vo.7 What's the most suitable grip for you? Part 2 "Interlocking grip" It's a grip where the little finger on your right hand and the index finger on your left hand cross with each other. It's also well known as "Tiger-Woods' grip". Perhaps because of the nickname, many beginners who take our courses seem to think interlocking grip is the mainstream grip. About a decade ago, this grip would be introduced as a way for those with small hands to achieve tight grip. However, because, due to the improvement of clubs and progress in technical theory, swing which doesn't require arm rotation is becoming the mainstream these days, interlocking grip is now popular among professional and armature golfers as a way to prevent excessive use of their strong hand. By interlocking fingers on your right and left hands, you become more sensitive to what is happening to the golf club handle during a swing. As a good grip must reduce change of the shape of and pressure on the golf club handle as much as possible, becoming sensitive to such changes is an advantage. Also because the index finger on your left hand (your right hand if you use left-handed stroke) does not touch the golf club handle in this grip, smoother cocking during backswing becomes possible compared with baseball grip and overlapping grip. If you are habitually lifting up the club towards your shoulder with your hands, it is worthwhile trying interlocking grip. Everything about interlocking grip seems good, but in this grip, it is not easy to reduce the strength to hold the golf club handle. Therefore, you could hurt your fingers if you often use arm rotation in strokes. You need maximum caution on this score.