See the unique grip of Korn Ferry Tour Greens in Regulation leader Steven Fisk

The latest winner on the Korn Ferry Tour does so with a grip that, at first glance, would seem just weird.

Steven Fisk employs a classic interlock grip under the club, but on top his right thumb barely – if at all – touches the club. In fact, it covers the left thumb. His hands are clasped together around the grip like he is trying to keep it warm.

Alas, it works just fine. Fisk, who won the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in a playoff two weeks ago, also leads the Korn Ferry Tour in Greens in Regulation so far this season.

“I’ve never changed it,” Fisk said at this week’s LECOM Suncoast Classic, which he’ll enter at No. 8 on the season-long standings (the top 30 at season’s end will earn 2025 PGA TOUR membership).

“My coach and I strengthening my left hand. I’ve tried it, I just can’t get comfortable. I stay on the range and figure it out but when you get out here under the gun, it’s just different. It’s not for me.”

Fisk attended Georgia Southern University and started playing the game at age 5. His parents built and owned a par-3 course and driving range in his hometown of Stockbridge, Georgia. There he pounded balls all day and never felt his grip was “weak” or “weird.”

The first time it even registered that he was doing something different was when he was a young teenager, and a man came up to him and asked why he held the club the way he was.

“’I don’t know man,’” he remembers saying. “’I just pick it up and hold it and try to hit fades.’”

Fisk says he and his coach have talked about trying to change it and, he admits, it’s just not possible. He’d rather get good the way he is and deal with the grip he’s got.

It’s worked out OK to this point, with Fisk representing the United States at the 2019 Walker Cup before turning pro. He finished 64th on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List a year ago to retain full status for 2024.

Fisk admits he had some wrist problems around the time he turned professional after his college career finished. At that point the discussion about changing his grip was reaching a fever pitch, so he couldn’t keep getting injured.

“We were able to work around it, some of the things that put so much pressure on my left wrist, my left hand … it’s been a lot better,” Fisk said. “It’s not really something that gives me trouble anymore, so there’s no reason to change it.”

Fisk’s ball-striking chops have been on display through the early part of 2024, and he’ll look to continue his momentum from the Club Car Championship all the way to the PGA TOUR by the end of the season.

He’s mighty happy to just keep doing things the way he’s always done – because it works.

“My coach and I have done a good job on not trying to change a bunch of things and just give me a better understanding of how I swing the club and how my body moves. If someone was starting in the game, I would recommend a different grip,” Fisk said with a laugh.

“I certainly think the right way to hold a golf club is different than the way I do it, but it’s just so ingrained in me that personally I don’t think I can change. It’s one of those things where I’m going to keep doing things my way.”

PGA TOUR Digital's Elise Tallent contributed to this report.