Full Swing · Technique

Keep some cupping at the top with a strong grip

The speaker's rule for a strong grip is to check the relationship between your grip and your wrist at the top of the backswing - are you keeping the clubface square? If you start cupped at address, you have to keep some cupping at the top, because flattening the wrist there is a huge change in clubface angle that affects the rest of the swing. He told this student he could not go to a flat wrist at the top and had to keep a little bit of cupping.