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BIOGOLF
The secret move top golfers make at the top of the swing for more speed
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PLAY YOUR BEST
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By Butch Harmon
HIT THE GREEN
Stop missing greens. With Tommy Fleetwood
When you're hitting your irons great—and getting them closer to the hole—the game sure seems easy. You're not putting pressure on your short game and adding the stress of constantly grinding for pars and…
HOW HE HIT THAT
Copy what Ryder Cup players do to take fear out of short game shots
One of the common themes in post-match interviews at the Ryder Cup is pressure. Players are used to being responsible for themselves in big moments. Adding in a teammate and flag turns even straightforward shots into…
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…
IRON CLAD
My advice to make second shots matter. With Brooks Koepka
I feel like my accuracy stats with irons are a bit misleading. I play fairly aggressively week to week and fire at a lot of pins. So I might miss more greens than other pros, but I'm still only a few yards from the…
WIN BIG
Four shots you can rely on to win your big match
Tour players aren’t the only ones who tee it up in majors. You have your own: your flight in the club championship, the annual golf trip with your friends or the money match against the person who always seems to…
DOWNHILL CHIP
5 Quick tips to conquering the downhill chip. With David Leadbetter
Usually the area around a green is level with or lower than the putting surface. But sometimes you'll find your ball on a mound near the green, leaving you with a downhill chip. Sure, it was a lucky break that the hill…
ESCAPING FROM THE SHORT SIDE
Lob shots made easy. with Mario Guerra
You fired at the flag but missed. Now your ball is in the rough, and you've got about five feet of green between you and the hole. Your best—and probably only—option for getting up and down is a lob shot.…
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…
SIMPLIFY YOUR SHORT GAME
Pitching with touch. With Michael Breed
Next time you go to the range, hit some short wedge shots, and hold your finish after each swing. Here's what I want you to look for: The clubface should point slightly upward, with the toe closer to the target line…
PLAY YOUR BEST
How to draw and fade the ball. With Butch Harmon
Modern launch monitors have taught us exactly what makes the ball go where it goes, but most golfers would be smart not to get too caught up in technicalities. Decades ago, Jack Nicklaus described a simple way to shape…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Wear out your sweet spot—and find more greens In regulation. With Billy Horschel
A statistician friend and I were going over my performance summaries recently. He said, "I've concluded you make the highest percentage of your birdies when you hit the green in regulation." We laughed, because he…
PUTTING ALIGNMENT
The putting alignment mistake you're making and How To Fix It
If you struggle with putting, the issue could be your alignment. Well, you could have a lot of issues, but let’s just deal with alignment right now. Swing coach Darren May says that a lot of golfers aim…
EVERY DAY'S A SCHOOL DAY
Butch Harmon: What I have learnt from my players
I STARTED WORKING WITH GREG NORMAN in 1991, shortly after he lost his No. 1 ranking to Nick Faldo. Greg had developed a flaw in his swing. He’d slide his hips so hard toward the target on the downswing…
PLAY YOUR BEST
How to make your chip shots land soft and stop fast
Your ball rolls through the green, just far enough so you really can’t putt it. You need a little drop shot that lands softly and creeps to the hole. Nervous? Don’t be. With the right setup and a couple…
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…
MAKE IT SIMPLE
Butch Harmon on mastering the short-sided bunker shot
This is one of those shots where you think to yourself, How am I gonna get anywhere near the hole? First, accept that it's OK to hit the ball past the flag. The worst thing you can do is get too cute and…
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…
BIOGOLF
How your feet can help you hit a draw
One of the most coveted shots in golf is a draw (the shot curves slightly left for right-handers). You can learn to hit this shot if you focus on your feet. As you reach the top of the swing, you want to have…
TEE TO GREEN
Two quick fixes to stop hitting fat and thin shots
A lot of golfers never get over the instinct to lift the ball off the ground. They swing off their back foot or flip their hands through impact, both of which make the club bottom out too soon. As a result, they hit…
SWING SCIENCE
How swing data can help you get the most from your irons
If you're now pulling a 6-iron out of the bag where you used to reach for an 8, your lack of power likely has something to do with your angle of attack, says Gene Parente, president of Golf Club Laboratories in San…
SHORT GAME
Instant lesson: Every good short game starts here
The best short-game players always find a way to figure out the right play and get the ball close. You walk away thinking they have some magical gift. But the ability to pull off those little shots is rooted in one…
BUNKERS
Michael Breed's quick tips to hitting it flush from fairway bunkers
The one requirement from fairway bunkers is, hit the ball first. Catching even a little sand before the ball results in a shot that goes nowhere. So let’s tweak your technique with the goal of making clean…
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…
EASY OUTS
Add more control to your bunker play. With David Leadbetter
You might not believe it now, but there will come a point when you think getting out of greenside bunkers is easy. When that day arrives, turn your attention to improving your control of the ball once it lands on the…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Master the half-wedge and target the pin. With Blayne Barber
If you struggle with those awkward half-wedge shots and feel like you never know how far the ball is going to go, try my simple plan to make this a strength of your game. It's all about distance control. Look at…
TIPS FROM THE TOP
The Key to Golf Ball Position is Keeping it Constant
You might have been told that your golf ball position should change depending on the club you're using. For shorter irons, many people contend that the ball should be played in the middle of the stance, but hitting…
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…
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 TIPS
Tiger Woods' best short game tips EVER
Tiger Woods’ short game is perhaps the greatest of all time—his ability to turn a tough greenside shot into an unforgettable moment is unmatched. Fortunately he has shared some of his best secrets with Golf…
PUTTING
A better way to approach breaking putts
If your breaking putts tend to miss on the low side, I’d bet your problem is how you look at the putt from over the ball. Most golfers spend too much time staring at the hole, and then putt toward…
FREE UP YOUR STROKE
This common golf tip might be leading to you missing putts
Golfers are commonly told to lock everything down and just rock their shoulders when they putt. The problem with that little gem of advice is, freezing any part of the body causes tension, which destroys…
SHORT GAME
How to control your distance for a better short game
The secret to great wedge play is being able to produce any distance on command and that comes from knowing how to control speed at impact. There are two leading methods: Vary the length of the backswing and accelerate…
GIMME ONE THING
Quick tips for hitting one of golf's toughest bunker shots
Of all the tough lies you can get in a greenside bunker, perhaps the worst is when your ball comes to rest so close to the edge, you can’t stand with both feet in the sand. It’s a tough shot, but not…
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