WATCH: How to find the right grip pressure for your swing
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Here’s a follow-up on last week’s video on grip pressure to clear up a few things and give you more clarity on how grip pressure influences the golf swing!
Breaking out another set of sleeper irons that people tend to forget about. The Ben Hogan PTx Tour irons feature a progressive hollow body that turns into the Icon blade in the short irons and a really nice sole design! I am also bringing the wild JP Golf Premier wedges that I built into a crazy colorway because they not only look awesome but really perform well.
Driver: Tour Edge Exotics LS (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana RB 63x
3-wood: Titleist GTS2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD CQ-7s
7-Wood: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (21 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q PowerCore Blue 7s
Irons: Ben Hogan PTx Tour (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour V 110 S
Wedge: JP Golf Premier (50 MID)
Shafts: VA Composites Synyster 120 Stiff
Wedge: JP Golf Premier (56 MID)
Shafts: VA Composites Synyster 120 Stiff
Wedge: JP Golf Premier (60 MID)
Shafts: VA Composites Synyster 120 Stiff
Putter: ?
Grip:
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B XS
Russell made a massive charge on the last 3 holes of the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge this weekend to force a playoff with Eric Cole. Henley drained another putt on the first playoff hole to win his 6th PGA Tour event! While he is a Titleist staff member, his WITB is far from a simple blend of the latest gear. He mixes brand new with some very old clubs in order to play his best.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6)
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11
48-10F @47
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
50-08F @51
54-10S @55
60-04T
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Both players go through a complete Titleist GTS driver fitting with the Titleist fitting team to see how swing speed, launch conditions, strike location, shaft profile, and head setup can completely change performance off the tee. Even though the golfers have very different games, the fitting process reveals just how important proper equipment can be for maximizing distance, tightening dispersion, and improving consistency.
You will see how Titleist fitters analyze every part of the driver setup including loft, weighting, shaft selection, and head model to build a driver specifically for each player’s swing. While the skill levels, club head speeds, and desired outcomes are different both players show how deep and versatile the new Titleist GTS driver lineup is.
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ogo
May 29, 2018 at 12:52 pm
* * * crickets * * * ……….(as usual)
ogo
May 27, 2018 at 3:10 pm
I did it!!! I squeezed more and it happened!!! It’s magic I tell you… it’s magic!!!
steve
May 26, 2018 at 2:29 am
Shawn… in your 2013 video – PREDICT PERFECT CONTACT EVERY TIME!… you mention grip pressure strength numbers from 1:50 to 2:05 minute marks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo1Lg-O4H8
Could you do a Part 3 – Grip Pressures that quantifies grip pressures throughout the swing as you briefly did in this video? Thanks.
steve
May 25, 2018 at 10:38 pm
SHAWN… YOUR ‘TIGHT GRIP’ ADVICE SEEMS TO WORK FOR SOME GOLFERS… NOW TELL US WHY IT WORKS BECAUSE IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY TRY IT BECAUSE IT WORKS FOR ME. THAT’S INADEQUATE AND TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL!
Tom
May 25, 2018 at 7:31 pm
I don’t understand why the commenters seem to analyze Mr Clement’s comments in their heads rather than going out on the range and seeing if what he says works. For me it seems to work. I’ve always thought you held the club at address as lightly, softly, as possible. That grip pressure would increase to an appropriate level by impact. My mind is changing on this. I am hitting the ball better with more hand pressure. Has anyone responding to Mr Clement’s comments actually tried what he suggests?
steve
May 25, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Fair enough, you’ve done something with your hands that seems to work for you. However, just squeezing the club handle is not valid instruction nor objective advice. Go ahead and try something and if it works for you great, but it’s not clear advice. It’s just “try it and you’ll like it” because it works for me! That’s plain stupid.
steve
May 25, 2018 at 5:33 pm
Shawn replies to questions on his youtube channel but he shuns legitimate questions that challenge the specifics of his grip pressure advice. GolfWRX should not give Clements a platform on this website unless he responds to legitimate questions here.
Boyo
May 25, 2018 at 12:35 pm
Seems like an instinctual thing to me….
ogo
May 25, 2018 at 12:48 pm
“..instinctive..”? How can you teach instinct which is an innate behavior?
Behavior is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience, that is, in the absence of learning, and is therefore an expression of innate natural abilities. You either got it or you don’t!
ogo
May 24, 2018 at 11:11 pm
youtube video not properly embedded by WRX staff… wonder why?
bryce
May 27, 2018 at 7:53 pm
Dang moderators reduce the number of characters allowed in comments and if you exceed that it goes to moderation. Wotta buncha wooses….
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:03 pm
Shawn: — “…secure grip…” …. for a variety of swings and shots. Okay, but do you apply a strong grip pressure at address and hold it through the BS and DS… or do you apply various grip pressures as a reflex in response to the intensity of the kinetic chain flow of energy in the swing? Thanks.
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Furthermore… the loading between the hands varies throughout the swing as it reverses several times before impact. The hands are subject to different leverages and grip pressure alternates in response. Are you advocating tight axial finger squeezing throughout regardless of changes in the BS and DS loadings? Thanks.
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:12 pm
Also, does hand pressure differ between the hands or is it consistently equal throughout the swing? Both hands at “10”, or top hand at “10” and lower hand at say “7”? Or does the hand pressures fluctuate at different stages of the swing? Thanks.