02/23/2018 ISSUE 08

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GET A GRIP – IT’S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO YOUR GAME Kevin’s
Kures
As we have discussed in previous more to your right. If you see 4 knuck- with the right-hand, with your head in
“Kures,” assuming you have struck the les on the back of your left hand, rotate a normal address, position, the “V” that Kevin Perkins is a PGA Master Profes-
ball somewhat close to the center of the your left hand slightly to your left. Grip is formed between your right thumb and sional and operates his Golf Academy at 76
clubface, the clubface position at impact pressure is vital as well. As the great Ben right index finger, should point at your Golf World in Stuart. Kevin has authored
will have the most influence on where Hogan once stated, the last three fin- collarbone, between your chin and right the golf instructional book Golf Everyone,
your golf ball will start. The clubface can gers of the left hand form probably the shoulder. Again, proper grip pressure published by Hunter Textbooks. Kevin
either be in a closed, square or open po- most important pressure point of all in is very important for the right hand as may be reached at 561-301-3783, email:
sition at the moment of impact. To sim- the golf swing. You should definitely feel well. With that being said, please place a [email protected], or visit his website at
plify, the ball will generally start off in a great deal of control coming from the bit more pressure on the middle and ring www.kevinperkinsgolfacademy.com. 
the direction of the clubface. The part of last three fingers of your left-hand with fingers of your right hand.
the body that has the most influence on the index finger not quite as firm and of
the clubface is your grip, or, as I prefer course, and the left thumb will serve as a Lastly, I would recommend that you
to call it, your holding position. Let’s re- brace and stabilizer especially at the top place slightly more grip pressure in the
view the holding position and give you of the backswing and deep into the fall left hand than the right. This should
an all-important “Kure” for your grip through, as the wrists re-cock. help you evenly distribute the amount
(left-handed players, please reverse my of work done by each arm, and aid in
instruction below). 2. Right Hand. Place the grip in the discouraging a pushing, shoving and
middle finger joints of the right hand, hitting motion with the right arm, but
1. Left Hand. Place the club grip in a resulting in more of a finger-holding instead use the right arm as a swinging
combination of a palm and finger grip. position than the left. The left thumb is and releasing force.
Specifically, the grip will run diagonally placed in the valley or the lifeline of the
across the hand and on top of the upper right hand. This is crucial in unifying the
finger joints. For those that are wearing hands. Again, it is worth repeating: place
a wedding band, the grip will be placed the left thumb so it fits snugly in the val-
on the top of your band, securely under ley of the right hand. You should also feel
your heel pad. The left thumb should that the heel of your right hand will place
be positioned slightly right of center a slight amount of pressure into the top
of the grip. The left thumb will be ex- of the left thumb. The right index finger
tended nicely, but should not be visible of the right hand should also be placed
between the right thumb and index fin- in what we call a trigger position. The
ger. To ensure that your left hand is po- trigger finger is achieved by creating a
sitioned correctly, with your head in a small amount of space between the right
normal address position, you should be index finger and right middle finger. The
able to see 2 to 3 knuckles on the back of right thumb will not be placed entirely
your left hand. If you see only one or no on the grip. Instead, the inside part of
knuckles on the back of your left hand, the right thumb will be the only por-
you should rotate your left hand a bit tion of the thumb that touches the grip.
To ensure the proper holding position

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