Right Thumb Troublemaker & Swing Wrecker!

[Go Low]

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[BrianW]

Re: Right Thumb Troublemaker & Swing Wrecker!

There can be a few problems created with right thumb position. One refers to the long and short thumb the other to the way the right thumb sits snugly over the left.

A long left thumb tends to get the clubshaft off plane with the right forearm and will often create a closed clubface in the takeaway.

A poorly connected grip where the right thumb dose not engage securely with the left will hold the hands out of alignment and make it difficult to square the clubface.

I like this rather gruesome picture from Nick Bradley showing how the hands should connect in the grip:

[bill reed]

Re: Right Thumb Troublemaker & Swing Wrecker!

hi Go Low
great post about the right thumb. when i first started i use to grip the club with my right thunb and fingers so tight, it was only when i relaxed my thumb and let it "rest" on the grip and gripped the club with my middle and ring fingers that i started to hit the ball cleaner and you could hear the difrence in the contact with the ball.
i think like you said there are to many high handicap players that "grip" with there right thumb and they lose distance and feel.
i remember Trevino said in one of his clinics that he pratised with relaxing his right hand grip and only at full backswing would he grip harder with his ring and index finger but again he was left handed playing right handed clubs so had a very strong left side.
i did this and it did help me in not gripping the club to tigtly and i got more distance. i think the grip shoud be strong enought not to let the club turn but not to lock the muscles in your forarm.
cheers
Bill

[KrudlerAce]

Grip It

Excellent Post.

I always knew the importance of the right thumb and where it was placed on the grip but never really understood why it was so important.

Thanks for clearing that up!