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Date: 24 Aug 2006 07:08:05
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Subject: Newbie: Blisters
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Hello,
I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
D
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 10:18:08
From: Mike Dalecki
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> D
>
Davie:
You're probably gripping the club too tightly. There is a certain
amount of 'breaking in' of the hands when one starts each year, but if
you're getting blisters, you're gripping the club way too tightly.
Sam Snead used to say that you should hold a club like a live
bird--tightly enough to retain control, but not so tightly that you kill
the bird.
Now, this never worked for me, as I have no experience holding birds.
But it may for you.
Another way to figure out if you're holding the club too tightly is to
have some one try to pull it out of your hands. They should be able to,
and if it takes a great deal of effort for them to do that--or your
hands jerk when they try it--then you're gripping the club too tightly.
A too-tight grip will inhibit the club's release through the hitting
zone, and move you toward a swing you do not want.
Let me suggest this: Get lessons. Now.
I golfed for 25 years before i had my first lesson, and I rue the fact
that I didn't have a few when I started out. I did not understand what
the golf swing is supposed to do, had a terrible grip (which contributed
to a poor swing), and generally had no clue.
I know that spending money on lessons is not as sexy a use of that money
as, say, paying greens fees or buying equipment, but in the long run, if
you get lessons now before you develop bad habits that will take months
or years to break, you'll enjoy golf much more in the long run.
Good luck!
Mike
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 07:45:45
From: Frankenshank
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
Welcome to golf... You can actually tought it out with no glove
and check your callouses to see if they are in the right spots.
Ben Hogan's book "5 Lessons" has a diagram of the proper locations for
callouses on your hands.
So use it as a checkpoint for your grip.
FrankenShank
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 19:29:04
From:
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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hold the club as if it was a live bird, wear a leather golf glove, use
"soft" type grips that - fit your hands. it might help.
use a hand cream the night before that has medicinal properties.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 07:24:37
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
Probably gripping the club too tight, but my right hand gets a little
raw at the beginning of the season each year too. Then again, I hit a
couple hundred balls a day before the season starts.
Do you wear a glove on your left hand? I've never had a blister
through a glove.
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 01:33:06
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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Gripping the club too tight. The only "squeeze" you need is in the last
three fingers of your left hand (if you're a righty). The right hand should
lay on top, holding the club snugly, but not too snugly, like holding a
bird....or like a tube of toothpaste -- not tight enough to squeeze any
toothpaste out of it.
Randy
<davie_t@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1156428485.858716.279950@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> D
>
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 17:39:40
From: dsc
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
It's not uncommon to get a blister/callous or two even with a good
grip. Tiger wears some tape on one or more of his fingers probably for
this very reason. But if you have a lot of blisters, you most likely
have a faulty grip. Get it checked out. If you grip is found to be
basically solid, wear gloves on both hands when you plan to hit a lot
of balls... at least until your hands toughen up.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 19:53:04
From: Tom K
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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<davie_t@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1156428485.858716.279950@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> D
>
Some grips are also much rougher on the hands than others. I prefer
something like the Tour Wraps which don't tear up my hands like cord grips
do.
--Tom
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 20:18:55
From: Otto
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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Your hands will toughen with practice.
Take care of the current problems so you don't have any infection but the
blisters will be replaced by callouses.
You might try a glove some day on your target hand but that is a personal
preference.
Either way, you need to build a little toughness in your hands and the
temporary blisters are part of that.
Otto
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 10:56:45
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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Mike Dalecki wrote:
> davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Let me suggest this: Get lessons. Now.
Uh....
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 06:28:36
From:
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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Hi,
Thanks for your advice.
I noticed yesterday afterwards the the 'V' formed by my right hand was
sometimes (when I get tired) pointing towards my left shoulder (as
opposed to my right). This may be the reason why the skin rubbed of my
thumb. I'm not so sure why I get them on my left hand (on the pads at
the base of the last three fingers)
Regards,
D
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 22:53:29
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: Newbie: Blisters
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davie_t@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just started golf. Just started lessons today (half an hour) .
> Got blisters on my left hand and rubbed the skin off my right thumb.
> What am I doing wrong?
Ever the contrarian, it isn't how tight you hold the club. Blisters
come from rubbing. The club is moving in your hands while
you swing. Chances are, at this stage you have a poor grip
and a poor swing.
It will take a while (if ever) for you to learn out how to fix this,
so in the meanwhile buy a glove and wait for your hands to
toughen up. Don't be surprised if you start wearing holes in
your glove, too.
You may want to try soaking your blisters in pickle juice.
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