In the last few weeks i have felt myself improving, had a great round knocking 2 shots off my handicap to 22 had a couple of 9 holes after that and felt like something big was going to happen soon.

It did - my worst round in two years first time i've gone round 18 without a single par!

shooting a 105 on a course i hit a 92 two weeks earlier! i lost a bit of confidence so have not picked up a club since last wednesday until today, went to the range and tried a couple of things out ( i had no particuler disaters in my shocking round it was just general bad play, missing fairways and miles away from greens, the ball going left very quickly off the club face)

So i tried something on the range today that i have been told for over a year to do and in failing to this would hamper my progress. i twisted my left hand around the club more to straigthen my left arm - not comfortable at all! but the ball seemed to be going straighter if not a little shorter. it felt horrible but seemed to improve my hold on the club.

 now , am i panicking is this a silly thing to do off the back of 1 awful round? should i do it now or wait till the winter to impliment, should i drop the whole thing, and should i do this on the say so of a player not much better then myself?

sorry to go on but this has left me confused stumped and frankly annoyed!!!

wouldnt do something drastic on the say so of a similar standard but if somethings not working the way u want why wait till winter to fix it. the sooner you get working on it the sooner you'll get where you want to be

Leaving it will only embed those bad Neural Pathways Paul.

Every player should be working on something a little bit at a time, and the more you do it right, the more consistant  it becomes and the more "feel"  you gain.

Hi Paul 

Major overhalls should be left to the off season and even then under the supervision of a golf coach, not your golfing buddies.

The fundamentals of this game, grip, ball position, posture, alignment and stance should be performed correctly if you are to perform your best. Most problems somewhere down the line are caused by poor execution of one of the above.

You need to check that these are correct. If you look at the best players in the world you will see that they are fairly similar in there set ups, as well as impact. They may have different backswings and follow throughs but the fundamentals will be similar.

And yes, you can incorporate these into your game now, but you need to understand that your results may decline in the short term - but stick with it and watch that handicap tumble.

Good Luck!

SteveCowleGolf

Thanks Guys,

 Steve, i was actually reading your website last night to check that what i was doing was correct and it did seem that this is a change i need to make, just looking in the mirror at the range it looked more like a real golfer does.

I also checked the actual grip i impliment, i use the interlock so was thinking of changing this to the vardon as your website recommends, i always thought that the interlock was the most popular.

Is this a wise move aswell or am i trying to change 2 much?

just out of interest which grip do other users of this site tend to use?

Their are some views to the "ideal" grip Paul, but i believe it's a personal thing and also dependant on your hand size.

Vardon, interlocking and baseball are the 3 types of grip, personally I use the interlocking as it promotes a one piece connection (for me). small hands I'd suggest the baseball and for long hands the Vardon.

But as I say it's generally down to your hands, this is why it's so important to get lessons first before a type of grip becomes the norm just because your mates use it doesn't mean it's right for you.

However once you've had that grip for a while anything else (even if the new one is the best for you) will seem awkward and alien

As Wayne said, whenever you make a grip change it will feel strange as your hands are in control of the club. Your takeaway and backswing positions may also feel different depending on how you were holding it before.