Grip pressure experiment

[plgolfer]

Interesting grip pressure experiment yesterday. I was having a not uncommon up an down range day and began experimenting with things I have no business experimenting. I just hate that I hit it too high - not all related to flipping but some.

Anyway, I usually grip with about as light a grip pressure as you can imagine. For fun, I put a little extra squeeze on the grip - some shots 5/10 and others 8/10. My ballflight came down, and my spray pattern narrowed. Very cool. More cool - in the look, look, look world my wedges stayed intact longer. My question, was this a byproduct of a "tighter" grip? Probably wasn't, and not sure I'll experiment with it too much more but interested in comments.

Last week I played in a pro-am and on one hole if you drive left you are dead. I played this hole a no of times and 50% of the times the ball drifted left with the prevailing wind. So I decided to play a fade by tightening my left hand grip so that the swivel will not come so fast. The result a nice low ball with just a slight amount of draw that went a long way. I have been repeating this shot ever since. Could not get the fade I was trying to. Guess I needed to open up the driver a little (905R).