The Hamate is the most commonly fractured bone in a golfers hand often caused by hitting the ground with the club. It can be missed on normal X-Ray because it’s a hairline break so it may go undiagnosed. Symptoms are pain made worse by gripping the club and contact with the ball. When the ulnar nerve is irritated, pain is not always localized.

Hands and the Golf Swing

“I wish I had three right hands,” wrote Ben Hogan in his classic instruction book The Fundamentals of Modern Golf. The reason for this is that the right side [left for lefties] is usually the most powerful and coordinated side of the body. But it isn’t enough to just throw your right hand at the ball—you have to know how to work your elbow and wrist properly to hit long, straight shots.

A good way to think of your backswing is that its role is to create certain power angles between you and your golf club that help you to multiply the force of your swing. Once you create these angles, you need to keep them intact until just before impact. One of the most important of these angles is the one created by your right wrist as it bends into a "hinged" position at the top of your backswing. Your wrist will do this naturally in response to the momentum of your backswing if you allow it to happen.

Returning the clubhead to the ball is another story. During the downswing, there are strong forces pulling on the clubhead that can cause golfers to lose the crucial right wrist hinge much too early in the downswing. When this happens your swing springs a power leak and all you can do is deliver a weak slap at the ball that kills both your distance and your accuracy.

To avoid this power loss practice holding your right wrist angle in place from the top of your backswing all the way through the impact zone. You won't actually be able to accomplish this when you swing at full speed, but by trying, you should rid your swing of the "slapstick" act.


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