Overlapping or interlocking grip?

denishurley

What are the benefits of each? Do they make much of a difference?

big_drive

I often wondered how to know which you should use. I use overlapping but just started with that grip, no reason behind choosing it

Leprechaun77

I have been using interlocking for the last number of years. It's a personal choice at the end of the day as to which one is more comfortable. I tend to hit my irons consistently straight, however at times it does feel a bit awkward still. I played the last couple of rounds with overlapping and it felt much better. I was hitting the ball further and my swing felt much smoother....trouble is, it tended to spray the ball all over the shop and I wasn't scoring as well....I am in two minds but I think I will go back to overlapping, as if I can get this right my game will improve long term.

Mr. Larson

I used overlapping for years but following lessons to go with an orthodox grip (left hand connecting with club more through fingers, less through palm of hand, seeing 2 knuckles on left hand) the switch to interlocking won out as it felt better. Neither one is better than the other, necessarily. My pro didn't state a preference for either and I just ended up making the switch myself. Maybe if I had shovels for hands I might have stayed with overlapping, I dunno.

MP62

denishurley wrote: »

What are the benefits of each? Do they make much of a difference?

No there's no fundamental difference really, try both and use whichever feels right for you.

GreeBo

don't forget baseball/ten finger grip!

A New earth

After many years I switched to the 10 finger grip this year (except for driver) and finding it good. Especially suitable if your hands are not big (Handicap 10)

matt-dublin

usually overlapping works better for people with small hands.

Benny Cake

GreeBo wrote: »

don't forget baseball/ten finger grip!

Isn't that grip exclusively for the use of seniors and fat americans?

Quahog217

Its just whatever feels comfortable really i think

3putt

I used the ten finger grip for a while but changed to the overlapping grip.

Kace

Just in case you're interested in how the Boardsie's stack up from a grip perspective...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74251920

Alrite Chief

GreeBo wrote: »

don't forget baseball/ten finger grip!

Just looking up a bit on grip lately and they say juniors get taught this because their hands are smaller so just to get more area on the grip they encourage the '10 finder grip'.

Im not sure how good this would work out for an adult because you have less parity between the two hands therefore more chance of two hands doing their own thing.

Personally i interlock. Had a go at the over lapping and just feels like you have one finger doing nothing. Id even sooner the 10 finger one to it.

GreeBo

Alrite Chief wrote: »

Just looking up a bit on grip lately and they say juniors get taught this because their hands are smaller so just to get more area on the grip they encourage the '10 finder grip'.

Im not sure how good this would work out for an adult because you have less parity between the two hands therefore more chance of two hands doing their own thing.

Personally i interlock. Had a go at the over lapping and just feels like you have one finger doing nothing. Id even sooner the 10 finger one to it.

I get a better wrist cock with 10 finger than I do with vardon and I have big hands. A common drill for wrist-cock is to make swings with your hands separated on the shaft. I feel 10 finger is a good compromise on this.

I dont feel that my hands can do separate things as they are both still attached to the same club. Note that, for me at least, my little finger is in contact with my index finger on the other hand, its just not on top of it. I dont have a gap between my hands or have the club more in my palms or anything. It just feels better

I use a Vardon grip for putting though.

Osgoodisgood

I have large hands and use an overlapping grip. I started when I was very young and that was the grip that suited me best. I use a reverse overlap to putt with.

scubapro

GreeBo wrote: »

I get a better wrist cock with 10 finger than I do with vardon and I have big hands. A common drill for wrist-cock is to make swings with your hands separated on the shaft. I feel 10 finger is a good compromise on this.

I dont feel that my hands can do separate things as they are both still attached to the same club. Note that, for me at least, my little finger is in contact with my index finger on the other hand, its just not on top of it. I dont have a gap between my hands or have the club more in my palms or anything. It just feels better

I use a Vardon grip for putting though.

Does using the 10 finger grip aid in releasing the club head, what I mean is that another common drill like the one you mentioned above with the hands seperated on the shaft gives you a good sensation of the forearm rotation on the backswing and on the forward swing when you swing to the toe up position.

GreeBo

scubapro wrote: »

Does using the 10 finger grip aid in releasing the club head, what I mean is that another common drill like the one you mentioned above with the hands seperated on the shaft gives you a good sensation of the forearm rotation on the backswing and on the forward swing when you swing to the toe up position.

Yeah, to me it feels like I cock and uncock better with this grip. Hands separated felt like too much, but touching felt like a good compromise.