Dustin Johnson Grip At Address
His feet alignment is a bit open but his shoulders are pretty square.
Dustin johnson grip at address. At address dustin looks primed and ready to go. Not only are his hands in a much stronger position than most pros his right thumb wraps around the handle as though hes holding a baseball bat. This is sometimes called a short thumb grip. Teachers generally teach one of two ways to address the ball.
These images prove that dustin johnson squares his clubface during the later downswing via a pa3 release action secondary to a left forearm supination phenomenon. Dustin is 6 4 so naturally he addresses the ball using a tall posture above left but any golfer would do well to look and feel more athletic at setup. The back of his left hand is not facing the target at impact even though his clubface is facing the target at impact but that phenomenon is fully expected because he adopted a moderately strong left hand grip at address that caused his clubface to be angled closed by 30 40 degrees relative to the back of his left hand at address. This is sometimes called a short thumb grip.
Keep your back straight place some flex in your knees and make sure your chin is up away from your chest. From the setup position you can sense hes going to hit it long. The shaft of the club is vertical in one and slanted toward the target in the other. Get your hands more on top of the handle rotated to the right for a right handed player so that when you look down at address you can see at least two knuckles on your glove hand.
Not only are his hands in a much stronger position than most pros his right thumb wraps around the handle as though hes holding a baseball bat. To see dustin johnson grip the club you wouldnt peg him as a world class player. In this weeks show mark ta. When i was analyzing dustins golf swing i noticed he does something a bit odd with his hands to start the swing.
Putter reverse overlap neutral left hand strong right hand. You want a slight curve in the small. Djs position is greatly exaggerated of. Putter reverse overlap neutral left hand strong right hand.
To see dustin johnson grip the club you wouldnt peg him as a world class player. Its a bowed wrist the same position that dustin johnson gets into at the top of his swing. The reason is that it uses a stronger grip. He has a strong left hand grip.