Understanding What Is Release In Golf

Golf Monthly

In this video, PGA Professional Ben Emerson talks about what release is in golf, and with a simple drill, how you can improve your release

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 Hi, so we're talking today about release,

00:05 about releasing the golf club.

00:07 What is releasing the golf club?

00:09 And how can I get into the positions

00:11 that we see these tour players deliver

00:14 day in, day out on the TV?

00:16 So I try and understand this, what is release?

00:19 For me, it's this understanding of,

00:20 I'm trying to generate as much power as I can

00:24 in my body throughout my swing,

00:25 and I'm trying to release it at the correct point

00:28 to ensure that power goes through my body,

00:30 through the club, and into the ball.

00:33 Giving a good release pattern is actually,

00:37 what I see daily in the teaching room

00:39 is actually when I get to the top here,

00:41 players actually start to release either too early,

00:44 they have this casting kind of effect,

00:46 or they actually get to impact,

00:49 body's frozen, it hasn't moved,

00:51 and actually the club kind of breaks down,

00:53 you get this scooping kind of effect,

00:56 or you get this kind of chicken wing.

00:59 What we like to see is actually,

01:00 I like to see, if I was to imagine there's a tee,

01:02 or I put a tee just down in front here,

01:05 I want that club to be just past the ball,

01:07 pointing at that tee, I like to think of that club head

01:11 the furthest point away from my body at this position.

01:14 I like to have my chest open, my hips open,

01:18 and everything's pointing at that tee.

01:20 So a lovely little drill you can do,

01:22 bear in mind I just said it's about body rotation as well,

01:25 to allow that release to kind of happen naturally,

01:27 is to let's set the body in a good position first.

01:31 So a lovely little drill that you can do,

01:33 is set up, and actually I'm gonna put you

01:35 in impact position.

01:36 So I'm gonna want your hips to be rotated,

01:39 your chest to be rotated,

01:41 and I like your hands to be ahead of the golf ball,

01:44 so your hands are in front of the golf ball

01:46 in this position.

01:47 What I want you to do in this drill

01:49 is actually take the club back,

01:51 so the lead arm is parallel,

01:53 and I want you to feel that the lower body's gonna turn,

01:55 it's gonna pull you back to that impact position,

01:58 and just past once we hit a good checkpoint

02:01 is my arms are together,

02:02 and that club is pointing at that tee.

02:05 So, if we can put it all together,

02:07 hopefully the shot looks like this.

02:09 (club snaps)

02:17 (upbeat music)

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