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Make the ones you hate to miss. With Jamie Lovemark
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PURE YOUR IRON SHOTS
Hit Crisp Irons Like A Tour Pro. With Butch Harmon
2 days ago
By Butch Harmon
GET TO YOUR FRONT FOOT
You'll pitch better if you don't hang back. With David Leadbetter
3 days ago
David Leadbetter
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Jordan Spieth: My Keys To Hitting Wedge Shots Like Darts
Generally speaking, you don't want to hit a wedge shot higher than it's necessary to carry an obstacle or stop it near the hole. Sending the ball sky-high just makes it harder to be accurate. This philosophy certainly…
GOLF DIGEST SCHOOLS
Golf fitness: Two key areas of the body any golfer can target to shoot lower scores
There are plenty of fitness routines that come with the promise of tightening your abs, improving your cardiovascular health, shaving 20 pounds off your mid-section and making you feel 10 years younger. But this…
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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…
TIGER TALKS
Tiger Woods' iron game, explained (in detail, in his own words)
My swing and my game have evolved over the years, but one thing has remained consistent: I’m always confident with an iron in my hand. I’m not one of the longest hitters on tour anymore—I…
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…
TEE TO GREEN
Golf instruction truths: What your divots should look like
Next time you get to a par 3, compare the divots on the back tee to the ones on the closer tees. You should see two differences: Divot holes from better players start past the ball (you can usually tell where the tee…
GOLF MADE SIMPLE
Chipping it close is all about crisp contact. With David Leadbetter
Along, flowing chipping stroke is never a good idea if the goal is to be consistently accurate with these shots. Take the club back too far, and you’ll be inclined to decelerate through impact and dump…
THE LEADING EDGE
Michael Breed's quick tip will help you make contact like a tour pro
Let me explain that headline, because last I checked, the hands are attached to the arms. But I want you to separate them in your mind for a minute. Good players swing their arms down at a high rate of speed, which…
INSTRUCTION TRUTHS
Hitting pure short irons, explained
Admit it. You've spent hours at the practice range, hitting ball after ball with your pitching wedge or 9-iron, looking for that pure contact tour players seem to achieve effortlessly. You've sped up your swing,…
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…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
How I rediscovered my iron game and here's how you can too
My iron play in 2019 wasn’t as good as I wanted, so after the surgery on my left knee at the end of the season, I worked on getting my ball-striking back to where it was a few years ago. I think a lot of golfers…
THE LEADING EDGE
Hit better bunker shots with Michael Breed's simple tips
I can always tell when golfers are nervous in the sand: They make no body turn through the shot—it’s just a fast swipe with the hands. And when the hands get active, they tend to close the clubface, which…
KNOCK IT ON
Joaquin Niemann: How I control iron shots from the rough
Even the most accurate guys on the PGA Tour are missing fairways on at least 25 percent of their tee shots. That means we all have to know how to hit good approach shots out of the rough. Part of it is recognizing how…
ADVICE FOR US
Jessica and Nelly Korda break down each other's games
When Nelly Korda won her first LPGA Tour event in 2018, she matched a feat her sister, Jessica, had already accomplished. Together, the two became one set of just three sisters who have won on the LPGA Tour, the other…
STICK IT CLOSE
The 40-yard Pitch Shot Doesn't Need To Be So Scary
Thirty to 40 yards away from the green: Also known as, the worst yardage ever. Chunk, skull, blade, shank -- any miss is possible from this distance. Since you’re probably going to have to face this yardage in…
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…
PLAY YOUR BEST | TOUR TECHNIQUE
You don't need to go to the course to improve your wedge shots. With By Tommy Fleetwood
Driving and approach shots are the strengths of my game, which is why I spend a lot of practice time on shorter shots—especially in that 40-to-60-yard range. Let me explain. One thing I see a lot from amateurs…
BACK IN THE GAME
Sophia Popov: How I went from nearly quitting to winning a major
Sophia Popov wasn’t supposed to be in the field at the AIG Women’s British Open, let alone win it. Ranked 304th in the world and a member of the Symetra Tour, which is a developmental tour for the LPGA,…
INSTRUCTION TRUTHS
No, we can’t copy Dustin Johnson's swing, but here are some things we can steal from him
The running joke within golf teacher circles Sunday night was that practice ranges around the country would be filled the next day with weekend hackers trying to bend their left wrists at the top of the backswing…
COACHING
Ben Hogan's timeless tips: As relevant today as they were all those years ago
Golf Digest published its first article on how to play this magnificent and infuriating game in the spring of 1950. Fittingly, it was titled “How to putt.” Can’t get that right, the editors must have…
OWN YOUR SHORT GAME
Butch Harmon's simple setup tips will eliminate chunks or skulls
When I get students who complain about poor chipping, here's where I go first: How far are they standing from the ball? If you're more than a foot away, you're adding variables that just aren't necessary. The biggest…
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…
STRESS-FREE SAND PLAY
The no-practice bunker solution. With Will Robins
I play a lot of golf with my students, and I watch them closely when their ball is heading toward a bunker. Their reactions range from simple inquiry ("Did I make the sand?") to panic ("Did it stay out?") to the grim…
PUTTING
A better way to approach breaking putts with Butch Harmon
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…
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…
PLAY YOUR BEST
It's time to start sinking more clutch putts
We've all been there—standing over a four-footer really matters. Could be for that a birdie. Could be to win a weekend match. Could even be to keep your team from going backward in a scramble. No matter the…
GIMME ONE THING
The Worst Miss: Short and low: The problem is, you're slicing your putts—here's why
Let's take a step back and consider what it means to slice a putt. It's no different than slicing a drive: The club cuts across the ball from out to in with the clubface open. And just like with the driver, the result…
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…
GETTING THE EDGE
What Would Seve Do? Seven Tips From The Master Of Match Play
The late Seve Ballesteros was the ultimate match-play golfer. He has a 20-12-5 record in eight Ryder Cup appearances as a player, and he captained the Europeans to victory in 1997. He also won the World Match Play…
EXPERIMENT
Don't be afraid to try a different putting style. With Webb Simpson
When the USGA banned anchored putting, one popular game was to guess who would struggle the most. Before the ban, Webb Simpson might have been at the top of the list. The 2012 U.S. Open champion was lost on the…
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…
DO'S AND DON'TS
What you should copy - and what you definitely shouldn't - from a tour player
One of the best things about golf is there are times even the worst players can feel like a tour pro. You knock an iron stiff, spin a bunker shot or hole a lengthy putt and you're ready to tip your cap to the…
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