Method of gripping a golf club

Abstract

A two handed grip of a golf club; wherein the hand furthest from the golf club head grips the golf club shaft in a conventional manner and the hand that is closest to the golf club head grips the golf club shaft with four fingers, not including the index finger, in a conventional manner, and wherein the index finger of the hand closest to the club head is disposed longitudinally along the golf club shaft in substantial alignment with the axis of the shaft. The pinky finger of the hand closest to the club head may be interlocked with the index finger of the hand furthest from the club head.

Description

[0001] This invention relates to a method of gripping a golf club that makes it easier to control an accurate direction and carry of a golf ball.[0002] One of the obvious desires of professional, and even amateur, golf players is to, as much as possible, have the ability to control the direction and carry of a golf ball when struck by a golf club. True enjoyment of the game is not realized until such control of direction and carry is achieved.[0003] As a method of practicing to obtain such capabilities, the players have been paying attention to learn how to efficiently position their bodies, legs, hands and wrists when they swing the golf club, and how to make the ball strike the face of the club head at the correct position and angle when they hit the ball.[0004] However, little attention has been paid to the method of gripping the golf club. As shown in FIG. 3, the only instruction for properly gripping a golf club that is shown in golf manuals is that all ten (10) fingers must be...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] It is well known that the forefinger is the most sensitive of all fingers, and the new golf club grip of this invention, and the method of gripping a golf club of this invention, provides a more efficient way of using this forefinger to positively improve distance and accuracy of the flight of a golf ball.

[0008] The invention described herein overcomes the disadvantage that it is difficult to hit a ball in an accurate predetermined direction relative to the club head face because swinging a golf club using a conventional grip, in which both hands are successively folded around the golf club shaft and wherein the club shaft is supported the two hand, at effectively only one point, creates a small discrepancy between the length of the club shaft supposedly covered by the gripping hand and the effective width of the hands gripping the golf club. The instant invention overcomes this discrepancy by not wrapping the forefinger, of the hand that is disposed nearer to the club head, around the club shaft, but rather stretching that forefinger toward the club head on a line that is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the club shaft. The remaining fingers of both hands are wrapped around the club shaft in the usual manner. This grip is useful not only in connection with a putter and / or a sand wedge, both of which require strict control the direction and carry of a ball, but also other golf clubs, such as a "woods" (metal, wooden, composite or made of other materials as the case may be), or numbers 1 to 9 irons. When used with longer hitting clubs, such as a driver or a long or middle iron, it will be found that the ball travels in a more controlled and more accurate line than when all ten fingers are wrapped around the golf club shaft. Further, the flight of ball distance achieved with the longer clubs is more consistent from shot to shot. This enables the golfer to be more accurate in reaching his desired landing zones.

Problems solved by technology

However, little attention has been paid to the method of gripping the golf club.

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