Gordon Jackson's Golf Tip of the Day- July 9, 2010

HOW TO USE THE JACKSON "FINGERS ONLY" GOLF GRIP

When you assume either a conventional overlap, interlock or baseball style of grip, your front hand is gripped on the club in a diagonal manner in that the club lies across your fingers and palm, typically from the crook of your index finger back to the base of your litttle finger, directly under the fatty pad of your palm.

Then when your back hand is gripped on the club with either an overlap, interlock or baseball style of grip your wrists will rotate your clubface to an effective open alignment and your elbows (elbow line)to the inside of your shoulders (shoulder line) to create an out-to-in swing path of your clubface. If you were to execute a non-manipulative golf swing from this position in that you did not re-route your clubface off its established swing path, your downswing would deliver an open clubface to the ball at impact on an out-to-in path across your shoulder line to produce a slice golf shot.

Worst perhaps is if you were to move any body parts after assuming a conventional style of grip the alignment and swing path of your clubface would rotate to a different ball flight such as a hook, pull, push, pull-hook or push-slice without you ever being able to detect which one.

Then perhaps even worse is if you then re-routed your clubface from this position to a different swing path during your golf swing you would produce a different ball flight.

This is why golfers produce different ball flights without ever determining the cause.

My Locked-In Golf Techniques prevent this from happening because each one locks-in a square clubface alignment and an online swing path of the clubface during the setup proceedings. They will remain locked-in from that point throughout the golf swing.

One of the easiest locked-in techniques to perform is th Jackson "Fingers Only" Golf Grip.

Here is how to perform the Jackson "Fingers Only" Golf Grip.

First, lay the handle of your club squarely into the creases at the base of the ring and middle fingers of your front hand. This is critical. The club must lie in a straight line across these creases rather than diagonal. Furthermore, the club handle cannot lie in the palm of the front hand or in the second set of creases of the ring and middle fingers of the front hand.

Then merely wrap the fingers of your front hand around your club handle to complete your front hand grip.

Next, simply grip your back hand on your club handle with either an overlap, interlock or baseball style of grip. Complete your back hand grip by locking the lifeline of your back hand squarely and snugly on your front-hand thumb. DO NOT UNLOCK YOUR BACK-HAND LIFELINE FROM YOUR FRONT-HAND THUMB THEREAFTER.

If you perform this grip correctly you will have a square clubface alignment and an online swing path of your clubface.

At this point all that remains is to center the sweet spot of your clubface as near to the back of your ball, without moving your ball during the process, align your shoulders parallel with your directional line, keep your head steady, your feet planted and execute a non-manipulative golf swing.

Then watch your ball fly on a straight path on your directional line.

FULL DISCLOSURE

Many golfers assume their front-hand grip with a fingers only grip. However, they sometimes fail to place the handle of their club squarely into the creases at the base of the ring and middle fingers of their front hand or they unlock the lifeline of their back hand form their front-hand thumb after completing their grip. Either will prevent a locked-in square clubface and an online swing path of the clubface.