A few months ago I wrote a post about light grip pressure, which I renamed soft grip pressure. I titled this post “light grip pressure” for SEO reasons, but I still mean “soft.”

But why have soft grip pressure? Because it gives you the clubhead speed you have coming to you.

If you hold the handle too tightly, you tense up your arms, shoulders, torso, and actually slow down the clubhead.

Try gripping a baseball tightly and throwing it as far as you can. Then grip it lightly and see. It goes a lot farther with number two.

Same thing with a golf club, especially your driver. The clubhead doesn’t have to hit the ball hard, but fast.

A soft grip sends the clubhead into the ball unrestrained. Free distance.