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Patient: Male Age: 43 Current Handicap: 14 Lowest handicap: 11 Plays: Twice a week Practices: Rarely Ailment: I've noticed some tour professionals using oversized grips on their putters, with most of them on the belly-length putters. Why are they doing this and what's the benefit? Also, do they work on all kinds of putters or only the long putters? Prescription: One of the most common putting ailments is inconsistent grip pressure during the stroke. When your grip pressure changes it often has an effect on the clubface alignment. A large grip makes it easier to hold the club with very light grip pressure, which relieves tension in your arms and often leads to a more consistent, pendulum-like stroke. Large grips are used on all types of putters. In the 1980s when Scott Verplank was ruling amateur golf, he used to wrap his Ping Anser grip with layers of Gauzetex until it was the size of a baseball bat and he made an awful lot of putts back then. |
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