Yoda's Tweets

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LynnBlakeGolf: Here's a view of the US Open scene Tues from the Player's Bridge to the 10th tee. Putting green is left. http://lockerz.com/s/113198090

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LynnBlakeGolf: Here's an end of day shot Thurs @ Congressional. Last group thru an hour ago. Golf fans: Gotta luv'em! http://lockerz.com/s/113198999

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LynnBlakeGolf: Breakfast with my two grandsons at the 'Awful' House. Precious times! http://lockerz.com/s/113366329

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LynnBlakeGolf: Cathy, an LPGA teaching pro in Naples, wanted info on the Runyan putting grip. Here 'tis, Baseball style. http://lockerz.com/s/113368315

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LynnBlakeGolf: @JoeDonRooney Thanks, Joe Don. And congrats on that opening 75 (!) in the Outback Steakhouse Celeb Pro-Am. Great stuff!

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LynnBlakeGolf: Cathy, an LPGA teaching pro in Naples, wanted info on the Runyan putting grip. Here 'tis, Baseball style. http://lockerz.com/s/113368315

Why do you call it "Baseball style". Do you mean that it is a 10 finger grip?

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Why do you call it "Baseball style". Do you mean that it is a 10 finger grip?

Yes, I'm referring to the ten-finger grip, i.e., no overlap or interlock of any kind. In TGM this is designated the Baseball Grip (10-1-B). In photo 10-1-B #1, you see the Normal version, i.e., hands close and touching. Photo 10-1-B #2 illustrates the Exaggerated version, i.e., hands split apart and not touching.

As an example, Henrik Stenson, demonstrates here the Exaggerated Baseball Grip:

Note that this version "increases the Right Hand support of the Clubhead Loading during Impact".

Note also that the Clubshaft breaks at the #3 Pressure Point (right hand index finger).

I guess we can call this a Snap Release!

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I have been using (what I thought was ) the Runyan putting grip this year, but it has not been a ten finger grip. Does that mean that I have been doing this wrong and that I have to make place for index finger of he left hand to grip the shaft as well? The drawing in his book "The short way to lower scoring" P.64 doesn't look just like this one here ...!?

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I have been using (what I thought was ) the Runyan putting and chipping grip this year, but it has not been a ten finger grip. Does that mean that I have been doing this wrong and that I have to make place for index finger of he left hand to grip the shaft as well? The drawing in his book "The short way to lower scoring" P.64 doesn't look just like this one here ...!?

Paul Runyan, short game maestro, used the reverse overlap putting grip to win 24 PGA Tour events, three major championships, two Leading Money Winner titles, and some forty PGA Sectional tournaments, all while being consistently out-driven by his fellow competitors by 30-50 yards. It was this grip that he explained and illustrated in his book, The Short Way To Lower Scoring.

In his later years, after experimenting with the Baseball Grip (including the exaggerated, split-hand version), he elected to eliminate the overlap. The hand alignments (positioned opposing each other at 45 degrees to the shaft per the photo in my post above) remained unchanged, as did the grip pressure (equally firm in both hands).

He presented this grip in his presentation to the 1990 PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit. After viewing that presentation this spring (thanks, O.B. Left!), I tried it and have been using it ever since. At the very least, it is easier to teach (and learn).

The Reverse Overlap version is sound -- you have not been "doing this wrong" -- but Mr. Runyan came to believe that his ten-finger version was superior. Give it a try and draw your own conclusion.

The end goal is to sink more putts. Go with the grip that gets that job done.

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Paul Runyan, short game maestro, used the reverse overlap putting grip to win 24 PGA Tour events, three major championships, two Leading Money Winner titles, and some forty PGA Sectional tournaments, all while being consistently out-driven by his fellow competitors by 30-50 yards. It was this grip that he explained and illustrated in his book, The Short Way To Lower Scoring.

In his later years, after experimenting with the Baseball Grip (including the exaggerated, split-hand version), he elected to eliminate the overlap. The hand alignments (positioned opposing each other at 45 degrees to the shaft per the photo in my post above) remained unchanged, as did the grip pressure (equally firm in both hands).

He presented this grip in his presentation to the 1990 PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit. After viewing that presentation this spring (thanks, O.B. Left!), I tried it and have been using it ever since. At the very least, it is easier to teach (and learn).

The Reverse Overlap version is sound -- you have not been "doing this wrong" -- but Mr. Runyan came to believe that his ten-finger version was superior. Give it a try and draw your own conclusion.

The end goal is to sink more putts. Go with the grip that gets that job done.

Thanks. Interesting. I have nothing to lose - so I might as well try the baseball version and see how that works for me..