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THE LEADING EDGE
How to make your chipping easy with Michael Breed
165 days ago
By Michael Breed
TEE TO GREEN
How to stay aggressive from short distances. With Butch Harmon
166 days ago
By Butch Harmon
GOLF MADE SIMPLE
An easy accuracy tip for consistency with David Leadbetter
167 days ago
David Leadbetter
NO MORE CHUNKS AND SKULLS
An easy chipping fix with David Leadbetter
There are many reasons golfers struggle when chipping, but it's often the result of a breakdown of the wrist positions through impact. As the clubhead approaches the ball, the wrist of the trail arm flips and the wrist…
TOUR TECHNIQUE
Four shots to groove with your fairway wood
It's fairly common for golfers to limit their use of fairway woods to second shots on par 5s and tee shots on long par 3s. They might use them only a few times a round. That's a shame, because fairway woods are useful…
PLAY YOUR BEST
Pitch It Better With Less Wrist Action with Butch Harmon
On pitch shots the No. 1 skill is controlling distance. If you work that back, the key to distance control is making predictable contact with the ball. Hitting it fat or thin — even a little — puts your…
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…
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 eligible…
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…
GET TO YOUR FRONT FOOT
You'll pitch better if you don't hang back with David Leadbetter
Great advice to remember when hitting pitch shots is to swing through impact on a shallow angle, letting the bottom of the clubhead slide along the turf. Having said that, I've seen the application of this advice…
BUTCH'S CLUTCH PUTTING CLINIC
Be like Tiger and beat pressure with a relentless routine, with Butch Harmon. GolfDigest.ie Teaching Professional
We all know players who seem to always get it done under pressure. More likely, they just look good by comparison with the golfers around them who are collapsing. Putting seems to exaggerate this phenomenon. When that…
PLAY
The dos and don’ts of playing with a scratch player
So, you have a tee time with a scratch handicap. Maybe it’s a teaching pro, a client, or a pairing at an outing. The details aren’t as important as the feeling you’re likely battling: nervousness. You,…
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…
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Henrik Stenson reveals his best tips for flushing your fairway woods
It’s no secret that the 3-wood is my go-to club. When I won the Players Championship in 2009, I think I hit driver five times all week. At the 2015 Tour Championship, I went 3-wood, 3-wood to hit the green in two…
GOLF DIGEST SCHOOLS
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…
SWING ANALYSIS
Tiger Woods' swing evolution
Jim McLean will never forget the first time he watched Tiger Woods play in person. "He was 17 and playing a friendly round with Brad Faxon—who was already a three-time winner in his own tour career at that…
FROM THE MAGAZINE
The best way for a golfer to escape a slump
In the summer of 2018, I received a no-frills email from Brendon Todd. “Hey, Bradley. I’ve played on tour, and I’m having a bit of a struggle.” I didn’t quite know who he was because my time…
DISTANCE
Watch: Get set up for driver with Brendan McDaid Advanced Irish PGA Professional, Spawell Golf Academy
Brendan McDaid has been coaching golf since 1984. He qualified as a PGA Pro European Tour Coach and is ranked by Golf Digest as one of the top three coaches in Ireland. His students include absolute beginners, low…
TIPS FROM OUR PLAYING EDITOR
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 one of our Golf Digest Playing Editor. The 24-year-old has been successful at every…
INSTRUCTION
Six things mere mortals can copy from Brooks Koepka
When it comes to the promise of playing better golf, we freely admit that hyperbole occasionally creeps into our headlines. That said, this isn’t one of those times. You might not have Brooks…
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…
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…
NAIL IT
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…
TEE TO GREEN
Golf instruction truths: What your divots should look like with Butch Harmon
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 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…
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…
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…
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