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Show ( MULLIGANS I L Ralph Emery J CHECK YOUR GRIP If my hands are in good position at the top of my backswing I will be able to feel wrinkles on the skin of my left wrist. The wrinkles should appear just below the left thumb and the "V formed form-ed by that thumb and the forefinger. fore-finger. When the wrinkles appear in this place on my wrist, I know that the club-face club-face will be in proper position, posi-tion, and that a normal downswing down-swing will produce a square clubface at impact. If I find that the wrinkles appear at the back of my left wrist below the back of this hand-then hand-then chances are good that my clubface will be too vertical ver-tical to the ground. A sliced shot would normally result from such a position at the top of the backswing. If the left wrist wrinkles appear in the proper place at the top of my backswing, it is natural that the club-shaft club-shaft will rest atop my left thumb and extend across the meaty portion of the bottom half of my left palm. In addition to noting the p o s i t i o n of the let t wrinkles wrink-les the only other thing I'm concerned with is that my grip stays firm at the top of my swing. I do not want it to loosen. Usually slippage occurs oc-curs in the golfer's left hand. When this happens he must "regrip" early on the dowa-swing. dowa-swing. Such re-gripping forces the wrists to uncock prematurely and also throws the club to the "outside". The usual result is a loss of clubhead speed and a glancing glanc-ing blow at the ball. |