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I play to a 3.5 handicap right now and my single problem that keeps me from being a scratch has to be my driving accuracy. I've switched to the Sasquatch about 4 months ago and improved big time but i Still have a little problem. I tend to hang onto the club and that causes a big slice. Now i have a nice release with my irons and 3 wood, but i cannot tell myself to release my driver. Am I being correct by releasing the club alot like I do with my blades for great accuracy?

Try this... (from krank golf)... It works... Keeping the right heal down till after impact will force you to release the club... I had the exact same problem as you... and it is working great for me... Takes some getting used to, but works immediately.

Use 2 ¾ inch tees barely put in ground.
Tee up ball forward in stance at left heel or toe. (Right handed golfers)
Put outside of feet at shoulder width.
Straighten right foot. Do not toe out right foot. Left foot is OK to toe out a little.
Take club straight back, low and slow.
Initiate down swing at the ball with your upper body, leaving your feet flat on the ground.
At impact of ball your left shoulder should feel a little shrugged to help you keep square to the target and your right heel should be on the ground or no more than one inch off the ground. Remember we are trying to eliminate pushing off the right foot, which causes your hips and lower body to slide prematurely to the left during your down swing.
Keep your head and chin down at impact.
Finish with simply turning your right foot, by squashing the bug, not pushing off the right toe.
Your finish position should be balanced. Finish pretty. Most Teaching Pros talk about getting to your left side. Be careful not to get too far to your left side. Finish with your left hip on top or a little back from you left foot. Not out in front of your left hip. The more you slide your hips to the left during your swing the more difficult it will be to hit straight and long. Oversliding your hips is what makes 95% of all golfers SLICE the ball. You can put that in the bank!

ahhhh so I guess im oversliding my hips, good good advice my friend, i will try to keep a more stable hip base and finish by turning my right foot.. thanks for the tips im going to try it out now

Here are a few drills I've come across to to help with this... They will force you to release the club... Warning... If you have compensations is your current grip/setup etc for your slice with the driver... Watch out left...


Here are a few drills to quiet the lower body, and will teach you to release
the club. 1. hit some balls with the left toe turned inward pointing towards t
he middle of the stance. Take some easy swings
because this drill will inhibit the left hip from spinning out to fast and you
will have a hard time making any kind of a finish. The second one is to hit
some balls and keep the right heel on the ground. Do not lift it at all. This
will quiet the lower body and allow the arms and club to swing out in front of
you on the downswing. After you hit some of those shots, allow the right heel
to release off the turf ONLY after the ball has been struck. Again, this is a
measure for allowing the arms and club to swing out in front of you on the
downswing without the lower body flying out from beneathe you. Remember
the role of the lower body is to support the golf swing, so if you watch most
Tour players you will see a quiet lower body matching the arm swing (that's
called timing). And the third one is to make some swings without a ball for a
while. What you do is swing to the top of the backswing and stop. To feel this,
I want your lower body to remain perfectly still (it's hard, but try). Then in
slow motion, slowly swing your arms and club down in front of you almost to the
impact area. Your chest should still be pointing behind the ball. After you get
the feel of the club moving well into the forward swing without your lower body
in slow motion without hitting balls, you can start to hit some balls feeling
the same thing. The sensation is that your chest will point back behind the
ball as the club gets to the impact area (hard to do that when you are in
motion) first. Again, once you have struck the ball, allow your body to respond
to the motion and release to the finish. These three are my best tips to help
the body slow downn and the club speed up.

I think this is great advise. My biggest problem is the driver (average 6 OB's off the tee per round). I hope you don't mind that I "corrected all the typos"...lol . Thanks.

Instead of giving you a long drill to do, here's a feel thought to use...

Shake hands with the target. That came from Moe Norman only the most accurate golfer of all-time

Great drills...swinging with your feet together also helps to ingrain the sensation...I find that the longer the club the more you have to go after turning it over...

I agree with this, I have recently been working out a big problem with slicing and pushing everything right. I got my irons under control by making sure I am rolling my wrists over, but the driver was still slicing hard. So yesterday at the range, just to see what happens, I swung the driver at half speed and really tried to make an excessive, or what felt like excessive wrist roll. Turns out the ball when nice and straight. So I kept doing that and increasing my swing speed until I was hitting the ball hard and straight. Needless to say I was happy with that. Seems you really have to turn the wrists over with the longer clubs, especially if you are coming with an outside to in swing. It still feels unnatural to me, but hopefully I can engraine it into my normal swing soon.

Some good advice and drills here. I find that when I'm having a problem with my release it's usually a foot turn issue. I tend to turn my front foot out too much and get too much release, but that's just me.