If there is one key/secret to golf, its this. Its the one thing that nearly all amateurs do wrong. The first time you hit a shot with a soft grip is a revelation.

Just want to say thanks for this tip, I tend to squeeze the heck out of the club without thinking about it, made a point to relax my grip today and it made a difference. Will need to keep focusing on it as I play, but think this tip is as important as any I have ever seen....and I have seen a ton of tips.

This is an old lesson but still true! Thanks for the reminder as I am gripping the club way too tight!

Grip pressure. My problem (videos don’t lie) is that I start off with a nice relaxed and loose grip on the backswing, but in transition to the downswing, something happens that I cannot seem to control. I can see using Slo-Mo video that by the time I reach impact, every muscle in both of my forearms are bulging (Popeye) and the club doesn’t release smoothly. The club head immediately decelerates, which almost looks like a dragster as it crosses the finish line as both parachutes are starting to open. My plan to fix this to take some old, cheap clubs and find a net or go to the neighborhood park with wide open space and start swinging with the lightest possible grip. My subconscious fear is probably that the club will come out of my hands - so that is exactly what I am going to do: find the grip pressure that is too light and indeed let the club fly out of my hands. I hope to demonstrate to my subconscious mind that there is nothing to fear, let it go!

I tried a really loose grip pressure today and for the first time I could actually feel the club face rotating, before my club face stayed in one position and I would constantly slice

Hold on loosely is a prescription for disaster. You have to grip the club firmly enough to maintain a secure grip throughout the swing. The key is to have a firm, secure grip with loose arms not hands.

I know the video is old, but I get blood clots and blisters on my hands. My friends tell me to hold looser, but I can't help it but tighten up on the down swing.

I like how he just ran in

That lady almost nailed you

Too many golfers lose control of the club because of grip pressure that is too loose. Unless your plane is perfect, you need to control the club shaft.