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Ladies, if you're struggling with consistency and accuracy on the greens, you should consider a cross-handed grip, which will help keep the club on line and promote a more level sweeping motion through impact.

 

Hold your putter with your right hand so that the end of the grip is just above your heel pad and your right thumb points straight down the handle. When you square the face to your line, add your left hand, hooking your pinkie finger over the forefinger of your right hand. (This is a "left-hand-overlap grip.") Your left thumb should extend straight down the handle. This keeps your hands close together and working in tandem.

 

The cross-handed grip not only takes your hands out of the stroke, it also levels your shoulders at address. You'd think setting your left hand below your right would tilt your shoulders toward the target, just as the traditional grip tilts them away. But here's the trick--play the ball slightly more forward in your stance and your shoulders will remain relatively level. From there, you can make a pure pendulum motion back and through, which leads to more consistent contact.

 

The direction your putts take is dictated by your clubhead's path and angle at impact. The cross-handed grip can improve your stroke in both areas. By keeping your right hand stiff, you put your shoulders in control of the motion and that's the most reliable way to keep the clubface square and moving down the line. It's a much straighter, simpler stroke.

 

Keep your whole game simpler by contacting me, Bill Plotkin, PGA Professional Golf Instructor, 954-675-2015. Together we can analyze and correct those parts of your game that are giving you fits. Two convenient teaching locations:  Woodmont Country Club, Tamarac, FL or Conte's Palm-Aire Golf Academy, Pompano Beach, FL. Feel free to call anytime for a 1 on 1 assessment.