting too soon.

It’s as if the left is saying to the right wait on it, wait on it and then the right fires thru. Sometimes it goes according to plan and sometimes not. It’s just a feel. Who knows what the hell is actually happening. Lol

propman

Sneakylong thanks, I might try it next time at the range. I'm lefthanded in just about everything besides golf and back in the day - batting, hockey.

Typhoon

Sneakylong Holy crap, both of you got a lot going on in your heads😅! I get soooo many people asking me stuff like that. I tell them you’re thinking about all that stuff? Noooo

Sneakylong

Typhoon

I don’t think of anything dynamically. It’s all feel. I was describing what I feel. Your brain can only handle one task at a time.

Some days it’s tempo. Other days it’s keep my head still etc.. IMO the downswing happens too fast to think of anything really.

Everything is just an intent.

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