Perfect your grip pressure — with a hot dog!
By Top 100 Teacher Mike Perpich of River Pines Golf Club in Alpharetta, Ga.
First, have a hot dog on a roll with mustard handy. Next, grab and hold a club as you would normally, then check to make sure your left thumb fits into the groove of your right palm like a hot dog fits into the bun. Waggle it, put it down and do it again. On a 1-10 scale (where 1 is barely holding and 10 is a death grip) you want to be a 5 throughout your entire swing for all shots. Test out the pressure with the hot dog; hold it firmly, but not enough that mustard oozes out the ends. When you've mastered the pressure, consume the hot dog: Bite, bite, bite, swallow, rub tummy.
Ease-o-meter: 2
