Recording your swing is easy. Knowing what to look for isn’t. Here’s a simple set of checkpoints from a top coach to help you analyse your body structure through impact.
If you’re experiencing lower-back pain, it’s probably worth doing a posture check to see if you’re putting unnecessary stress on your spine, says Chris Cooper, a Golf Digest Certified Fitness Trainer.
Chronic slicers often blame their swing path, but the real culprit is usually an open clubface. Tour coach Mark Blackburn shares the simple cue to fix it for good.
Solid iron play comes down to two things: where the low point of your swing hits the ground, and how the clubface rotates. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown to get both right.
Royal Birkdale demands shots most players rarely need. Here are the five essential shots pros are cramming into their practice ahead of the Open Championship, from the off-green putt to the chunk-and-run.
Struggling in windy conditions? LPGA Hall of Famer Judy Rankin shares her tried and tested tips for club selection and tempo, whether you’re hitting into the wind or riding it downwind.
Wyndham Clark’s Monday practice session at Royal Birkdale featured one of the more unusual training aids in recent memory, a wooden coat hanger, used to fix his wrist angle ahead of the Open Championship.
Every year around Open Championship week fans and players alike obsess over the draw and the weather that comes with it. But does teeing off early or late actually decide the outcome? We looked at two decades of major championship data to measure just how much the luck of the draw really matters at golf’s oldest major, and why Padraig Harrington’s 2008 win at Birkdale might be the greatest example of overcoming it.
Some finishes fade with time. This one hasn’t. Nine years after Jordan Spieth’s extraordinary final round at Royal Birkdale, we look back at the bizarre, brilliant 13th hole sequence that could have ended his 2017 Open dream and instead ignited the most electric run of his career. From a horror drive into the dunes to a 22-minute rules odyssey and a heroic bogey, it remains one of the strangest and most captivating stretches in major championship history.
From Akshay Bhatia and Chris Gotterup on tour to Steph Kyriacou’s own side bets, here’s the simple birdie-only match pros use to stay sharp, and how you can adapt it for your own game.