Tight grip - potential problems?

If your grip is too tight you can lose in both direction and distance.

Some people find hovering the club at address can help reduce tension in the forearms.

If you have good grip strength this can help reduce the need you may feel to grip too tight, so you could squeeze a squash ball or use the grip trainers to strengthen your grip.

See how loose you can grip it and still hit it, let your wrists feel like jelly. You've got to learn to trust the club'll stay secure even with what will fell very loose as you are used to feeling a tight grip.

A second ball behind the club at address with a low and slow takeaway may help you on the tempo issue if it's a going back problem (this'll usually go wrong at either the start of the swing or the top of the backswing), if it's an on the way down issue, don't rush transition centre and then let it rip. Some people count, I think Vijay used the word seventeen as a key at some point in his swing.

A waggle or two and not getting stuck (some people can almost freeze over the ball) at set up can help relieve tension too.