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Square-to-Square Method of Golf
Essentially, to take this sound hold on the club, just bring your hands together from the sides as though you were applauding a song and put them onto the handle. The back of each hand should be facing along your intended line of flight. From this point you will undoubtedly make some modifications that suit the structure of your particular pair of hands. And you should, for reasons I’ll point out in a moment. feel that the left hand should always remain in the basic applause formation-the back of that hand facing flush down the line of flight, a no-knuckler., That is known as the “weak” position. Ultra-vweak,” really. It is designed to block out almost entirely the turning of that hand when under the pressure and force of the right hand. Theoretically, the right hand can then be as dominant in the impact zone as you can make it and it still won’t overpower the left-turn it over and bring a hook.
Quite honestly, I don’t think the majority of average golfers can handle this. Most simply are not strong enough physically to hit the ball with maximum force and direction by this club-holding method. On the other hand, the “square-to-square” hold might work if you are tall enough to create maximum clubhead speed through length of arc alone. The use of the hands, in this case, are minimized, which is the essential premise behind “square-to-square”-the elimination of wristiness. This is the final evolution of the American style of swinging a golf club. When Americans first began to play the game they were, not unnaturally, very much influenced by the style hf the British players. Up to the time of Bobby Jones, and including Jones, everyone swung the club with a lot of hand-turning.
By the way, the term “weak” position may be misleading to you, since the setup for it is so designed to create a strong resistant element against a powerful right hand. But it is a “weak” position in that it has no flexibility in the hitting action. Or very little, anyway.
As for the right-hand hold, it probably shouldn’t be twisted too much to the left, which puts it too high on the handle. You’ll see a couple of knuckles on that hand, and with a good right-hand position you should see at best only one. Get too high with the right hand and it will turn over too much at impact and most often bring a sharp fade, or slice.
But neither should the right hand be turned too much the other way, set under the club so the palm is more or less facing up to you, or more likely, to the left of the target. That is the classic hooking position-the big, uncontrolled hook.
The formation of the hands on the club is what you want them to be at the moment you strike the ball. Ideally, at impact the right hand has its palm facing directly down the target line.
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