What I'd Tell Myself On Day One If I Could Go Back

what i'd tell myself on day one if i could go back

Forget swing tips. Forget equipment. This is the one thing that actually matters right now.

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By Peter M.

Last Updated Nov 3.2025

forget everything else for now

Look, I know you're getting bombarded. Swing tips, driver reviews, "fix your slice" videos, what irons to buy, how to chip, how to read greens. Everyone's got advice and all of it sounds important. Here's the truth — none of it matters yet.

Not if your grip is off. Your grip controls the clubface. The clubface controls where the ball goes. Get that right first. Everything else comes after.

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your hands don't learn from watching

I made this mistake myself. Watched a dozen grip videos, thought I had it sorted, went to the range and just started swinging. Problem is, your hands can't translate what your eyes saw into the right position.

You stand over the ball and you're guessing. Maybe it's right, maybe it's not — you genuinely can't tell. That's not your fault. That's just how hands work. They learn by feel, not by watching.

you're building muscle memory now — make sure it's right

This is the bit I wish someone had told me. Every time you swing, your hands are memorising that grip. Doesn't matter if it's correct or not. After a few hundred swings, that grip — whatever it is — starts feeling "normal."

And once it feels normal, changing it later is miserable. I'm talking weeks of your contact falling apart. It's so much easier to learn it right now than to fix it later.

there's a shortcut and it's not a gimmick

So here's what actually helped me — and I was sceptical at first. It's called GripFix. It's a molded piece that clips onto your club and physically puts your hands in the right position. You don't have to think about it or remember anything.

You just grip it and hit balls. Your hands learn the correct feel through repetition. Scottie Scheffler uses a grip trainer before every round. That's what convinced me to try it.

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even scottie scheffler doesn't trust feel alone

Scottie Scheffler uses a grip trainer before every round — not because he doesn't know how to grip a club, but because even the best player in the world knows your grip shifts day to day.

He uses a physical reference point to keep his hands honest. If the world #1 doesn't rely on memory alone, there's no reason you should either — especially when you're just starting out.

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start right: build a proper grip from day one

GripFix clips onto any club and physically guides your hands into the correct position every time. No guessing. No hoping you're doing it right. Just correct reps that build real muscle memory — while you actually hit balls.

Use it for 5-10 minutes at the start of a range session. Within weeks, your hands know where to go on their own. It costs less than a round of golf and saves you months of trying to unlearn the wrong habits.

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