I Am A PGA Pro, And If You Only Spend $10 This Prime Day… I Implore You To Spend It On Scottie Scheffler’s Training Aid!

PGA Professional Joe Ferguson thinks this is the best $10 you could spend on your golf game…

Training grip
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If you dive into the statistics, Scottie Scheffler’s ball-striking prowess is on a completely different level to anyone else on the planet right now, and it has been for around two years. Barely a tournament passes where the world number one hasn’t led almost every statistical category around the long game, and this is no flash in the pan, it happens time and time again. This Amazon Prime Day, I might just be able to help you get a little closer to Scheffler levels of performance...

Training Grip | 7% off at Amazon
Was $13.99 Now $12.99

Training Grip | 7% off at Amazon
Was $13.99 Now $12.99

Use the training grip trusted by world number one Scottie Scheffler! This molded rubber grip will guide your hands into place on the club for ultimate control and consistency. 

Read our full article on Scottie Scheffler's use of this grip

As a somewhat ‘old school’ PGA Professional,  I have looked on uncomfortably in recent times as Instagram coaches flood the game with their picture-perfect unattainable demands for technical perfection. With his unorthodox footwork and other idiosyncratic moves, I take immense pleasure in seeing someone with his own individual golf swing dominating the professional game. 

While Scheffler doesn’t necessarily fit the mold that many modern coaches seem to demand, he has built one of the most consistent and repeatable actions in the game.

Having become intrigued by his generational level of consistency, I have scoured TV coverage, YouTube videos, and just about every article available and it seems that simplicity, basic fundamentals, and repetition are what Scheffler prioritizes above all else, and nowhere is that more evident than in his grip.

While taking my deep dive, one thing kept cropping up time and time again in pictures, a molded rubber training grip! He simply refuses to undertake a single practice session or warm-up without using it. In fact, at the recent USPGA Championship, it was even the first club he picked out of the bag for his hurried warm-up after being released from jail! It is that important to him.

Photo of Scottie Scheffler's moulded training grip

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Take a look at Scheffler the next time you see him on the TV coverage, and watch just how carefully, and meticulously he places his hands on the grip of the club when taking his address. It is like watching a surgeon prepare their tools for an operation, everything must be just so, and that stems back to his work with the training grip.

Scheffler clearly understands and values the importance of the grip as the only point of contact with the golf club and the number one influence over the clubface, and works diligently to perfect it. He has his grip on a practice 7-iron and will always hit several full shots with it in a session to reinforce good solid fundamentals which I believe is one of the keys to his incredible consistency.

Photo of Joe Ferguson using his training grip

(Image credit: Future)

As a PGA Professional, I would absolutely urge you to get hold of one of these grips, take it to your local Pro Shop have it installed on something similar to Scheffler like a 7-iron, and begin to implement it consistently within all of your warm-ups and practice sessions. With so many things that can and do go wrong within the golf swing, eliminating a variable such as the grip is both easy to do and will reap huge rewards in terms of consistency.

This Prime Day, there are some exceptional deals to be had on this style of training grip, and for less than the price of a sleeve of balls, what is stopping you? If the world number one thinks it helps him, then surely we can learn from that? 

Joe Ferguson
Staff Writer

 

Joe has worked in the golf industry for nearly 20 years in a variety of roles. After a successful amateur career being involved in England squads at every age group, Joe completed his PGA degree qualification in 2014 as one of the top ten graduates in his training year and subsequently went on to become Head PGA Professional at Ryder Cup venue The Celtic Manor Resort. Equipment has always been a huge passion of Joe’s, and during his time at Celtic Manor, he headed up the National Fitting Centres for both Titleist and Taylormade.  He’s excited to bring his knowledge of hardware to Golf Monthly in the form of equipment reviews and buying advice. 

Joe lives in North Devon and still plays sporadically on the PGA West region circuit. His best round in recent years came earlier in 2023 where he managed a 9 under par 63 at Trevose GC in a Devon & Cornwall PGA Tournament.

Joe's current What's In The Bag? 

Driver: Switch between Ping G430 Max 10K & TaylorMade Qi10 - both with Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X

Fairway wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour - Fujikura Ventus Black 7-X

Irons: Callaway Apex CB 24'  3-11 - Project X LS 6.5 shafts

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM10 54D and 60M

Putter: Odyssey Toe Up #9

Ball: TaylorMade 2024 TP5x 

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet 60R

Bag: Vessel Player IV Pro DXR Stand