Even at the highest level of the game the top professionals swing the golf club in very different ways. There is certainly more than one way of getting the job done – think Jim Furyk or Matthew Wolff, for example.
But if youâre new to the game or still in the early stages, getting the fundamentals as correct as possible will certainly help you to develop a more consistent golf swing. Many of the different-looking swings you see actually rely on compensatory movements at various stages to be able to deliver the club back to the ball squarely.
While good players may be able to time these movements consistently thanks to many hours of practice and repetition, for lesser golfing mortals, itâs a tougher challenge and one that invariably leads to inconsistency.
Here, we break down the fundamentals from grip to follow-through pooling advice offered by a number of our expert team of top coaches. The whole movement only takes a second, so getting the fundamentals right in each element of the swing will give you a better chance of the whole thing knitting together more effectively.
For example, setting up correctly will give you a better chance of taking the club away correctly. Taking the club away correctly will give you more chance of completing the backswing effectively and so onâŚ
The Grip
While some golfers play well with stronger or weaker grips, a neutral grip is the ideal starting point.
A strong grip is one in which the upper hand sits on top of the grip too much and the lower hand too much underneath the grip, with things vice versa in a weak grip.Â
In a neutral grip, the clubâs grip should run along the base of the little finger, on through the other fingers until intersecting the middle part of the index finger.
This is how the grip should sit in your left or upper hand
(Image credit: Kenny Smith)
For the perfect golf grip that keeps the clubface neutral, when you wrap your hand over, the V created by the thumb and index finger should point at your right shoulder.Â
In the gameâs most common overlapping grip, the little finger of your…
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