How glove markings can ensure a flawless golf grip, per Hall of Fame teacher

By: Nick Dimengo July 23, 2024

GOLF Hall of Fame Teacher David Leadbetter shares a simple hack that uses glove markings to ensure you're gripping the golf club properly

With some simple markings on an old glove, you can identify the proper golf grip once and for all.

Image via Instagram/chriscomogolf

Sure, there are lots of things that determine the outcome of a golf shot, but one of the very first things a player needs to master is the golf grip. Without this, you stand no chance of squaring up the clubface at impact.

Unfortunately, most amateurs struggle with finding the proper grip, and when they do make changes, they often see worst results because the rest of their sequencing is flawed.

But GOLF Hall of Fame Teacher David Leadbetter has an easy hack for every player to learn how the golf grip should look — and it takes only some glove markings in order to figure it out. Check out how in the video below.

Try this hack to ensure a flawless golf grip

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In the video above, Leadbetter’s giving a lesson to GOLF Top 100 Teacher Chris Como. Sure, Como coaches guys like Xander Schauffele but in this instance, he’s playing the student who hasn’t got a clue how to grip the golf club.

“Red is what we don’t want,” Como says as he holds up his glove (showing the markings in the image below).

Como shows which glove markings are good versus which ones are bad in the golf grip. Image via Instagram/chriscomogolf

“Red is bad, black is good,” Leadbetter chimes in. “If you hold the club in the correct position, shall we say, see the amount of maneuverability you have [in the wrists].”

Como then demonstrates how he’s able to flex his wrists while gripping the club, allowing him to release the club and still maintain clubface control.

Leadbetter then discusses how a player loses that flexibility in the wrists when gripping it in the palm — which is a common error many amateurs make, and causes them to be too armsy in the golf swing.

“In the palm, you don’t have the same amount of motion, so everything is done with the arms,” Leadbetter says. “[By gripping it near your fingers at an angle] it gets you to set the club better, it allows you to hold the angle a little better, and to release it better.”

So try this little hack on an old golf glove and see how you can learn the simple fundamental of gripping the golf club properly. As you experience that feel and get more comfortable with that grip, you’ll be hitting better shots in no time.

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