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I just read this post from the FB Group “Guitar Beginners”:
I’ve been playing 50 years professionally and I’ve never met a beginning guitar player who didn’t think their fingers were too fat, or too thin, or not long enough, or too long…… I have a lazy ring finger on my left hand. It does not tuck in as tightly as my other three fingers. When I practice, I have to learn to change the position of my wrist… whatever results in a clean land on a fret. If you think you’re truly handicapped, I recommend you look up Django Reinhardt. This man is regarded as the greatest jazz guitarist in history, and he only had two functional fingers on his left hand. His ring, finger and pink you were horribly disfigured in a fire and were left useless. My point is no matter what your physical features. If you’re determined you’ll be able to overcome them. So a methods and physical exercise exercises that can help overcome these that all professionals use, even myself 50 years into it. I’m always challenged with new pieces to learn. I’m always retraining my hand. This is Guitar, the way it works.