Lance

you never release the club.......you swing it. you release the club face. i think this is why people find it confusing. casting is caused by a lack of lag in your swing. nobody releases a putter because the face is held square in relationship to the ball. and it's not undesireable muscles that come into play.for a right handed golfer you pronate the left wrist about 10 degrees through the impact zone. it's such a tiny movement an easier example to understand is if you swing with a cupped wrist. you uncup it through the impact zone.

Club face release is not some mystical search for enlightenment, but it is an essential fundamental that every single golfer must learn to do. Every single pro's swing is different, yet the one single thing they all do and can control very well, is the face release. If you don't release/rotate the club face through impact enough, you'll only hit a push/fade/slice or flop it altogether. Obviously now if there is too much release through impact you'll draw/hook. Knowing how to draw it strong is key when combined with a proper weight shift toward the front foot on the down swing. The result is the "distance with no effort shot" that you see on the pro tour. Without learning to release the club face you'll never learn to draw the ball, stick the ball on the green, add so much back spin so the ball rolls back to the pin and lastly, crush it a controlled 280-300yds out of the box. as my instructor always told me...(being a right handed golfer) "if you fully release the face it is impossible to hit the ball right" "if you properly shift your weight forward it is impossible to hit the ball left" "when you can do both together you can only hit a powerful pure straight"

you know 300 yds straight down the pipe really is an incredible feeling........

wow...he's pissed lol......they forced him to hit a knock down shot with his driver so the car stood a chance.

shoulders parallel to the ground (keeps my swing plane in check) flatter swing plane with the driver (creates a low launch angle and it doesn't add excessive lift to the ball) begin the downswing shifting my weight forward(this is where my power comes from) knees bent and parallel to the target until impact (forces me to shift my weight properly and keeps my swing path dead on) probably the best tip yet is when i address the ball, don't think, just make my pre-shot routine and hit the ball.........it's what i do at the range,so i should do it on the course too.

it seems some folks are a little tee'd off with slower golfers so here's a few rules for those slower golfers to follow in the style of Jeff Foxworthy to help ease the tension a little. If you don't pickup on a hole when your double par, you shouldn't be out there. if your scores are so high that you don't bother to keep one,you shouldn't be out there. If you spend more time looking for balls than hitting them,you shouldn't be out there. If the only shot you can hit is one that requires the term "FORE!",you shouldn't be out there. If you constantly top your way to the hole,you shouldn't be out there. If you intentionally take big divots on practice swings and don't replace them,you shouldn't be out there. If you can't get out of a shallow beach in 2, you shouldn't be out there. and lastly..... If you spend more than 5 minutes looking for a ball that costs 30 cents and it's not your last one.............you shouldn't be out there.

had my best half ever......41 on the back nine(par36)at Pinehills on friday

your looking real good there. keep your knees real quiet on the back swing but more importantly keep them parallel to the target on the down swing until after impact.. keeping them parallel to the target will help you properly shift your weight forward. it will also keep your shots more consistent. swing plane looks very good,a teenie bit over the top with the 7 iron, driver appears to be right on.

lmao......too funny actually i was stopped at an intersection,blinker on,patiently waiting for on coming traffic to fizzle out so i could turn and BOOM ! almost got pushed into the on coming traffic.

i did get a good jolt. i was in a little bit of shock for a few minutes as i was leaning forward at impact,so i did get thrown back into the seat. i'm fine though, thanks.

i'm only 37 and suffer from all kinds of pain from lower back,joint stiffness in my knees and hands. 800mg ibuprofen tablets is my dose with water. no food for me so it works right away.

we all release the club face......if we didn't we'd all slice on every shot. i do think folks tend to exaggerate how much though. isn't it supposed to be like 3 degrees open at the moment of impact and 6 degrees closed at launch angle for a pure straight shot ?

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That's like paying $100 to play at an amazing course that just air rated the greens the day before, it just plain sucks Maybe it's just me,but i like to play no excuses golf....

I was simply heart broken last night after getting rear ended by someone. The trunk was basically fused shut. I dropped the rear seats and the sub box nearly had the bottom that was facing the seat knocked out. Surprisingly all my clubs are ok. I even had my old set in the Callaway box right at the back of the trunk. Is there anything i should look for on the clubs or check them out at the range to see if there is vibration in any of the clubs. They do look to be in perfect shape.

in all seriousness though at least on 6 different occasions i've had folks at the driving range pick up their gear and move down the other end of the range because of the noise.

i have a 9.0 monster draw. hit it regularly 280, though my longest with help from the wind and swinging for the fences was around 325yds. the noise rings my ears so badly that i'm getting rid of it.

kennay92 is absolutely right. a draw version of a club will not cure a slice. flatten your swing plane and make sure the ball is forward enough in your stance and you'll be smashing draw bombs before you know it

skill any day over luck. sheer luck is shanking the ball off the tee into a tree and bouncing into the fairway. it's because of your skill that second shot miss hit still manages to find it's target no matter how it gets there.

That would freak me out being from New England I'm usually pretty burnt after 1 round,never mind 2 or 3.

hands down the putter.....i'd shoot low 70's if i could putt.

I'm quite surprised they'd tell you that. I played Wednesday,Thursday and today. All 3 times i scheduled tee times i was told exactly what to expect in terms of traffic. I remember a month or so ago i called for a time at another course and was told it was so busy that i may want to try another day even so there were times available that day.

i shot a 91 today, should have been a lot better. 41 on the back 9

i like to draw,but i can pretty much hit any shape i want since i started swinging on a much flatter plane. though i tend to push instead of fade with my driver.

i'm satisfied if get out once a week,but i'm at the range at least 4-5 days every week now......i get more and more addicted every week when i see the results on the course from all the practicing and lessons