Fred Couples has advised amateurs that one way that they may be able to improve the distance they hit a ball with a golf driver is to loosen their grip on the club.
According to Golf Magic, the 1992 Masters winner has revealed that his grip is so weak that it would be easy for another person to easily remove his driver from his hands.
And by gripping the club in this way, Couples feels that it has a positive impact on the clubhead speed he generates.
Couples told the news provider: "The tighter you hold anything, the slower you will be. You really need to be soft and supple to create clubhead speed and power.
"When I reach impact my right hand feels as if it's almost off the club which gives me more of a powerful hit through the ball than if I was choking the grip."
The 50-year-old is also a 15-time PGA Tour event winner and in 1992 became the first American to claim the number one position in the official world golf rankings.
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