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<\/a><\/p>\nI thought I\u2019d try that, but I couldn\u2019t make it work. Dunne’s putter had a thick grip, and mine didn’t. There wasn\u2018t enough of the putter grip in my fingers to hold the club the way he did. But I didn\u2019t want to give up, so I tried an interlocking grip with my left forefinger between my right middle and ring fingers.<\/p>\n
That didn\u2019t work. I still didn\u2019t have control of the grip. There\u2019s one more finger to go, I thought, so I put my left index finger between my right index and middle fingers. Bingo.<\/p>\n
That brought my hands neatly together and put the grip in my fingers the way I was looking for. I call it the Forefinger Interlock<\/strong> grip. (You heard it here first.)<\/p>\n Notice in the second photo how close together my thumbs are. The left thumb nestles into the pocket of my right palm, and the pad under my right thumb fits right on top of my left thumb. The effect is that you hold the putter entirely in your left hand. The right hand provides stability.<\/p>\n Both thumbs point directly down the shaft.<\/p>\n Notice also how square my hands are. I don\u2019t try to do this, it\u2019s just what happens when I take this grip. That\u2019s where my hands end up.<\/p>\n One of the problems with a standard putting grip, where one hand is lower on the shaft than the other, is that you have two hands that you have to keep working together so one hand, usually the right, doesn’t run off and do its own thing. <\/p>\n That problem disappears with the Forefinger Interlock, because all you have down there is one clump of hands — one thing moving the club, not two. In this way the putter face does not twist out of square. You get a swinging stroke, not a hitting stroke. Your hands are taken out of the stroke entirely.<\/p>\n Results? I\u2019m putting just as well on average days as I did on good days. Because my hands are not involved in the stroke, I\u2019m more relaxed mentally. That gives me more confidence, which leads to better putting.<\/p>\n So. Is the Forefinger Interlock the grip of the future? The grip that will take five strokes off your score? The grip that will take the Tour by storm? Maybe. <\/p>\n But it is definitely something for you to try. Can\u2019t hurt, and it might help. A lot. <\/p>\n * Dunne collapsed in the fourth round, shooting a 78 and finishing in a tie for 30th place. He turned pro later that year, and in 2017 won the British Masters by three strokes over Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was at the range a while ago fooling around on the putting green. I like to try different things out there to see what happens. In the 2015 British Open, Irish amateur Paul Dunne*, co-leader after three rounds, had this putting grip where both hands were side-by-side. I thought I\u2019d try that, but I … Continue reading The Forefinger Interlock Putting Grip<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n