Learn why you need a different grip for putting than your full swing and discover two game-changing putting grips used by the pros. First, master the reverse overlapping grip – the standard putting grip where your lead finger extends down the outside, firming up your leading side and reducing wrist action. If that doesn’t improve your putting, try the left hand low grip (used by Jordan Spieth and other top players) which completely swaps your hand positions to eliminate the dreaded wrist flick. Both grips promote a shoulder-driven stroke with minimal hand action for more consistent putting.
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If you’re not putting as well as you’d like, it could be your grip. Now, what a lot of people don’t realize is that there are two grips in golf. One for putting and one for the rest of the game. But a lot of people bring their normal sort of full swing grip to putting. And it’s not ideal. If you watch the golfers on TV or watch all the pros, they’ve actually got a different grip to putt. And it’s called the reverse overlapping grip. And what it looks like is a pretty basic 10finger grip. like all fingers are on the grip, but we’re just going to bring our leading hands forefinger out and down the outside of the fingers of the bottom hand. So, it’s going to look a little bit like this, which looks a little bit strange. So, it’s basically all fingers on like a baseball. This forefinger comes out and you snug it up close and you end up with this grip here. So, that’s the reverse overlapping grip. Now, the reason we use that is because that left forefinger coming out firms up the left side and restricts your ability to get too wristy, which you don’t want when you’re putting. You want the shoulders to do the work. Very little, if any, hands and wrists at all. So, that left forefinger firms up that leading side. So, if you’re already using that grip and you’re not putting very well, I have another grip that you can use. But if you haven’t tried that reverse overlapping grip, do that first because it might make a massive difference to your putting, particularly those short ones. But practice it. It’s going to feel a bit strange. Go do it at home on the carpet or go out to your putting green and do some practice with it first just to get a feel for that slight change. So very basic. All fingers are on. Let the putter sit up across the palm, which is different from your full swing grip. And get that leading forefinger out. Firm up that left side. Now, another grip I have, if you’re already using that grip, but you’re not putting as well as you’d like, I’ve have another grip for you, which is a fantastic grip used by a lot of the really good players. Jordan Spe is one example. There’s plenty of others. And it’s the leading hand low or the left hand low for right-handers, right hand low for left-handers. So, and it’s very simple. You’re just going to swap your hands around. You’re going to take your top hand off, bring it down, bring your bottom hand up, and so your left hand is low or your leading hand is low. It’s very simple. There’s really no rules much about it. You can kind of do it how you like. How I’ve got it is my top thumb is just snug down into the lifeline of the bottom hand. I’ve got everything nice and close underneath. Now, the reason again that we do that is because it firms up that leading side. It restricts your ability to get too wristy. You feel like you’re kind of pulling the putter towards the hole and stops you doing the flick, which is not good for putting. So, give that a try. Left hand low. Make sure the shoulders are doing the work. Keep the hands and wrists out of your putting stroke all together. You don’t want this action. See how you that feels. Again, practice it first. Really, really important. Don’t just go out on Sunday and give it a try on the first hole cuz it won’t work very well. It’ll feel terrible. You will need to practice a little bit. But give it a try. Either use the correct putting grip if you haven’t been doing that, the reverse overlap, or if you have and you’re not putting as well as you’d like, try the left hand low.
