As awkward as it might be, you can refuse to cancel the stroke. If you do, your opponent now has to take a stroke-and-distance penalty and play again from the wrong tee.
It’s time to make New Year’s resolutions and if you’re like us, you have big plans for your golf game in 2026. Instructors such as Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Megan Padua Buzza say it’s common for golfers to set big goals like getting up and down more, or lowering their handicap. But the way Read more…
Hard to believe that Tiger turns 50 on Dec. 30. In recognition of the GOAT’s birthday, we’re revisiting his first instructional article for Golf Digest, which appeared in the August 1997 issue, not long after he turned pro. Woods continued to offer advice on the game for decades to our readers, but it’s interesting to Read more…
Conversations about Tiger Woods’ golf swing—and, indeed, his career—and inextricably linked to the health of his knee. The hope of staving off a knee injury was a motivating factor in why he decided to leave the legendary instructor Butch Harmon and re-tool his dominant 2000 era golf swing. His 2008 U.S. Open victory with a Read more…
At 14 years old, Will McGee was the youngest player in the PNC Championship last week. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t giving some lessons out there. During his press conference with his mom, Annika Sorenstam, it became clear that Will’s approach to the game is something a World Golf Hall of Famer is copying Read more…
If you’re looking to develop your wedge game around the greens, consider the role of backspin. Adding or taking away backspin is a terrific way to put more shots in your bag and hit your chips and pitches closer to the hole. Spin comes from what the clubface is doing at impact: An open face Read more…
Young Tiger Woods—which I’m defining here as the period before he turned 30, encompassing eight major wins from his 1997 Masters through 2002—was a phenomenon. He was a disruptor in the truest sense of the word, dominating golf courses with the kind of athletic prowess golf hadn’t seen before. What followed, though, was a perhaps Read more…
Your approach shot just misses the green and manages to avoid the bunker on that side. Seems lucky, until you get to your ball and realize you might’ve been better off in the sand. Not only are you short-sided and in the rough, you have to carry the hazard that’s staring you in the face. Read more…
Poor contact with wedges is a real score killer because these are the shots that you’re supposed to hit close. Good ones lead to par saves and easy birdie putts. Unfortunately, many amateurs don’t capitalize when they’re close to the green because they typically hit their wedges way too high. Remember, these clubs come with Read more…
Few things are more frustrating than topping a fairway wood—in other words, thinking you’re going to blast one, and it ends up going nowhere. If you’re topping the ball, it’s probably because your arms are folding and shortening through impact. They’re moving in toward the body instead of stretching out away from it. To hit Read more…
Many golfers have swing tendencies that, no matter how hard they try, they can’t get rid of. That’s why in this Golf Digest+ series, Matchmakers, Golf Digest No. 1 Teacher in America Mark Blackburn is teaching you how to play with what you’ve got. No matter your tendency, you can play well with it as Read more…
If you’re over 50 and admittedly not exercising like you used to, doing things such as box jumps, single-leg bounds and depth jumps are probably not on your daily checklist. That’s OK. For starters, you might not realize it, but you probably have lost your ability to leave the ground beyond a few inches. Your Read more…
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