Scottie Scheffler Swears By This One Thing
Scottie Scheffler is, by every measurable standard, the best golfer on the planet. In 2024 alone he won the Masters, the Olympic gold medal, the FedEx Cup, and finished the year with six PGA Tour titles. In 2025 he again won 6 titles including the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. He's won 17 PGA Tour events before the age of 28, and he's done it with a swing that looks nothing like a textbook — a quirky foot plant, an unorthodox weight shift, and a move that would send most coaches reaching for their whiteboard.
And yet, every single day before he hits a single ball on the range, the World Number 1 does something remarkably simple. Something most junior golfers have never even considered. Something so basic, so affordable, and so repeatable that it requires no coaching, no technology, and no special talent to copy.
He picks up a club with a moulded training grip and checks his hands.
"The grip is your only connection to the club head. When my swing gets off, it's usually something very basic — and it usually starts there."
— Scottie Scheffler, World #1, PGA TourWhy the World's Best Golfer Obsesses Over the Basics
In a sport increasingly consumed by launch monitors, swing analytics, and complex biomechanical theories, Scheffler stands apart. His coach, Randy Smith — who has worked with him since he was a junior — builds their practice sessions around one principle: get the fundamentals right, and everything else follows.
Before every range session and every pre-round warm-up, without exception, Scheffler takes a club fitted with a moulded rubber training grip and hits at least a dozen shots. The moulded grip is contoured to guide both hands into a perfectly neutral position — no guessing, no adjusting mid-round, no compensating for a grip that crept slightly off during the week.
It's a habit he has maintained at every level of the game. From junior tournaments in Texas to the first tee at Augusta National, the routine has never changed.
The 5 Lessons Every Junior Golfer Can Take From Scheffler
The Grip Is Everything — Treat It That Way
Your hands are your only physical connection to the club. Every shot you hit passes through your grip. If your hands are even slightly off — rotated too far, too loose, gripping in the palm instead of the fingers — the club face is off. The swing path is off. The ball is off. Scheffler understands this so deeply that he won't trust his own muscle memory without a daily check. For young golfers still building those habits, a moulded training grip removes the guesswork entirely. It puts your hands in the right place before you've even thought about it.
Repetition Builds the Foundation, Not the Exception
Scheffler doesn't use the training grip because he's struggling. He uses it when he's at the top of his game. The point isn't correction — it's calibration. By returning to the same physical sensation every single day, he ensures that the correct grip position becomes automatic under pressure. For junior golfers, this is critical. Building a correct grip through thousands of moulded repetitions means your hands find the right position instinctively, even when nerves are high and the competition is tight.
Simple Routines Beat Complex Systems Every Time
Scheffler's pre-round routine is notably simple: training grip, alignment sticks, a few short game shots. No elaborate drills, no hours-long tinkering sessions. He limits himself to roughly an hour of focused practice. For young golfers, the lesson is clear — consistency and simplicity outperform complexity and variety. A short, focused session with the right fundamentals will develop a better golfer than hours of unfocused hitting.
When Something Goes Wrong, Check the Basics First
When Scheffler's ball-striking starts to feel off — even slightly — he doesn't panic or overhaul his swing. He goes back to the fundamentals. Grip. Alignment. Posture. Nine times out of ten, the problem is there. Junior golfers often respond to bad shots by changing their swing, when the real issue is something far simpler. Learning to check fundamentals first — and having a training tool like a moulded grip to help — builds the kind of self-diagnostic skill that great players carry their whole careers.
Stay the Same — No Matter the Occasion
Whether he's warming up for a Tuesday practice round or the final round of a Major, Scheffler's routine doesn't change. The same training grip. The same alignment sticks. The same checks. This consistency is a superpower. For junior golfers learning to compete, keeping your preparation routine identical — whether it's a school comp or a big tournament — removes the mental load of the occasion and lets you focus on playing golf. Lock in the routine, and the results take care of themselves.
The Training Grip: A Deceptively Simple Tool
The training grip Scheffler uses is not sophisticated equipment. It's a moulded rubber grip — contoured with ridges that physically guide each finger into the correct position. The moulding means you don't have to think about where your hands go. You feel it. You repeat it. And over time, your hands build the muscle memory to find that position on their own.
Golf Monthly called it Scheffler's "non-negotiable." Today's Golfer said every amateur should own one. Golf.com noted that he won't start a warm-up without hitting at least a dozen balls with it first. It's consistently described as one of the most underused and undervalued training tools in the game — not just for beginners, but for players at every level.
"Learning the correct grip early can help junior golfers construct solid basics and avoid bad habits that are very difficult to undo later in their development."
— Golf instruction coaches, on Scheffler's training grip approachAnd here's the thing: it's being used on a 7-iron. Not a driver. Not a putter. A 7-iron — the most versatile, most commonly hit club in the bag for a junior golfer. The club that forms the foundation of every swing in the set.
The Stykz Golf Moulded Training Grip
When we designed the Stykz Golf junior club set, we knew from the start that a moulded training grip had to be part of it. Not as an optional extra. Not as an upsell. As a standard inclusion in every full set we sell.
Every Stykz Golf 5-Club Set comes with an extra 7-iron shaft fitted with a moulded training grip. It's the same fundamental training approach that Scottie Scheffler uses at the highest level in golf, built into the very first set of clubs your child picks up.
We believe that if the World #1 won't practise without checking his grip first, then every junior golfer deserves the same tool — right from day one. Before they hit a ball. Before they think about their backswing. Before they worry about anything else.
Lock in the grip. Then everything else gets easier.
🏌️ Included free with every 5-Club SetWhat This Means for Your Young Golfer
Junior golf can be an expensive, complicated, and at times overwhelming sport for both kids and parents. There's a lot of equipment, a lot of technique, and a lot of conflicting advice. But the lesson from the World Number 1 is refreshingly clear: start with the grip, come back to the grip, and never take the grip for granted.
If your child starts every practice session — even just the backyard warm-ups — by gripping a moulded training club a dozen times before picking up their regular set, they are doing exactly what Scottie Scheffler does. That's not a small thing. That's the foundation of one of the most dominant golf careers in the modern era.
And it fits in the bag right next to their clubs.
- Start every session with 10–12 shots using the moulded training grip to calibrate hand position
- Lay down alignment sticks to check your stance and aim before you start hitting full shots
- Keep practice sessions focused and relatively short — quality over quantity
- When something feels off, check your grip first before changing anything else
- Keep your routine exactly the same, whether it's backyard practice or a competition
- Trust the fundamentals — grip, alignment, posture — and let your swing take care of itself
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Set Includes The Moulded Training Grip
Our 5-Club Set comes with an extra 7-iron shaft fitted with a moulded training grip — the same training approach used by World #1 Scottie Scheffler, built in from day one.
The Bottom Line
Scottie Scheffler is proof that the fundamentals are not something you graduate from. They're something you return to, every single day, regardless of how good you become. The moulded training grip isn't a beginner's tool — it's a world champion's tool. It just happens to be equally valuable for a seven-year-old on the driving range.
That's why it's in every Stykz Golf set. And that's why we'd encourage every junior golfer to use it before every single session — just like the best golfer in the world does.
Lock in the grip. Level up everything else.