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Cross-handed grip
Where your left hand is positioned on the club beneath the right.
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Cross-handed Grip: A grip where your left hand is below the right.
Cup: The container you ultimately try to get the golf ball in.
Cuppy: A deep and enclosed lie.

cross-handed grip-- A type of golf grip where a right handed golfer's left hand is below his right hand (this is reversed for a left-handed golfer).
cup-- A cylindrical sleeve with a round opening on top that holds the flagstick on the green.

cross-handed grip A method of holding the club where the left hand is positioned below the right on the club.
cup Another term for 'hole".

Cross-Handed Grip
An unorthodox grip in which the left hand is below the right hand.
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(Bruce Lietzke used a cross-handed grip when putting and was very successful). Cupped Wrist A position in which the left or top hand is hinged outward at the top of the backswing.

Notice how my legs are crossed and that I'm using a cross-handed grip? I don't normally putt this way, but that's okay because I'm looking with precise focus at the tee, just beyond the cup.

Putting (and, occasionally, full-swing) grip in which the hands are placed in positions opposite that of the conventional grip. For right-handed golfers, a cross-handed grip would place the left hand below the right.

Cross-Handed: A grip in which the left (or lead) hand is placed below the right hand (in other words, a grip that is the opposite of the traditional grips. (Bruce Lietzke used a cross-handed grip when putting and was very successful).

A cross-handed grip is also worth trying if you tend to break the wrists during the stroke. Equally important is grip pressure. I like to see light pressure rather than tight pressure, because tightness diminishes feel.

: A grip where (for right-handers) the left hand would be the lowest hand instead of the right (most often used when putting for additional control). Example: Steve was putting so badly that he decided to switch to a cross-handed grip to see if that ...

For right-handed golfers, a cross-handed grip would place the left hand below the right. Also known as the "left-hand low" grip, it has been known to help players combat the yips.

Example: Steve was putting so badly that he decided to switch to a cross-handed grip to see if that would improve things.

See also: Golf, Cross-handed, Stroke, Putting, Putter

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