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SCARY SHOTS
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INSTRUCTION TRUTHS
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43 days ago
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EYE ON INSTRUCTION
Bryson DeChambeau’s coach gives us three things we can steal from Bryson
To say Bryson DeChambeau's 2020 adventure has been a science project would be an understatement. DeChambeau remade his body and swing in an effort to get more distance—and the results would make…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Simplify your tee shots: Get your swing on plane and feel the proper motion.
I’ve had a successful PGA Tour career, including a pair of wins, by keeping things as simple as possible. Yet, in the numerous pro-ams I play, I notice everyday golfers tend to make things more complicated than…
FITNESS
Offseason exercises to pick up distance
As the days get shorter and your course becomes less playable, turn your attention to working on your game for next year—especially getting longer off the tee, says golf-fitness trainer Kaitlyn Pimentel. She…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Tony Finau's Slice-Proof Swing: Why my swing changes might be just what you need right now
When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah, I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the…
THE LEADING EDGE
3 Ways To Pre-Set Pure Impact. By Michael Breed
Check out my downswing here. I call this the delivery position. The closer you get to impact, the less you can do—or undo—before you hit the ball. You're basically on cruise control. That said, you can…
10 YARDS IN 10 MINUTES
Give your tee shots an instant boost. With Shaun Webb
LAUNCH IT HIGHER Most amateurs hit the ball with a downward strike too low on the face, creating high spin and low launch—the worst combination for distance. You'll immediately get longer if you hit it in the…
HIT IT LONG
Scott McCarron made his swing more efficient to gain distance. You can, too
You can call us “old guys” on the PGA Tour Champions, but there are a lot of players out here who can still move the ball (we’d be in the top half of players on the regular tour in driving distance).…
CONTROL
Finding control off the tee rather than length. With Butch Harmon
When you're hitting an approach shot, the yardage to the green immediately points you to a particular club. From 150 yards, you might think, That's my 6-iron. From 180, Gimme the 5-wood. You base those…
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Jordan Spieth's keys for hitting the fairway with driver. With Jordan Spieth
You're hitting driver great, scoring well, then somewhere in the middle of the back nine you spray a couple tee shots. That's all it takes to ruin a round. Were they mental errors from getting tight or nervous? Only…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Practising while you play works (and it saves time)
I've changed literally everything about my game over the past few years— how I putt, how I chip, what I do in bunkers, my full swing. It’s not just placing band-aids on things, these are real changes. And…
HOW HE HIT THAT
Quit steering your driver to get more speed
Aaron Wise won the Byron Nelson, but the driving display he put on is more representative of a new era in golf than it is a personal trademark for the 21-year-old former NCAA champion. Wise won by smashing his…
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Jon Rahm: Low scores start with maxing out your drives
There might be some par 4s where it makes sense to tee off with a 3-wood or an iron, but it's rare to see me using anything but driver. I'm more comfortable with it. When it comes to scoring, I'd rather hit it as far…
PLAY YOUR BEST
One simple training aid to help you from tee to green
Swing catalyst software and 3-D motion plates cost about€21,000. A TrackMan 4 launch monitor is €19,000. BodiTrak software and portable force plates are about €2,500. All of these game-improvement…
CAMERON CHAMP'S POWER MOVE
How the two-time PGA Tour winner hits it (30 yards) longer than Dustin Johnson!
Sean Foley remembers the first time he saw Cameron Champ swing a club. It was at Foley's academy in Orlando, and Cameron was about 14. Foley was working with many tour pros at that time, including Justin Rose and…
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Combat any wind condition with these tee shots. By Kevin Kisner
I've come to accept I'm not one of the longest guys on tour, so if I'm going to beat guys who are 20 to 30 yards longer off the tee —I have to keep the ball in the fairway. Being a solid driver means having…
DRIVER REBOOT
A different way to turn a slice into a draw. With David Leadbetter
The physics of a slice is uncomplicated. It happens because your club strikes the ball with the face pointing open in relation to the swing's path. For right-handers, that means the clubface is pointing right of the…
BASICS
Setting Up For Power And Accuracy. With Butch Harmon
Individuality in golf is great. My dad, Claude Harmon, who won the Masters 70 years ago, always said he wanted to help players without taking away what they did naturally. The caveat was, if any of those things hurt…
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Simplify your tee shots. With Michael Johnson
I've had a successful PGA Tour career, including a pair of wins, by keeping things as simple as possible. Yet, in the numerous pro-ams I play, I notice everyday golfers tend to make things more complicated than they…
FLYING OUT OF THE BLOCKS
How long-driver Troy Mullins rips tee shots. With Ron Kaspriske
When golf instructor Trillium Rose was asked to take a look at Troy Mullins' driver swing for an analysis, her reaction was "she has the torque of a teenage boy." That's not something every woman would probably want…
MODERN GOLF SWING
An in-depth analysis of Matthew Wolff's unorthodox swing
For the remaining few who argue that the modern golf swing is in a slow creep toward production-line sameness, July 2019 was a rather disastrous month. That’s when Matthew Wolff, a 20-year-old PGA Tour rookie…
RAINING BIRDIES
Low scores start with maxing out your drives on the tee. By Jon Rahm
There might be some par 4s where it makes sense to tee off with a 3-wood or an iron, but it's rare to see me using anything but driver. I'm more comfortable with it. When it comes to scoring, I'd rather hit it as far…
GIMME ONE THING
Make this simple adjustment and it it further with less effort. With Rob Akins
You're north of six feet. You weigh 215. You used to play rugby, and you still lift weights four days a week. How in the world are you getting outdriven by a guy who looks like a stunt double for a child…
NERVES
How Tiger Woods avoids first tee jitters and how you can too
As Tiger Woods approaches the first tee in a competitive round he might be getting a little nervous. But he’s got a simple way to handle it. Butch Harmon spent a decade working with Tiger Woods. One…
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS
The most intriguing grips in pro golf
A substantial subsection of the golf canon is devoted to romanticising Ben Hogan and his technique. And that includes his grip, which is shown in the photograph shown above for Life Magazine in 1947—before he…
POWER MOVES
Put Yourself In Position To Hit A Solid Tee Ball - Hitting it low and off the toe? Try this move to launch it.
If you struggle to hit a good tee ball, you're not alone. I've found that many times the easiest way to get a player to learn a skill or correct a mistake is to have them overemphasise the movement needed to execute the…
DISTANCE
One driver swing thought for longer and straighter drives. With Michael Breed
A lot of golfers have been told to keep the trail elbow close to the body on the backswing. I can't think of a worse driver swing thought. With the trail arm cramped going back, the golfer has a very narrow swing and…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Why tempo is key to smashing a 3-wood
When you're standing on the tee with your driver, I’m sure you’re not thinking about distance control. It’s all about how far can you hit it. A 3-wood is a different story. Whether you’re using…
HIT A DRAW
How to fix a slice in 5 minutes. With David Leadbetter
There's a good reason why people who slice the ball want to fix it: Because on the road you take to playing good golf, nowhere is there a slice. You can go from hitting a hook to playing good golf, but if you don't…
BACKSWING BASICS
Three positions you need to maximise your distance. With Michael Breed
With the driver, golfers have such an instinct to smash the ball, they sometimes forget about getting in position so they can. Short, fast backswings with no windup lead to weak downswings. You can't hit the ball with…
DRAW IT
How to hit a draw in 5 minutes. With Kevin Kisner
Just about every middle-handicapper I play with in a pro-am is trying really hard to erase that left-to-right shot. I don't blame them. Who wants to hit a slice? Most would agree they'd rather learn how to hit a…
THE LEADING EDGE
Michael Breed's easy fix to improve your driving
If you're struggling with the driver, focus on making more body turn during the backswing. Why? Because the stress you’re feeling is probably causing you to make a shorter, tighter swing. Adding more turn will…
TEST OF TIME
How golf's top players knew to use the ground for power—even 50 years ago
In celebration of Golf Digest's 70th anniversary, we went back through our archives to find a collection of interesting—and sometimes controversial—instruction images and asked today's top teachers to give…
TIGER TALKS
The new tee shot Tiger Woods relies on under pressure, and how you can play it
Back in my 20s, and even well into my 30s, I was one of the longest players on the PGA Tour. That’s no longer the case—I’ve had four back surgeries, and I’m only six years away from being…
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