This means you’ll be fumbling around the greens for a little while as you get used to the feel, the position of your left hand, wrist, thumb, and fingers, the pressure, etc. The grip is, far and away, the hardest element of your game to change. Primarily, it looks and feels uncomfortable. Of course, there are a few notable disadvantages to using this style of grip. However, if putting is one of your bigger headaches on the golf course, changing your grip could be a viable solution. If the traditional claw putting grip you’ve always used has been reliable, then there’s no need to fix what ain’t broken.
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CLAW PUTTING GRIP FREE
Your shoulders and arms are going to do most of the work, leaving your wrists free to be firm and straight. However, as you’ll find, the motion for the claw grip comes primarily from your upper body. Using the claw grip helps to eliminate any pushing, leaving the work up to your front hand and wrist to guide the putter in a straight line. As such, many golfers tend to push or pull too much, throwing their club face off the line.
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The back hand is the “power” hand in the traditional stroke. The philosophy behind using the claw is that you reduce the variability of a hand-controlled motion by instead focusing on swinging your putter straight down the aiming line. One prominent technique that’s gaining traction is the claw grip.
CLAW PUTTING GRIP PRO
In recent years, pro golfers have discovered new ways to approach the putting game. It’s a unique stroke that still involves all of the same elements as any other – proper stance, grip, alignment, etc – but while you use it less than your regular swings, it’s one of the most important components of a strong game. Putting is, hands down, the most challenging part of the game of golf.
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Patented No Taper Technology® creates even grip pressure for a more consistent stroke. Neutralizing wrist action helps to activate the larger shoulder muscles during the stroke to improve consistency of squaring the putter face at impact and starting the ball on line. The CLAW® helps to create a more vertical locked feeling at address by aligning the upper wrist with the putter while reducing wrist action in the bottom. Unique design that incorporates a pistol top hand profile with three at sides in the bottom hand for increased surface area to facilitate a “claw” style putting grip.