What is the Best Putting Grip?
A Panel of Our Teachers Share Their Views It seems, since golf began some 600 years ago, players have argued whether the straight back-straight through putting stroke, preferred today by putting expert Dave Pelz, is better than the inside-square-inside stroke recommended these days by another short game guru, Stan Utley. Well, surely these arguments will go on for a long time, yet one thing will stay the same: most USGTF and WGTF members believe the Pelz type stroke works better on short putts while the Utley-type stroke rolls the ball more purely on long putts. Something else that’s been getting a lot of attention lately is the putting grip, probably because there is such a wide range of grips, including the highly unorthodox claw popularized by PGA Tour pro Chris DiMarco, unique cross-hand hold employed by former US Open winner Jim Furyk, and the unconventional split-hand type grip used by LPGA player Natalie Gulbis. Before things get out of hand, Golf Teaching Pro editors thought we
