LOUISVILLE — Phil Kenyon might be the busiest man in golf. The legendary putting coach, who World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler thanked profusely in his green jacket ceremony last month after winning the Masters, spends most days darting around the putting green, from player to player. But on Friday morning before the second round at Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Golf is a complex game of many parts. Rory McIlroy does many of those parts extraordinarily well. He’s a generationally talented driver of the ball. Despite some turbulence in the early part of the season, he’s an elite iron player. His putting and chipping are vastly underrated. But every tour player has one Read more…
LOUISVILLE—You could spot Xander Schauffele doing it before his first shot of the day, and you could spot it again before his final full swing the day, an approach shot which found the green. Two putts later, Schauffele had secured a nine-under 62 during the opening round of the PGA Championship. KSchauffele will no doubt Read more…
LOUISVILLE—It’s easy to get lost in the moment watching Rory McIlroy hit golf balls. The golf swing; the firing of the golf ball off the clubface; it’s easy to focus on the beauty of the end product. The ball sailing high, straight, and far into the sky. But have you ever noticed how he tees Read more…
LOUISVILLE— Top golfers make mistakes, too. Bad habits creep in, and pretty soon, the shots start going sideways. That’s why, ahead of the final practice round at the 2024 PGA Championship, two top players in the field were singing the same tune. First, Ludvig Aberg: “Most of my work that I do is fundamentals. Normally Read more…
I’m Luke Kerr-Dineen, Senior Editor for Game Improvement at Golf Digest and resident golf swing nerd. Golf IQ is my weekly newsletter where I’ll share insight from some of the smartest people in the game to help us all play better golf. This is a special free edition of the Golf IQ newsletter to celebrate Read more…
LOUISVILLE — Max Homa has a beautiful golf swing, which is kind of a gift and a curse. At least when it comes to major championships. Before his impressive T-3 finish at the 2024 Masters Tournament, Homa has missed the cut in eight of 17 major starts, with a career-best finish of T-10 at the Read more…
No player has gained more shots on his competitors in the Strokes Gained era since Tiger Woods, but in many ways the best way to appreciate Scottie Scheffler’s recent run of form is by beholding the more basic stats.
Introducing “Power Percentage”, which compares the difference of a player’s fastest recorded ball speed to their average recorded ball speed over the course of a season.
It’s a number that helps make the bad shots look better, and the good shots look great. It masks their mistakes. The pros, they trust it above all else. And it’s a number that you should use too because it’s one of the easiest and quickest ways to strategise your way to better golf.
With the PGA Championship returning to Valhalla Golf Club, the site of McIlroy’s PGA victory 10 years ago, let’s do a quick look back on some of McIlroy’s swing changes, and how they came to be…
Caddyshack is a great golf movie. But Tin Cup is probably my favorite golf movie. The plot is nice and clean. It’s fairly believable on the Hollywood Believability scale, and the plot twist at the end is surprising, original, true to the character, yet still gives a nice feel-good factor.It’s why my eyes perked up Read more…
It’s true that a lot can go wrong in your golf swing, but once you improve your pivot—and by that we mean, the way you shift and turn during your swing—you’ll find a lot can start going right. Perhaps the biggest pitfall in amateur golfers’ swings is how they move from side-to-side during their swing. Read more…
With your trail foot dropped back, you’re so far away from the ball on the backswing that the only way to get back to the ball is to shift aggressively into your lead foot on the downswing.
During the offseason, for no real reason in particular, I opened the notes app on my phone after a productive range session and jotted down a few notes. In the months since that note has expanded, and has become perhaps the most important golf-related item in my phone. So helpful that I started asking pros Read more…
If you struggle with a slice, there’s a good chance you can spot why the moment you start your swing. Why? Because it’s one of the most common mistakes slicers make. They set up to the golf ball, then as they start their golf swing, they begin rolling the clubface open and inside with their Read more…
Every golfer has their go-to swing thoughts. They are the feelings that make a complex game simpler, and help a series of technical motions feel more natural. The goal for our new Swing Thought Finder was to ask the best golfers on the planet to reveal the feels they rely on in the heat of Read more…
Hitting good shots is great, but that’s not the name of the game in golf. Not really. Golf, as the cliche we all know goes, is a game of misses. The better your misses are, the better your scores will be. The problem is amateur golfers aren’t good at thinking about their misses. They’re lured Read more…
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