Anyone here use the 10-finger "baseball" grip when gripping the club?

Imo minor grip tweaks can work wonders. But this is pretty dramatic and i feel like it’s just a “bandaid on a shogun wound”. The grip most likely isn’t the reason for your issues.

I have used interlock for too many years to change, but I believe that overlap is the best if you need to release the club more.

I just changed my grip from baseball to overlap. I also changed my stance at the same time. It wasn’t beneficial at first, but I went to the range for about 10 straight days and shaved about seven strokes off my score. I changed because i read Ben Hogan’s book the five fundamentals of golf.

I played baseball growing up and through high school. I didn't start playing golf until about age 4-5 years ago at age 33-34, and tried the traditional golf grip with my right pinky interlapping under my left index but I never felt I had control of the club with that grip. I will admit that I did not take any lessons early on like I should have, but I did go to the range a decent bit when I first started but it still just never felt right.
Baseball grip felt more natural to me so that's what I stuck with. I'm a 19 handicap, I'm sure "proper" grip wouldn't hurt but at the same time I don't see that being the key to me saving strokes.

I think the only pro I know of that ever used a baseball grip was Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey. If not a single player on tour uses a baseball grip and the only one that did wore two gloves at all time, that should tell you not to do it.

Interlocking or overlapping will benefit you in the long run. If you're just going to play two or three times a year, then there's no harm in using a baseball grip. But if you play fairly often, you need to force yourself to switch, even if it hurts your game for a little while.

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Had Been using the interlocking grip but it hasn't been working for me lately.

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What wasn't working with the grip??

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Went back to the baseball style grip with decent success at the range but too early to tell.

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This could be akin to buying a new club honestly.. you have a lot of success due to confidence more than ability.. it will eventually run its course..

I like 99% of other male children in the south played baseball growing up. So naturally that's how I held a club. It wasn't until my first golf lesson after 20 years of playing did the instructor ask me about my grip.. Told me that trying to move to the interlock or overlap would help my improvement greatly.. At first it felt uncomfortable and unnatural but I found that the clubs I was most confident in using was the place to start.. So I started with my 7-pw, once that felt better I moved up to longer clubs excluding Driver.. Then moved on to driver and then my wedges being last oddly enough.. Probably due to wedge shots being more of a feel shot than anything.. Now at this point of I hold it in a 10 finger grip it feels really odd and I feel disconnected from the club..

Question, do you have standard sized grips on your clubs?? Because this was another thing that helped me become more comfortable holding the club.. at first I switched to midsized.. Then I found the Golf Pride MCC +4 and I used standard in those, but with extra wraps.. Since the MCC don't taper as dramatically it felt much better in my hand..

So what I guess I'm trying to say is don't shy away from the current interlock to 10 finger.. maybe try a couple of changes.. because the grip is the only thing that connects us to the club and a proper grip goes a long way..

I'm the opposite of most here. Overlap grip was never comfortable (years of baseball). Switched to baseball and never looked back

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baseball style grip

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99% of people I see with this grip break their wrist in the backswing. Impact is gone from there.

I’ve used the 10 finger “baseball” grip my entire life

I can(but don’t) interlock with wedges. Anything above that I can barely hold onto the club.