Conference 7.286::golf

    Hmmmmm......interesting!  Have you tried pop-rivets?
    
    But seriously, why does a holed glove in that particular spot indicate
    that you are "letting go" of the club? I assume by lettig go you
    mean a severe weakening of your left hand grip at the end of your
    swing?

This is another one of the problems that I've had.  The thing that works for me
is to make sure that I don't hold the club too tight at address.  Try relaxing
your grip pressure.


							KO

    
    Re .2
    
      KO, that's interesting that you say, "don't hold the club too
    tight at adress", because I don't think I do.  But I can't relate
    that to the relaxing of the grip at the top and the club turning
    during the swing or at impact.  If I do anything, its not holding
    on with enough pressure.  Maybe, I miss what your meaning is?  And
    I don't do it all the time.  I think, (the bane to golfers, thinking
    while swinging), I try to swing to easily at times and relax my
    grip.

    
    Re. .1
    
       The butt of the club will wear, and tear, that area of the glove,
    if, the club turns in your hand.  WHich incidentally, I can't
    understand why Footjoy doesn't reinforce that area of the glove,
    other than the obvious...it sells more gloves.  Are there gloves
    made this way that are as comfortable as the Sta Softs???

    	When I took my lessons earlier this year, the pro told me I
    shouldn't be gripping the club at the end of the shaft/grip. By
    moving the top hand down the grip, so that the butt of your palm
    is on the shaft and not overhanging, it won't wear out the glove.
    That wasn't the only reason to move down on the shaft, it was to
    give more control on the backswing.

    
    Re .5
    
      When gripping the club I have an inch or so of the butt sticking
    out of the back of my hand.  Is this too little??

    re .4
    
    Oh. That being the case, I agree with .2; your grip is too tight
    and you can't maintain that tightness all the way thru your swing
    if the rest of the body is to move properly. Remember, the left
    hand grip consists of the pad of the left thumb on the top of the
    club, and the bottom three fingers(ring to pinkie) on the bottom,
    but you should be able to hold the club out straight with just the
    pad of the thumb on top and the index finger underneath, then just
    wrap the bottom three around the club and you will have a solid
    grip.                                
    
    I can usually manage the left hand ok, but tend to strangle it with
    the right from trying to remember to "fire the right side". Its
    real hard to get the club-face back to square if my right hand is
    gripping it like its the ayatollah's neck. 

    re .4
    
    I too am very rough on gloves, especially the palms.  I usually
    am fortunaye to get 3-4 weeks out of a glove before there is a hole
    in the palm.  I have leather grips on my woods and they tend to
    be very tacky and rough on gloves .  One glove I have been using
    the past month or so has been the Tommy Armour Soft Scot.  It is
    much thicker in the palm area but still gives a good feel.  It is
    contoured to the natural curve of the hand and is very comfortable.
    I'm a little leary of messing with my grip right now as I am hitting
    the ball really well, so I guess I'll just have to go broke on gloves.
    
    	Mike

    RE: .0
    
    Rick,  I think you've got the same problem I run into occasionally. My
    gloves wear out there and my pro told me it is because I tend to
    "lengthen" (as opposed to "shortening up" or "choking down") off the
    club.  The result is that the butt end grinds into the lower right palm
    area of the club.  He told me I might do well with clubs 1/2" - 1"
    longer than I've been using.
    
    
    						Mike 

    Rick, I had the same problem, the problem is that you are allowing the end 
    of the club to leave your hand after impack.  To fix this problem is two 
    fold, first, when holding the club their slould a space between your hand 
    and the end of the club,  second,  to break the habit of letting go of the 
    club after impact place a penny between your left hand  and the club 
    (in the lower right conner of your plam of your left hand "for Right 
    Handers, the plam of your right hand for left handers").  Now the trick is 
    to take normal swing and not to let the penny move or drop after you finsh 
    your swing.  You should not increse your grip pressure at all.  The key is 
    to have that penny in the same spot when you finsh your swing as when you 
    started your swing. It does work, it does take some work and practice.  
    Also work on this on the range and not on the golf course.
    
    Good Luck
    
    Peter                    
    
      

RE: .4

The reason that I said that you might be gripping it too tightly is that as you 
take your backswing you will naturally tend to grip the club more tightly.  When
you get to your maximum grip pressure you have to let go then regrip the club.
The club moves somewhat causing wear on the glove and irratic shots.  (I noticed
it in my swing because of the glove wear the irratic shots are another story)
When you relax your grip at address you can then take the firmer grip during the
backswing and not let the club go.  The thing that helps me relax my grip is to
relax my shoulders.  This helps get me comfortable over the ball giving me better
tempo.  If I can't get relaxed over the ball I check my alignment.  9 times out
of 10 if I can't set up to a shot I'm aimed right.  Soooooooo if you have trouble
relaxing the grip check your alignment also.


							KO

    Frequently that hole in the glove is created by having a fast
    backswing. The club leaves the heal of your hand at the top of a fast
    backswing and you "catch" the club on the way down, thus creating a lot
    of friction which wears the glove out in that spot.
    
    It seems that you have several plausible suggestions, why not have
    someone take a look at  your swing to get a more objective analysis?
    

    Hi,
    
    Maybe you are not "letting go", your glove has to wear out sometime and
    somewhere.......
    
    How about a "friendly" game of golf sometime!!!!!! I never thanked you
    for the glove.  Hope things are going along fine for you.
    
    Linda