Split decision

I'm still considering the unorthodox split grip putting style I wrote about last time. There's no doubt it has its merits - one's dominant right hand being in control, with a very low grip on the putter, also for control - but I now suspect that it's possible this is overkill.

There are many strange and wonderful grips adopted by golfers with the putter. Some of them are designed to take the dominant hand out of the stroke, often because of the yips or a less radical version of that affliction. But I'm not sure that the grip has anything to do with the yips and the like - surely it's psychological, not physical.

The experiment will continue for now, alternating with a more conventional (less-split) grip, if I can call it that. We shall see. At the moment it's a split decision.

Postscript: next time, I'm going to talk about the full swing and some recent revelations around simplicity and rhythm.