Fundamentals

Good golf begins with a good grip.

The club should be placed in the fingers of the right and left hand. The club should run at a slight diagonal along from the base of the pinky finger to the middle of the left index finger. When the golfer looks down at their left hand they should see two knuckles with the lined formed between the index finger and thumb pointing in the direction of the right shoulder. In the right hand the club should run along the base of the fingers and as well the lined formed between the index finger and thumb should be pointing in the direction of the right shoulder. There should be a slight trigger finger in the right hand with the right index finger slightly separated from the middle finger.

A golfer with longer fingers typically will use the Varden or overlapping grip, which means the pinky finger of the right hand lays on top of the left index and middle finger. The interlocking grip used by golfers with shorter fingers is were the pinky finger of the right hand is interlocked and placed between the middle finger and pinky finger of the left hand. The ten finger grip or baseball grip is which is used by golfers with less hand strength, typically beginning juniors, women or seniors, is when all ten fingers are placed on the golf club.

To have a square clubface throughout the entire swing.

The club face is the part of the golf club that contacts the ball.

The clubface should be square at all times.

The swing plane is the angle at which the golf club swings during the swing.

The swing plane is established at the set up and is the angle at which the club rest.

As the club swings through the swing it should always swing along this angle.

Taking the club inside the plane.

Hitting the ball from the inside to the outside.

Hooks

Taking the club too far outside.

Too steep or vertical position coming into impact.

Slices

The plane angle is the same for everyone.

The plane angle is determined by the angle the golf club lays at address.

Hooks

Caused generally be a strong grip, which leads to a closed club face, which can cause the club to swing down to much from inside to out resulting in the golf ball hooking.

Try a neutral grip which will allow for a square club face and on-plane swing.

Slices

Weak grip that leads to an open clubface throughout the swing. Also, it may lead to a steep ouside-in angle coming into impact.

Try a neutral grip leading to a square club face and an on plane downswing.

A weak grip leads to a steep and from the outside swing.

The club should come down to the initial position.

This is known as the plane angle.

A bad grip will lead to many mistakes in the swing.

Right. On the line.

A weak grip will cause a glancing blow in the downswing.