FrancisD
Active member
Was an idiot last week and jammed(smushed) my right ring finger pretty good picking up a break the wrong way by myself...
Come Saturday morning we have the first tee time so no warm ups and omg did my interlocking grip hurt on that first swing. I made it through the 1st hole with my regular grip but walking up to the 2nd hole I was ready to go home but my buddy said try overlap or baseball grip and see if it helps. I took a few practice swings with each and the 10 finger grip didn't seem to hurt all that much. Next thing I know I'm going 40/42 which is an incredible round for my 16ish handicap. Sunday we play at a course with a range so I get there early and grab a large bucket and start whacking away with my new 10 finger grip and things felt good. Went out and shot a 39/51(the 39 is the 2nd time i've broken 40 on 9 holes and unfortunately my buddies knew it and we did Fireball shots at the turn and grabbed way too many beers for the back 9 so the 51 is not a good representation of things. Today with it being 70+ in November in Philly I take the day off and play with my Dad. I went out and shot 44/42 and lost 5 balls; 4 off the tee which 3 should have been findable but my 73 year old Dad tends to play "military golf" and by the time we got to looking for my tee shots I had no idea what the line was and the 2 guys we were grouped with were kinda getting antsy so I wound up taking drops without really looking. (BTW love my Dad and playing golf with him are some of the best times of my life I really wish we found this game to play together earlier in life). Also I putted like crap had 2 lip outs and couldn't get the speed right.
With all that said I played some of my best golf ever with a 10 finger grip, I'm thinking is this for real? I had great contact with all clubs even chipping and pitching. Does anyone play with a 10 finger grip? Is it viable long term because right now I'm thinking I'm on to something which could be bad lol... One thing I did find today was it is hard to get a repeatable grip, things seem a little squirrley but I've only played 3 rounds with it.
Come Saturday morning we have the first tee time so no warm ups and omg did my interlocking grip hurt on that first swing. I made it through the 1st hole with my regular grip but walking up to the 2nd hole I was ready to go home but my buddy said try overlap or baseball grip and see if it helps. I took a few practice swings with each and the 10 finger grip didn't seem to hurt all that much. Next thing I know I'm going 40/42 which is an incredible round for my 16ish handicap. Sunday we play at a course with a range so I get there early and grab a large bucket and start whacking away with my new 10 finger grip and things felt good. Went out and shot a 39/51(the 39 is the 2nd time i've broken 40 on 9 holes and unfortunately my buddies knew it and we did Fireball shots at the turn and grabbed way too many beers for the back 9 so the 51 is not a good representation of things. Today with it being 70+ in November in Philly I take the day off and play with my Dad. I went out and shot 44/42 and lost 5 balls; 4 off the tee which 3 should have been findable but my 73 year old Dad tends to play "military golf" and by the time we got to looking for my tee shots I had no idea what the line was and the 2 guys we were grouped with were kinda getting antsy so I wound up taking drops without really looking. (BTW love my Dad and playing golf with him are some of the best times of my life I really wish we found this game to play together earlier in life). Also I putted like crap had 2 lip outs and couldn't get the speed right.
With all that said I played some of my best golf ever with a 10 finger grip, I'm thinking is this for real? I had great contact with all clubs even chipping and pitching. Does anyone play with a 10 finger grip? Is it viable long term because right now I'm thinking I'm on to something which could be bad lol... One thing I did find today was it is hard to get a repeatable grip, things seem a little squirrley but I've only played 3 rounds with it.