CONGRATULATIONS on getting into the Golf Channel Academy !! It’s about time.

sometimes I experiment with holding tight with only the middle fingers; seems that way it’s a tight grip without tight forearms.

My lead hand is about a 6 and trail hand is about a 1 at set up. Very common for Phil. VJ, And many more

Is the reason that you set up with the club face closed at address , because the hands led the club face . I notice if I set up square, it’s slightly open at impact ? So there must be some manipulation during the swing. Or maybe we are static at address and dynamics at impact .

It’s sad all the great teachers are never in my city, but 500 plus miles away.

Hi ShaWn,
I have a question about the golf grip. It is not brought up in your grip videos or in the grip chapter by Brandel Chamble. When taking the grip should the V’s be in line with each other or can they be off-set. Thanks!

That part for me needs some more work and adjustment. I had a session experimenting with the grip pressure and ended up with my left forearm muscles aching. I also have some trouble separating the tension I put in the grip from the one I put in the rest of my body. In short while squeezing hard on the club I have issues swinging smoothly. I will see if dialing back the pressure a little bit helps.

Is there any area of Melhorne golf you would improve on based on all the new technology, or up to date thinking today?

After watching and learning from all your videos, it appears that PGA instructors have made golf learning more complicated, way too complex, teaching swing styles, all 50 plus positions they want you to be in and golfers don’t get any better . I been stuck at a 5 handicap way too long. I cannot be I was hitting 185 yard draws yesterday on demand.

In this lesson you say a breakdown may occur in the arm sword unit. When my elbows point to my hips, I find that my right elbow bends early taking my arms and swing inside. My right elbow hugs my upper chest. However, when I take my grip and then point my left elbow to the target and my right elbow behind me, my right elbow bend is delayed until I reach the top of my background. At the top my elbow bends and set my wrists. Is this an appropriate fix? If not what would you suggest? BTW, great videos and great lessons!

I see you have your index finger , as a hook on the trail hand grip and separated. Why? Are you trying to grip, hold onto club with the index finger. Are you using any type of pinching with trail index finger and thumb. I would think pressure would allow the club face to shut more at impact!

Is there a disadvantage of using a 10 finger grip, since I have small short fingers? Do I loose anything, such as feel, touch, etc.

Lets say that you know what your average distances are for each club, what percent effort do you swing at when you are dialing in. So if I know that my max 7 iron is 175 and you have 175 yard to the pin, would you hit a different club, since 7 iron is max. Would hit a 6 iron at say 80% effort. How do you do it?

Every time I straighten my trail leg on the back swing, the golf coach indicated I was coming out of posture by doing that! Isn’t she wrong on that, it does appear that you do that, but hard to tell with pants on. When I do the whip drill, my trail leg straightens up every time. I’m i doing something wrong by doing that?

You think stance width would be at hip width , down to center ankle.

Hey Shawn, I’ve been away from your fantastic channel for a couple of months and I’m doing a bit of catching up.
Congratulations for your thoroughly deserved Golf Channel Academy Award and I’m just loving seeing The Shawn and Sav Collaboration – truly inspirational.
Thank you dearly for this video, great food for thought once again. I’ll experiment with my grip pressure tomorrow when I go out for a practice round.
I’d just like to share that a little while ago, my putting really improved when I felt the weight of the ACU as you’ve suggested. To do that I had to loosen my grip pressure, or else I pushed it right in trying to manipulate the putter instead of letting the weight of the putter fall. But then one day my putting went awry for a few holes and my golf mate commented that my grip was too loose. He was right, my putter was too wobbly, I’d gone a bit too loosey goosey, too far mumma bear (I’m probably not allowed to say that anymore haha). So with a slightly firmer grip, but still feeling the weight of my putter, my putts were back on the intended line. Recently, though, I’m missing too many 3 footers due to too much grip pressure because I want to make them drop too much, trust issues I suspect hahaha.
Best wishes, Mike G