Yikes, I'm posting from work w/out my book--hope I put up the right numbers. Strong, single axis grip. So I get my L thumb over on the aft side. Snuggle right hand/palm over the thumb, R thumb down the aft side as well.
Right hand thumb will be on left side of grip, at about 10.30 (o'clock).
Originally Posted by HoganFan
Put the club on the ground--and the face is waaay left of the target line. Is that where it should be, idea that when I open the club face right of target line, it'll compensate, so to speak?
Thanks for any fog-eradicating.
I hold the club at arms length with the clubhead level with my eyes (standing erect, that is), and
then fashion my grip. All I have to do then is to lower my arms keeping a straight back, to assume the address position. A little flexing of the knees and I'm ready to go.
Right hand thumb will be on left side of grip, at about 10.30 (o'clock).
Okay, too late for embarrassement here. I've simply had my R thumb on the wrong side. That would account for Toolish's puzzlement as well re: a hooked lie at address.
With the L hand, shaft seems to lay just about under the crease where the fingers meet the palm--and of course, under the pad. In the R hand, shaft is laying just about across the same crease--where the fingers join the top of the palm, R thumb over the shaft on the fore side, 'bout 10:30 as you said.
Or, do you feel the R hand accomodates the shaft further past that crease and more in the palm?
Okay, too late for embarrassement here. I've simply had my R thumb on the wrong side. That would account for Toolish's puzzlement as well re: a hooked lie at address.
With the L hand, shaft seems to lay just about under the crease where the fingers meet the palm--and of course, under the pad. In the R hand, shaft is laying just about across the same crease--where the fingers join the top of the palm, R thumb over the shaft on the fore side, 'bout 10:30 as you said.
Or, do you feel the R hand accomodates the shaft further past that crease and more in the palm?
Thank you both, very helpful.
Here's one subject where a picture is worth a thousand words. If you are a Hogan fan, for starters, look in his "Five Lessons" starting at page 18.
My book wore out long ago, so I checked out my copy of The Hogan Way which borrowed some of the illustrations. Couldn't find the same pic of Mr. Hogan's R hand on the club. From what I could see, it appears the shaft runs directly across PP#3, then just below (i.e., towards the pad of the hand) the finger's creases where they join the pad.
I'm guessing since Mr. Hogan said he wishes he had "Three R hands", the shaft probably lay a bit more in the pad then the fingers.
*I'm leaving for vacation from June 30th until July 9th. But I'll check back in for any more respones when I return.
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