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TUITION
GIMME ONE THING
Flush it from the rough every time you find yourself in it
1 days ago
By Jeff Ritter
TOUR TECHNIQUES
Collin Morikawa's best tips for making iron play one of your strengths
2 days ago
By Collin Morikawa
INSTRUCTION QUICK HITS
PGA Championship 2020: You'd be a fool to try some of these shots out of the rough tour pros are hitting at Harding Park
5 days ago
By Madeline MacClurg
COACHING
Stop duffing fairway approaches from ultra-tight lies
In an era when firm-and-fast fairways are the norm, not the exception, you’re going to have to learn how to hit good iron shots from super tight lies. It’s easier than you might think. First, you need to…
QUICK TIPS
A cold-weather golf guide: How to play your best when temperatures are down
Golfers are used to watching tour pros at the Open Championship bundled up in cold-weather gear battling the elements. Not often are we watching the world's best players playing in cold weather in August. But with the…
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…
CONTROL
Finding control off the tee rather than length. With Butch Harmon
When you're hitting an approach shot, the yardage to the green immediately points you to a particular club. From 150 yards, you might think, That's my 6-iron. From 180, Gimme the 5-wood. You base those…
RIGHT SETUP
Michael Breed's basics to making a better hybrid swing
It’s true that hybrids are great out of the rough. The wide sole can handle the heavy grass without getting stuck. But understand that you need to make a steeper swing. Just like with fairway woods, a descending…
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…
BEGINNER BASICS
Bunker Shots are the Easiest Shots on the Course
Golf instructor Will Robins says bunker shots are the easiest shots because there’s more room for error in a bunker shot than any other shot on the course. Think about it: Where else can you hit a few inches…
PUTTING TIPS
Two skills for great putting. With Butch Harmon
Being a great putter doesn't mean you're rolling in bombs all day. Sure, that would be nice, but quality putting is about distance control from long range and precise aim on the short ones. From inside five feet,…
SAVAGE IRONS
Play better golf and become a savage iron player. By Brooks Koepka
When I started working with my short-game coach, Pete Cowen. He pulled me aside and said he wouldn't work with me until we talked. That's when he told me there was no way I could win the way I was going about…
PUTTING
Get your speed right with this putting drill from Michael Breed
Alot of golfers think the key on long putts is speed and shorter putts are more about line. Actually, speed is critical on all putts. The pace of the ball dictates the size of the hole. If you hit a putt…
BOTTOM AND BOUNCE
Remember two words for better chip shots. With Jeff Ritter
Stop me if this sounds familiar. You set up to hit a chip. You've got your weight forward, the shaft Sleaning toward the target, and you're playing the ball off your back foot. When you swing, you catch the ball super…
BEST YOUNG TEACHERS
Control Is key to success In fairway sand. With Mike Sweeney
Fairway bunkers don’t have to be intimidating. To recover from here, all you need to do is adjust your setup, make a balanced-and-smooth swing, and hit the ball before your club makes contact with the sand. Let…
WET BUNKERS
How Do I Get Out of Wet Sand? With Jim McLean
Playing on a course after a big soaker presents all kinds of challenges—thick rough, mud balls, slower greens, etc.—and one that bothers many is a bunker with firm, packed sand. Too often, golfers…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Tommy Fleetwood's secrets to putting
So much of being successful on the greens is what you do before you take the putter back. That’s why Golf Digest asked me to share my pre-putt routine. I’ll also talk to you a bit about my technique, but…
TEE TO GREEN
Three keys for better control with your pitch shots by Butch Harmon
Thirty yards out. Over a bunker. Tight lie. You might think this shot is a nightmare, but you can beat the stress with a few simple keys. For starters, commit to the hit. Don’t make the common mistake of…
INSTRUCTION BREAKTHROUGHS
The 5 things you need to focus on to shoot your best round
Handicaps are a funny thing. Your expectations about where you might shoot are guided mostly by your index. So as a 15-handicapper, you already know you’re most likely to shoot in the 90s before you even hit a…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Practising while you play works (and it saves time)
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…
TOUR ANALYSIS
Phil Mickelson’s odd new putting stroke might be hiding a bigger issue
There's always something to see with Phil Mickelson, whether it's his calves, newly-sculpted skinny body—or yes, now a new, unusual putting stroke. Mickelson has freely alternated between a conventional putting…
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS
Would you bet on yourself to make a 5-footer for cash? A 15-footer? A popular question demands further analysis
By now you might have seen the question circulating around social media about which distance putt you would choose for a certain amount of money. There are a bunch of variations, but it goes something like…
TEE TO GREEN
Fast fix to hit more greens. With Butch Harmon
The biggest mistake golfers make from the fairway is not taking enough club. Whether it's an ego thing or not knowing their distances, so many golfers are doomed to miss greens before they step up to the ball. How…
FROM THE MAGAZINE
How Tiger Woods' stinger has evolved over his career
There’s one shot I hit that gets crowds more amped than any other: my stinger. I developed this low-flying tee shot in the late ’90s to make sure I could compete in any condition. The stinger would give…
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Why Your Game NEEDS Justin Leonard’s New Digital Golf Fitness Program
At 48 years old and retired from the PGA Tour, Justin Leonard isn’t the first name you think of when it comes to golf fitness. Make no mistake, the Aspen, Colo. transplant whose lifestyle includes mountain…
GIMME ONE THING
Start every putt on a great line with Todd Anderson
It can be awfully frustrating when you read a putt perfectly, give it a confident rap and then see it roll nowhere near the line you picked. This is a case of the putterface…
FINE TUNNING
Three ways to jumpstart your golf game right now
Use the time, when scores don’t really matter and your handicap might be frozen, to work on a few things that can have a meaningful impact on your game next spring. What things? Two are as simple as…
FEEL
How to feel a proper release. With David Leadbetter
Many times in golf instruction, the easiest way to get a player to learn a skill or correct a mistake is to have them overemphasize the movement needed to execute the task, or do the opposite of what they're doing. I…
GOLF MADE SIMPLED
How to control speed on downhill putts with David Leadbetter
The common mistake when putting up or down a slope is to adjust the force applied in the stroke. In other words, giving the ball a whack when you need to get it up on another tier, or gently tapping it when it’s…
INSTRUCTION
Three of the most intimidating shots everybody faces, and how you can hit them better
Sure, anybody can dial up a stock image of Cypress Point and terrify you about a shot you have to hit with 240 yards of miracle carry in a 30-mph wind. But what about the scariest shots you're going to face the very…
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…
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Justin Thomas can make you a better sand player, and here's how
I'm hitting my sand shots closer now than in years past. Before the break, I was leaving them inside seven feet on average—and I was converting more, too. I think the improvement comes from the way I work on…
GIMME ONE THING
One common mistake amateurs make with a 3-wood
It's a tight par 4, and see that you reached for the 3-wood. Good for you. The 3-wood is a prudent choice because it produces more backspin than a driver, making it easier to control ball flight. But I also see that…
TOUR TECHNIQUED
Two tricks to turn your slice into a power fade
When I played on the Asian Tour at the start of my career, the low draws I hit stayed under the wind and stopped on receptive greens just fine. But to compete on the PGA Tour and contend for majors, I needed to hit the…
BUNKER BASICS
How to hit a high & soft bunker shot like LPGA Tour winner Jenny Shin
If you're like a lot of the amateurs I've seen, you take too much sand on greenside bunker shots. People say you need to hit the sand first, but most golfers overdo it—and end up leaving the ball in the…
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…
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