Stop holding off and release

joshsparham · July 13, 2018

I can play pretty decent golf and I can play awful. Hey that's golf. I have issues actually releasing the club. I hold it off so bad all the time and can't figure out how to consistently release it.

Anyone else had success fixing this?

WanLefty · July 13, 2018

Stop worrying about the release and start concentrating on what's going wrong before that. Took me too long to realise this myself...

Quick Bucket · July 13, 2018

Trail arm extension through the ball.

5.2k · July 13, 2018

This is my number one problem. No release, holding it off. It kills a follow through. It kills getting a good turn in the down swing.

I fixed it for the most part about 6 weeks ago. Allowing the arms to extend and rolling the right forearm over. Not sure if that is what is really happening but I finally get a good turn on the down swing, I get a great natural follow through and I gained yards. I get a balanced finish on the left leg. No more dead stop follow through, no more finishing low left.

I play by feel and have no idea about positions. I have always been told I don't follow through and my swing stopped as though I was punching the ball. This new feel may not be whats happening but it has improved my game, a lot over the past 6 weeks.

ucmike11 · July 13, 2018

Mike Malaska's split grip drill and his L to L helped me alot.

Tiemco · July 13, 2018

Hammer and nail drill/visualization.

Bearinthewoods · July 13, 2018

I can play pretty decent golf and I can play awful. Hey that's golf. I have issues actually releasing the club. I hold it off so bad all the time and can't figure out how to consistently release it.

Anyone else had success fixing this?

I use to do this big time when I was using equipment that just didn't fit me- particularly butt soft shafts.

I read the release: golfs moment of truth by Jim Hardy- won't bore you with the details but finding which release synced up with my swing gave me a better understanding of what should be happening in my swing. There's not enough time in the down swing to really consciously do a lot- and thats not what I want happening anyways. The drills for each release helped further make it "second nature".