POV Breakdown of How to Properly Grip a Golf Club | Martin Chuck | Tour Striker Golf Academy
Tour Striker Golf
5 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026
Explainer · Beginner
A detailed point-of-view breakdown of how to grip the club, with notes on the trail hand.
Why golfers recommend it
- Trail grip fix for shank
- Most thorough grip explanation
- Several grip videos with detail
- Trail hand grip video, pay attention to part
- Strong grip, plus backswing depth
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
5 comments from Reddit
u/Efficient-Mind-2213 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Advice on pitches?”
These videos might help you, particularly the first one. Check your right hand is in the trigger position, not the extended thumb position. Also, if you use a strong grip in your full swing, you might find that a slightly weaker position helps with wedges to use the bounce and avoid digging the leading edge. ▶ this video ▶ this video
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u/TeddaMan2 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “New to driving. How do I add power and not suck in general?”
Start with a good grip. The grip - great detail & reasons why not “anything goes” Monte & Brendon ▶ this video AMG- good detail on both hands. ▶ this video Martin Chuck. Very good from the golfers perspective grip placement. ▶ this video Chris- club face open relative to lead arm @ top - cupped wrist & open at impact - all due to grip not in fingers. ▶ this video Scratch academy- strong or neutral never weak (unless …
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u/TheKingInTheNorth 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Hips don’t open”
This video has the most thorough explanation of a standard grip I think: ▶ this video
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u/South_Lynx_6686 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Anything obvious jump out at you?”
Beside what other people have said about the swaying and turning, I notice your trail hand grip is preventing you from having a proper wrist hinge at the top. In the down swing, you're dumping the wrist lag, which you had little of on top, way too early. This is a big leak of power. ▶ this video Pay attention to the part in the video where he said on the top of the backswing, the club sits on the cradle of index …
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u/asstatine 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Frequently hooking the ball and occasionally shanking, 25 handicapper”
Lots of good things here. First off your rotating well with the center of your chest turning back well and then rotating through on your follow through well. 1. Your grip is quite strong, so take your glove hand and turn it more right so your thumb is more on line with the logo. Here’s a good video for that: ▶ this video 2. Your lead hand never gets high enough in your backswing which takes away depth. I usually aim …
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