Grip pressure by handicap and swing type

[Shilgy]

Without wanting to rehash the grip pressure versus swing speed issue that was shut down….. I found this study fascinating on the pros versus ams grip pressure debate.

 

Note….this is measured versus feels.

 

Note 2 Perhaps someone with the Golf.com credentials can supply some of the graphs referenced but not shown?

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/how-tightly-should-you-grip-the-club-here-s-what-the-data-says/ar-BB1pip7r

 

excerpt

The professional

The grip pressure profiles of the pros we measured in this study were incredibly consistent from player to player. As you can see in the graph above, pros squeeze the handle pretty hard at address [1]-nearly twice as hard as the members of the other groups (especially with the lead hand). Good golfers are known for being able to expertly control the clubface. Their ability to do so starts with a good squeeze even before they take the club back. The hard initial squeeze also matches up with the better player's tendency to power their backswing using body rotation. They simply hold on and turn, whereas poor golfers tend to lift the club up with their hands and wrists, which probably explains why their grip pressure at setup is so low.

A pro ramps up the pressure as he reaches the top of the backswing [2]. These findings suggest that this first initial pressure peak is what allows the professional to efficiently stop his backswing without overswinging, laying the club off or crossing the line.

What's interesting is that a pro's grip pressure immediately drops as soon as he starts down [3]. This fuels what's often described as the "magic move" rec golfers seek. Combining this pressure drop with body rotation (as in toward the target) is what gets the club on a power-rich plane, creating effortless speed.

Following the drop is a second pressure peak [4], about when the lead arm goes from parallel to the ground to impact. Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, one of golf's leading biomechanists, teaches that the most efficient way to create force is to pull longitudinally along the shaft, "like you're yanking the grip off the club." The appearance of this second pressure peak supports his findings.

 

As a pro nears impact, his hand pressure remains noticeably stable [5], unlike the other groups who we found to either squeeze slightly harder or lighter as they swing through the ball - another reason better players are so good at controlling the clubface through impact.

[gato_plomo]

If only I picked up golf when I was 13...

[Soloman1]

it’s pretty much an affirmation of what was presented before.

[Shilgy]

Just now, Soloman1 said:

it’s pretty much an affirmation of what was presented before.

I didn’t go back and read the thread again but felt some of the pressure changes in players during the swing were new info.

 

If not new I’ll just lock this.

[iacas]

I think the charts I and others posted showed pressure changes during the swing.

[rooski]

3 hours ago, Shilgy said:

What's interesting is that a pro's grip pressure immediately drops as soon as he starts down

 

Man you're gonna have like 3 people read this, go out to the range to manually try this feel, and start yeeting clubs down the range on accident

[Tfb003]

I think this is interesting information, especially the part about increasing grip pressure to slow the club up top and easing as you start down.

 

I have experimented a lot with grip pressure in my simulator and can get a 5ish MPH ball speed jump messing around with lightening pressure on the way down. When I get it right the club actually feels in more control and whips through. Have not really been able to execute it on the course.

[Shilgy]

1 hour ago, rooski said:

 

Man you're gonna have like 3 people read this, go out to the range to manually try this feel, and start yeeting clubs down the range on accident

LOL…in context it was easy to know but I had to look up “yeeting” anyways.

 

Maybe with this info they can yeet further?😆