NEWS
THE DIGEST
TUTITION
Driving
Short Game
Approach Shots
Bunkers
Putting
EQUIPMENT
HOT LIST
VIDEOS
TOURNAMENTS
Tournaments
What Golfers Say
Results
TRAVEL
DRIVING
BEN AN ON TEXTBOOK DRIVING
Tips from one of the tour's best ball-strikers. With Ben An
1 days ago
Ben An
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Tony Finau's Slice-Proof Swing
2 days ago
Tony Finau
CONTROL
Finding control off the tee. With Butch Harmon
2 days ago
Butch Harmon
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…
GOLF MADE SIMPLE
An easy accuracy tip for consistency. With David Leadbetter
Every bad result in golf can be traced back to a root cause. If you're struggling to hit accurate drives, the issue is a lack of clubface control. Many amateurs start their backswings by whipping the driver way…
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…
DRIVING
Use your hips to eliminate popping up tee shots
If you're regularly popping up tee shots or the ball isn't rolling very far once it lands in the fairway, you're hitting down on the ball too much. That's OK for an iron shot off the turf, but not if you're swinging…
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…
DRIVING
Don't let your driver swing get stagnant. With Cheyenne Woods
Living in the Phoenix area, I have the luxury of playing golf year-round. I realise many of you don't have 12-month access to a course, but there are some things you can do in the offseason that can be helpful to…
GIMME ONE THING
Hit 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…
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…
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…
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…
BOMB IT
Find this swing checkpoint to bomb it like Gary Woodland
If you don't think distance matters, Gary Woodland would like to have a word with you. The new Waste Management Open champion had 90 yards into the 445-yard 18th hole in regulation, and was able to effortlessly make…
NERVES
How Tiger Woods avoids first tee jitters
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…
DRIVER
Get some freedom in your swing like Tommy Fleetwood
The key to his combination of length and accuracy is the looseness that lets him swing free and fast, says Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Jason Sedan. "One of his greatest attributes is a free-flowing gaze or head…
POWER GAME
What makes new PGA Tour winner Keith Mitchell so freaky long off the tee?
A few months back we called Cameron Champ the “longest player on the pro tours” after watching him crush drive after drive on the TPC Sawgrass range in Ponte Vedra Beach. A few of his balls rose…
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…
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Combat any wind condition with these tee shots. With 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—like I did at the 2015 RSM Classic and the 2017 Dean & DeLuca…
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…
HOW HE HIT THAT
Stop swinging harder and start swinging smarter. With Mathew Ruddy
The PGA Championship is unique in that it awards a handful of spots in the field to accomplished club professionals—teachers who thrive in regional and national competitions. In years past, prominent club pros…
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…
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…
10 YARDS IN 10 MINUTES
Give your tee shots an instant boost. With Shaun Webb
LAUNCH IT HIGHERMost 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…
DRIVER REBOOT
A different way to turn a slice into a draw. With David Leadbetter
he 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…
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…
LOOKS EASY, PLAYS HARD
Score on a drivable par 4
When you're looking at a drivable par 4, you can bet there's something else that makes up for the lack of distance—like a brutal green. The 315-yard 10th at Riviera Country Club (above) is a perfect example. It…
BASICS
How to hit your driver. With Butch Harmon
Golfers of all abilities struggle with how to hit driver. But it doesn't have to be that way. From what I've seen, there are three main issues people have off the tee: they get nervous, they hit a big slice or they…
LOAD MORE
Accept
About Cookies On This Site
Golf Digest Ireland I Irish Golf News
GET OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
Your Email
YES PLEASE
NO, THANK YOU
