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Hey Jim
Of the three pressure points located in the hands (1,2,3) only pressure points 1 and 2 are "direct drive" pressure points. The hitters thrusting right arm connects to the club at 1 , the swingers left wrist cock and uncock at 2. These pressure points should be held firmly in terms of grip pressure.
Pressure point number 3 on the other hand is not a direct drive point of contact but rather the point at which the golfers senses the lagging condition of the clubhead vis a vis the hands. The lag pressure point is not held snugly but lightly and can not be established at address unless you are wagging the club around in a manner that causes a lagging clubhead to press against that part of the right index finger.
These pressure points are key to TGM so you are focusing on the right things. Try the search function for loads of information on the pressure points. Pressure point awareness becomes golf "concentration" as the hands replace the clubhead as your main focus. In fact it is the pressure points that are driven or swung on plane. #3 is also used to trace the straight line base line. So Geometry and the Physics. The only points at which we make contact with the club and through which all information is passed to the club by the golfer or back from the club to the brain. The brain's command post etc. Note also they are all on the aft side of the grip.
Sensing lag at #3 during the impact interval is the objective. The ball responds nicely. Try it out for yourself with a focus on the point and see what your results are like. You'll learn to love Lag. Homer called it Golfs secret. As a hitter
lag is created by pressure at #1. To ensure a sense of lag pressure at #3 through impact, the pressure at #1 must be maintained through impact as well. Requiring a long, steady application of pressure, no quiting. The swinger on the hand employing centrifugal force to throw out the left arm can sort of coast a bit. We hitters get no free ride. To stop thrusting is to allow the clubhead to pass the hands......with the resulting loss of lag pressure. The clubhead should , indeed must overtake the hands (no holding on or off for full power) but the ball must be hit before it does.
Hope this helps. Hit the search function for more info.
Oh in terms of going right. Are you going all the way to both arms straight? Right shots are normally associated with a lack of full extension of the right arm. Left shots normally an over pivot. The bent frozen right wrist with the Right Forearm Flying Wedge intact will be the hitters primary concern. It drives the left arm and club (the primary lever assembly) into the ball.
Ted Forts Alignment Premium video is great for a look at what a hitter is doing with his lever assembly. Or the Alignment Golf DVD of course which does a superb job of describing basic and acquired.
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