These are the most common putting grips on the PGA Tour. Which is best for you? (2024)

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These are the most common putting grips on the PGA Tour. Which is best for you? ›

The Conventional (Reverse Overlap) Grip

That makes it no surprise that it continues to be the most common grip on the PGA Tour. With this one, you start with your dominant hand lower. Then, the forefinger of your non-dominant hand overlaps your dominant hand's fingers or interlocks with the pinky on your dominant hand.

The Conventional (Reverse Overlap) Grip

That makes it no surprise that it continues to be the most common grip on the PGA Tour. With this one, you start with your dominant hand lower. Then, the forefinger of your non-dominant hand overlaps your dominant hand's fingers or interlocks with the pinky on your dominant hand.

The most common grip on tour is the conventional, reverse overlap golf grip. It's a slight variation of the same grip you use for your full swing, and helps the hands work together with less wrist hinge.

Interlock, overlap, and 10-finger golf grips are the three choices that golfers have for the full swing. Of course, you could try and invent your own way to hold a golf club, but after a few hundred years, we have a pretty good handle on the fact that these are the most effective methods.

Rory McIlroy plays with a SuperStroke Traxion Pistol GT Tour putter grip. The SuperStroke website says the pistol-style grip allows players to lock in their upper hand and maintain even grip pressure for a more consistent stroke.

Jordan Spieth uses SuperStroke's Flatso 1.0 putter grip. He's also one of many players that putt cross-handed, meaning as a righty, he putts with his left hand lower than his right. As of May 2023, Spieth has won 13 times on the PGA Tour, including three majors.

Unless you're a Junior Golfer seeking to replicate young Tiger Woods, you probably think of Tiger's current neutral interlocking grip. The Tiger Woods Grip has a few distinct advantages. First is that it's low tension. The interlock helps you maintain pressure from all 10 fingers with the club.

It's a well-known fact that Tiger Woods is very particular about his equipment. In his first championship win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger used a Scotty Cameron putter grip. But ever since, he's used one single grip model: the Ping PP58 “Blackout” Grip.

Many leading professional golfers, such as Tiger Woods use the interlocking grip. Place your hands on the golf club and intertwine your pinky finger on the trailing hand with the index finger on the lead hand.

Daly adds the lead tape to his clubs to offset the weight of SuperStroke S-Tech Cord oversized grips that weigh roughly 30 grams more than standard (in the world of golf equipment, that's a significant amount of weight).

Do tour pros use ribbed grips? ›

An estimated 20 percent of Pro's on the major Tours use reminder (ribbed) grips but a quick straw poll of club golfers revealed very few knew what they were or what the difference was between round and reminder grips.

He uses a slender PP58 grip because it just fits in his hand perfectly. The PP58 grip, designed by Karsten Solheim, has artwork on top and a blend of natural rubber that can be quickly slicked after being exposed to the sun.

It's a well-known fact that Tiger Woods is very particular about his equipment. In his first championship win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger used a Scotty Cameron putter grip. But ever since, he's used one single grip model: the Ping PP58 “Blackout” Grip.

Unless you're a Junior Golfer seeking to replicate young Tiger Woods, you probably think of Tiger's current neutral interlocking grip. The Tiger Woods Grip has a few distinct advantages. First is that it's low tension. The interlock helps you maintain pressure from all 10 fingers with the club.

Following a series of injuries and personal setbacks, Woods began experimenting with a variation of the claw grip. With this one, the right-hand takes on a more pencil-like hold, with the thumb and index finger forming a 'V' shape. It reduces tension in the right hand and arm, enabling a more relaxed and fluid stroke.