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HIT IT LONG
Scott McCarron made his swing more efficient to gain distance. You can, too
4 days ago
By Scott McCarron
CONTROL
Finding control off the tee rather than length with Butch Harmon
14 days ago
Butch Harmon
TOUR TECHNIQUE | PLAY YOUR BEST
Jordan Spieth's keys for hitting the fairway with driver with Jordan Spieth
16 days ago
Jordan Spieth With Max Adler
OFF THE TEE
Butch Harmon's quick, no-practice driving tips
Lower scores start with getting your tee shots in good position. Fortunately, improving your driving doesn’t always mean changing your swing. You can boost your confidence and consistency off the tee simply by…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Practising while you play works (and it saves time) with Paula Creamer
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…
DRIVING
How to fix a hook with Eddie Doyle, PGA Professional, Heritage Golf Resort
Eddie Doyle is a member of the coaching team at Golf Digest Ireland and will be exclusively be giving the best coaching tips every Monday on www.golfdigest.ie. Eddie has been a PGA Professional for the last 31 years.…
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…
CAMERON CHAMP'S POWER MOVE
How Cameron Champ 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 Hunter…
DRIVING
Power and accuracy off the tee. With Irish PGA Professional, Fraser Thompson, Adare Manor
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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 devices…
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 —I have to keep the ball in the fairway. Being a solid driver means having more…
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 path…
BASICS
Setting Up For Power And Accuracy with Butch Harmon, Golf Digest.ie Teaching Professional
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 a…
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…
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…
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 to…
MODERN GOLF SWING
An in-depth analysis of Matthew Wolff's unorthodox swing
Wolff’s swing, the outline of which was in place at age 14 when he began working with Gankas, has been refined, but not dramatically, from the action he adopted intuitively as a child. The curious-looking aspects…
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 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 actor? It's a…
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 a…
INSTRUCTION
Simplify your driver swing for effortless power with Gerina Piller
I hear a lot of people say to shift all your weight away from the target when you take the driver back and then shift it back to your front side on the way through. I'm sure that works for some, but my swing doesn't have…
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…
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…
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Viktor Hovland's best advice for generating power and improving your touch
Viktor Hovland was clearly ready to play the PGA Tour. The 2018 U.S. Amateur champion was low amateur at the 2019 Masters and U.S. Open, and immediately made it through the Korn Ferry finals that fall. But as he…
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 put…
TIGER TALKS
The 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…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Don't waste your best drives with this advice from one of the PGA Tour's most consistent ball-strikers
In pro-ams, my partners often ask what they can do to I improve. My stock answer: Take advantage of your good drives. The funny thing is, I wasn’t doing a good job of listening to my own advice. Despite good…
HOW HE HIT THAT
Stop swinging harder and start swinging smarter. With Mathew Ruddy
In years past, prominent club pros like Claude Harmon (Butch's father) were consistently competitive, but in recent years, tour players have dominated the leader boards. At 5-foot-10 and 210 pounds, Matt Dobyns…
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…
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 a…
OUR NEW MEMBER OF STAFF
Collin Morikawa's best tips for being a better ball-striker
There are so many things golfers can learn from Collin Morikawa, which is why we're proud to call the young star our new Golf Digest Playing Editor. The 23-year-old has been successful at every level—including…
SCARY SHOTS
8 situations most golfers fear—and how to overcome them
Imagine you have a big walk-in closet where you store all your golf skills. On the shelves and hangers you keep your abilities to split a tight, tree-lined fairway with your driver, hit a long iron off a tight lie, and…
INSTRUCTION TRUTHS
Should average golfers consider a longer driver shaft?
Recently, a few tour players have been experimenting with longer driver shafts in an attempt to increase their swing speed and distance off the tee. Dylan Frittelli, in the top five after 54 holes at the 2020 Masters,…
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…
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