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The quickest way to improve accuracy with your irons is to develop a consistent ball flight—preferably one that flies high and lets the ball land soft. But even if your flight is usually a little lower, there’s no way to really predict where the ball is going to end up if you can’t get the

Swing Sequence If you were to build the perfect power player, he’d look a lot like this guy. Tall and flexible, with long arms and wonderful rhythm, Dustin Johnson is built for speed. And now that his go-to tee shot is a controlled fade, he’s hitting more fairways, too. While DJ might seem to be

You’ve run down the fairway-bunker checklist in your head—take an extra club, dig into the sand with your feet, grip down on the handle, aim a little right of the target—all the things you’ve been told that will help execute this shot. You’re confident this is going to work out, and you make a swing

In a lot of ways, golf has changed since my grandfather, Claude Harmon, was giving lessons in the 1960s and ’70s. Equipment is massively different, and athletes playing on the PGA Tour barely resemble the crowd Jack and Arnie were dominating during the Lyndon Johnson administration. But the lessons he shared in magazines such as

People talk about my driver a lot. It’s fun to hit it far, and my driver does put me in a lot of good positions on the course. But golf isn’t just about how far you can hit it off the tee. Scoring and winning tournaments happens a lot closer to the green. About three

ABOUT Trouble down the right side is a game-changer for many golfers. They see the trees, the water, the sand—whatever—and they consciously or subconsciously do all they can to keep from going right. But the things they do rarely prevent a slice, and sometimes even make it worse. In these five videos, Golf Digest Best

The most entertaining sequence of the final round of the Players Championship did not involve the eventual winner, Rory McIlroy. It didn’t even feature a memorable golf shot, or at least not a particularly good one. Instead it was a roughly 60-second back and forth between Jon Rahm and caddie Adam Hayes that resulted in

ABOUT The job of a PGA Tour caddie is part advisor, part strategist, part psychologist, sometimes even part swing coach. As competition on tour has gotten tougher and the purses bigger, the caddie’s responsibilities have multiplied and become more visible. Here you’ll hear what happens between players and caddies when the game is on. In

Webb Simpson led wire-to-wire during a dominant four-shot victory at the 2018 Players and Paul Tesori had the best seat at TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course. Of course, there’s not a lot of sitting involved when you’re helping a tour pro navigate one of the most treacherous tracks in golf. Introducing Golf Digest All Access, a

Rules Modernization The United State Golf Association and the R&A unveiled a comprehensive proposal of what they’d like the Rules of Golf to be starting Jan. 1, 2019. According to one of the USGA’s chief officials, John Bodenhamer, the two organizations are in lockstep about making the rules easier to understand and apply.

The sticklers call this “lift, clean and cheat,” but if even the pros do it from time to time, why shouldn’t you? If a course is really wet, has just been aerated, or just has spots where it’s in lousy condition, move your ball a few inches, no closer to the hole. And if there

Looking to gain swing speed? That’s something you can work on in the gym. LPGA star Belen Mozo, one of the fittest players in the game, says there are four main areas you can train in the gym to up your swing speed: glutes, hamstrings, core and shoulders. Mozo says that flexible hamstrings are necessary

A few months back we called Cameron Champ the “longest player on the pro tours” after watching him crush drive after drive on the TPC Sawgrass range in Ponte Vedra Beach. A few of his balls rose no higher than 20 feet off the ground, yet still rolled up to a golfer on the other

When it comes to cranking a drive, your instincts are good and bad. The good? You intuitively know to put more effort into your swing. The bad? You intuitively know to put more effort into your swing. What I mean is, thinking about putting more into the strike can lead to bigger drives. But that

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 crowd. There are plenty of things we can learn from tour

ABOUT You want to get in shape, and you want to do exercises that will improve your golf game. The problem is, you don’t want to join a gym or buy a bunch of expensive fitness equipment. We get it. When it comes to working out, convenience is king. That’s why we asked golf-fitness trainer

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. Although it’s the middle of winter, you can really get good at these shots this time of year without worrying about frostbite. Let me explain. One thing I

You’re looking over a long, breaking putt, and in your mind you start drawing a picture of the ball snaking its way to the hole. What’s wrong with that image? Nothing, as long as you don’t forget about speed. Speed is the biggest factor in putting. Good speed with a bad line almost always puts