Palm Springs Golf School Putting Grip (Dual Single Overlap Grip)

In this section I talk about placing both hands on the grip and making them work together as one unit. The stroke we teach at our Palm Springs golf schools is the most popular grip on the PGA tour and is very effective.  This is very important in the grip because if one hand takes over in the swing then the face can open or close easily during the stroke.  Players that come to our golf schools in Palm Springs with the yips  almost always have their dominant hand taking over during the stroke and attempting to direct the the club face.  We can cure the putting yips by making the the dominant hand more passive.

Palm Springs Golf School Video Putting Series

This is the 3rd video in the putting grip series.  Check out Putting Grip Hand Placement video 1 on the placement on the putter grip in the palm of the hands, the first video in our video golf school putting series.  Also take a look at Putting Grip Neutral Hands video 2 that covers how to place the hands in a neutral position on the putter, the second video in our video golf school putting series.

What is “tying the hands together” in the putting grip mean?

Tying the hands together is  the simple idea of making both hand function as one unit.  We can tie the hands by placing the hands both close together and overlapping the certain finger in the hands.  This makes the hands stay neutral and even during the stroke and disallows extraneous and unwanted movements.

Why should I tie my hands together in the putting grip?

The face should neither open nor close during the putting stroke. The tying of the hands helps to prevent the extraneous movements during the stroke,  it also helps from one hand taking over in the stroke as well.  Preventing these movements makes the putting stroke simpler and a simple putting  stroke is a more repeatable, more accurate and more consistent putting stroke. You can learn this grip at our Palm Springs golf schools.

To learn the dual single overlap putting grip start in this position.

The hands are slid together to create a nicely tied neutral putting grip.

How to tie the hands in the putting grip. “Dual Single Overlap Grip”

In the video I mention the the term double overlap grip and that the the putting grip is not a double overlap grip but however a dual single overlap.  A double overlap grip would be a grip that has two fingers of one hand overlapping or over the top of the other hand.  The dual single overlap is a grip where each hand has a finger the overlaps over the other hand.

To produce this grip we first need to know what fingers are the overlapping ones.  On your dominant hand, (the hand closest to the steel) the pinkie finger is the overlapping finger and on the non-dominant hand the pointer finger is the overlapping finger.

Now make a fist with very light pressure on both hands and keep them separate.  Straighten your pointer finger on the non-dominant hand and the pinkie on the non-dominant hand. Put both thumbs in the hitchhiker position.  From here we are going to slide the hands together.   With your fingers staying in this position slide the knuckle of the ring finger of your non-dominant hand against the knuckle  of the of the middle finger on you dominant hand.  Both the pointer finger and the pinkie finger should now overlap the opposite hand.

Try this next on the putter. We have now created the Dual Single Overlap Grip and have effectively tied both hands into one unit. For more information come to one of Golf School in Palm Springs.