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Jordan Spieth: My Keys To Hitting Wedge Shots Like Darts
7 days ago
By Jordan Spieth
TEE TO GREEN
Golf instruction truths: What your divots should look like with Butch Harmon
9 days ago
By Butch Harmon
GOLF DIGEST SCHOOLS
Golf fitness: Two key areas of the body any golfer can target to shoot lower scores
10 days ago
By Ron Kapriske
MY GAME: TIGER WOODS
Tiger Woods: What you want to know standing on a par 3
Tour pros take in a great deal of information before hitting a shot into a par 3. What’s the raw yardage to the flag, the front of the green, and the back? Is it playing uphill or downhill, and how much? How much…
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…
TIPS FROM THE TOP
My tips for shooting your best round ever
You might not think it right away because I’m kind of quiet and a little under-the-radar out there, but I post a lot of low numbers. I once got around in 60 at the Travelers Championship—when I was a…
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 it. Good…
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 gets…
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
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…
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…
INSTRUCTION TRUTHS
Should average golfers consider a longer driver shaft?
Tour players experiment with longer driver shafts in an attempt to increase their swing speed and distance off the tee. Everyone wants to hit it further, so whenever we see equipment trends like this, it always…
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…
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…
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…
PLAY YOUR BEST | TOUR TECHNIQUE
You don't need to go to the course to improve your wedge shots. 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…
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…
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 it—after…
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…
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…
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 is…
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 TAKEAWAYS
The Open 2021: 7 shots tour pros will play at The Open—and how average golfers can master them
The combination of weather and less familiar conditions (for Americans) often makes the Open Championship a contest of shot selection. If you can't adjust for wind, moisture and topography, you're in for a short week. We…
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…
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 was…
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…
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…
HOW HE HIT THAT
Better putting can come from small adjustments. Ask Gary Woodland
Birdies are available in large batches at Bellerive, and Gary Woodland has taken full advantage—thanks to some subtle coaching advice from putting guru Phil Kenyon and a minor equipment tweak. With Kenyon's…
MAKE IT
Don't let uphill putts fool you with Trillium Rose
Whether it's dead straight or has some break, there's something about long uphill putts that mess with golfers' minds. Standing over the ball, I bet some of you hear a voice inside your head that says, Make sure you…
THE LEADING EDGE
3 Ways To Pre-Set Pure Impact with 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…
SEARCH AND RESCUE
Momentum savers: Two deft shots to keep your round going by Jordan Spieth
You're going along playing well, and then the wheels start to rattle. You hit some loose shots and three-putt once or twice, and now it feels like another mistake will end your round. You can tell yourself to stay…
SHORT GAME
How to hit every chip: Take a right-brained approach around the green with Justin Rose
The lesson here is that there's a lot more than one way to execute various shots around the greens. Sure, you've got to know some universal basics when you're about to hit a chip, a lob shot, a bunker shot or a putt. But…
STROKE OF GENIUS
Make your worst putting days better with Justin Thomas
I’ve always been a streaky putter. My great putting days are really great. But it’s about the bad putting days. You look at Jordan, Rickie or Tiger in his prime; their version of putting bad versus a guy…
GOLFER'S WISH LIST
How to hit a hybrid chip around the green with Butch Harmon
Nothing's worse than being just short in two and making 6 because you bladed one over the green. The hybrid chip can be a lifesaver, especially when you have a lot of green to work with. One thing to keep in mind: The…
SHORT GAME
How to control your distance for a better short game with Michael Breed
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…
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