Fade On Command: Matthieu Pavon is an emerging star after recent swing adjustments Matthieu Pavon is used to playing a lot of curve, especially with the driver. The 32-year-old Frenchman and PGA Tour rookie hits his patented left-to-right fade about 95 percent of the time off the tee, says his swing coach, Jamie Gough. “Moving Read more…
Byeong Hun An had just built a new house and became a first-time dad—and then lost his PGA Tour card. It was a devastating blow and a kind of existential threat for the man who, in 2009, became the youngest-ever player to win the U.S. Amateur Championship at just 17 years old. Not sure what Read more…
The reason why most of your putts don’t go in is because you’re misreading them. Unlike mashing a drive 320 metres, you possess all the tools to avoid these kinds of judgment errors. You just need to learn a few things that’ll help you along the way.
You may be wondering: how in the world am I supposed to make this swing thought stick if my brain and body may not even have time to react? Great question! Here’s how…
Scott Hoch was one of the best ball-strikers throughout the 1980s, and had he not missed a two-foot putt at the 1989 Masters, he would’ve had a green jacket to show for it. Hoch got on the PGA Tour in 1980 and quickly established himself as one of the best Greens in Regulation players on Read more…
This article originally appeared in the Golf IQ newsletter, which is available exclusively to Golf Digest+ subscribers. You can subscribe to Golf Digest+ right here. This was one of the more impressive swing transformations I’ve ever seen. It’s a friend of mine, who struggled with a severe over-the-top move and hit wicked slices because of Read more…
It’s something of a growing trend, signaled by one word. Here’s Wyndham Clark saying it following his U.S. Open win last year: “I’m working on my own on my golf swing…I don’t have a swing coach. That’s helped me own my swing and own my game. I worked with some great coaches, and they were Read more…
Most golfers know the goal is to make a nice, big backswing turn. That’s where the power is. But do it wrong and it can backfire. What you need to know The goal of a good backswing isn’t to turn. It’s to load. To put your body in a position where you can push and Read more…
The thing is, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this drill. Do it the wrong way, and it can make your putting stroke a lot worse without you even noticing.
Here’s some serious catnip for golf nerds. A top player—specifically, Rory McIlroy—is fussing around with not one, but two different training aids on the range of the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship this week. So what are these training aids? What do they help with? Why is Rory using them? Great questions! Let’s break Read more…
Here’s a video of Fuzzy Zoeller hitting a drive at the 1984 U.S. Open, which he went on to win. Look closely. Did you see it? It happens before Fuzzy makes his backswing. He sets the clubhead behind the golf ball, then slides the clubhead severely away from him, so much that the heel is Read more…
How do you swing a golf club that’s too short for you, while you’re in the middle of a massive growth spurt, and still manage to play elite-level amateur golf? That was the problem for six-foot-eight-inch (6’8″) Christo Lamprecht, one of the most intriguing amateur golfers in the game. He won the Amateur Championship in Read more…
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