In our forums, our members have been responding to an interesting question posed by WRXer ‘Vater’. ‘Vater’ asks:
“What’s the difference between just placing your hands an inch lower on the grip vs getting an inch cut off the butt of the shaft?”
And our members have been discussing the two different options and sharing their takes in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- TourSpoon: “Even when you get to your playing length, there are times when you may want to grip down for even more control. If you grip down every time just to get to your playing length, you lose that option.”
- ecfritts: “I’m 5’7″, but I like most of my clubs -1/2″, even my driver. Doesn’t seem like much but it just feels so much better…to me. If I’m not mistaken Rickie Fowler plays his clubs 1/2″ short.”
- animalgolfs: “If your desire is bombs away- cut it down. If your desire is accuracies- choke down.”
- chippa13: “I have cut 1.5 off my driver, and I also choke down almost to the shaft. After many experiments with lead tape amount and placement, I am finally hitting driver well (the few times I actually try to use it) after years of being Steve Sax with it.”