You can’t walk more than a few paces on a tour driving range without seeing a player practising with at least one alignment stick. Watch amateurs at a driving range and you’d be lucky if you found one at all.
The golf swing is a combination of tilts, turns, and bends. Lots of different parts of your body turn, tilt and bend when you swing a golf club. But one of the most important is a movement called side bend. It’s a term you may have heard before. Side bend is this kind of reverse Read more…
To mark the 50th playing of the Players Championship, the founding of which in 1974 coincided with the dawn of what we might call golf’s modern era, we crunched some numbers. Our goal was singular: to rank the 50 best players of the past five decades by their best single season. Why, you say? Isn’t Read more…
Diving into the technical minutia of the golf swing can often leave golfers feeling lost and confused. But everyone can relate to a golf swing with good rhythm.
Anthony Kim’s comeback is officially underway. The LIV Golf Tour officially announced this week that the pair had cut a deal for the 38 year-old to play in its remaining slate of 2024 tournaments, starting at this week’s Jeddah event. It’s a fascinating science experiment, of sorts. How will a formerly top player fare after Read more…
Almost no golfer likes to change their golf grip. Our hands are the only connection we have with the golf club, and they help forge our relationship with the clubface. Changing your hold on the club can feel uncomfortable, and often takes a while to get used to. Mark Blackburn, Golf Digest’s No. 1-ranked Teacher Read more…
There’ll be lots of fun banter and entertaining golf to watch, but for the golf nerds, so much to learn from four of the best golf swings in the world.
As the golf world’s focus was on Tiger Woods’ new apparel line that he launched at the start of the week, I couldn’t help but notice something else about his newly-branded footwear: That the way Tiger stood over the golf book looked a little different these days. Late last year I declared that, by my Read more…
Practically everything about Tiger Woods has changed since he first arrived on tour in 1996. But his putting, for the most part, has stayed relatively similar. Yes, there have been changes. But Tiger has won 14 of his 15 majors with the same Scotty Cameron putter, and while his golf swing has undergone multiple overhauls Read more…
Every golf statistic is important in its own way, but some are more important than others. One of those is greens in regulation. It’s not a stat without its flaws, but this basic ball striking metric is a kind of kingmaker stat for your game, because it directly correlates with your overall ability level. Simply Read more…
Making solid contact more consistently is one of the easiest ways to gain distance, and our brains often react best when you give it lots of feedback so we can understand where the guardrails are.
Jake Knapp’s golf swing is one that’s easy to love. It’s fast but smooth; long but not wild; it’s modern and athletic but with old school style. If you’re not familiar, you should probably take a gander before moving on… Knapp’s Hall of Fame advice The defining characteristic of Knapp’s golf swing is its backswing Read more…
It’s the first caddie recovery zone organised this PGA Tour season, but is a perk that is growing increasingly common on tour – with more planned in the coming months.
Paying closer attention to both the shape of your golf shots, and the overall height, can reveal a lot both about your equipment, and potentially your swing.
A bit of luck plays a part in a career-best score, but if you analyse thoroughly enough, you’ll find tangible takeaways that you can apply to future rounds.
One thing I love about our Undercover Lessons series is that it shows pros at their candid, analytical best. They reveal the details that help them play their best golf. Including, in Rickie Fowler’s case, a go-to swing thought for when he really needs to hit a fairway. You can watch the full episode below, Read more…
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