There is constant dialogue and the worry/anxiety when I am faced with particular wedge shots that I do not feel comfortable playing. I never know when I am going to feel this way and go weeks sometimes without any problem.
I have diagnosed my problems and issues to a fare-thee-well and often get worse when I practice because I get locked up in my head thinking. I almost always do better when I am playing to a target.
If you have lost your nerve putting or your hands are no longer soft on the grip in a way which produces a constant "roll" off the face of the putter making it impossible to get the correct distance and make putts, you have different fallbacks to reach for. There's a claw-grip, or left hand low, a long putter or watching the blade and even looking at the hole instead of the ball. But with chipping and pitching there has not been that much exploration other than a guy on tour named Chris Couch who plays short shots around the greens left hand low.
On Friday I tried using a weak and different right hand grip to soften my hands on the club and make my right hand less likely to spoil my short shots. This is not a silver bullet and must be practiced enough to get a feel for the distance but here's what I learned in just one practice session.
1. it was easier to accelerate and turn through
2. how much "power" comes from my right hand because when placed on the grip weaker/more on top and with the Jim Furyk's right hand grip, the ball comes off the clubface softer and the ball does not fly as far and therefore so much of my "power" has been coming from my right hand.
3. I was able to contact the ball first more easily
The double overlap grip take some power away and has the ball coming off softer and encourages me to turn through to face the target when playing short wedge shots. Now I must practice swinging the club off the ball without moving my head with a smooth and rythmic pace.
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