Interlock or overlap

Interlock. I tuck my sleeve up under my armpit right before address and try to keep it as tight as possible. Its a simple thing but has really helped me alot.

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do you keep left arm pretty straight in backswing?

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The key is to focus on keeping the right arm straight as long as possible in the backswing. This promotes the necessary width. It will eventually bend to near 90 degrees before you get to the top of the swing. This feel with the right arm will keep the left arm pretty straight and keep you from sucking the arms too far inside

Can't do the interlock. Overlap always felt the best for me.
Only thing that I have really tried to keep left arm straight was to focus on keeping the takeaway along a straight line back as far as possible.

Used to interlock when I was newer to the sport. Now I overlap. My knuckles are too bulky to interlock and it feels foreign. I always had interlocking chalked up to a gimmick that should be overcome by focusing on technique. Whether that is true or not is not my call but I prefer overlap much more.

Interlock - important to not choke the grip with your index finger and thumb on right hand.

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Based on finger length. Short fingers - Overlap Long fingers Interlock. Per Harvey Penick's Little Red Book.

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opposite actually

Overlap.

I've tried and tried interlocking but it just does not feel comfortable. I feel like I lose control/feel of my hands a bit during the downswing. I use my hands a lot I think for club face squaring and I can't do that interlocking.

I'm weird.

Interlock until the summer after my freshman year of college, then overlap afterwards. Took me about 500 range balls to make the change permanent.

I try to keep my left arm as straight as I can for as long as I can before the club folds up to the top of the backswing.