Instead, you should be more focused on how they are supposed to operate with other parts of the body during the golf swing, says Ryon Bosscher, a Golf Digest Certified Fitness Trainer.
The first tee shot of the day and the last tee shot of the day seem like two very different challenges, but if you’re the typical amateur golfer, they’re a lot more similar than you might think.
When giving a short-game clinic, I’ll often bring up the letter ‘s’ to remind my students how simple it is to execute a standard pitch shot. Here’s why.
SAN FRANCISCO — If Final Qualifying for the U.S. Open is annually dubbed “Golf’s Longest Day,” the U.S. Amateur (or any of the USGA’s amateur championships) can certainly be called Golf’s Longest Week. The players who advance all the way to Sunday’s championship match will have played nine competitive rounds in seven days at The Read more…
“In or out” and “on or off” are good things to know if you want to avoid mistakenly committing a penalty, because the Rules of Golf vary depending on what kind of marker is beside your ball.
Congratulations. Attempting to tee off with a club other than a driver means you’re actually thinking about course management instead of mindlessly banging something down the fairway. The question you now have to ask is, what club makes the most sense? I can see where a fairway wood might be tempting as it blends the Read more…
Do you find that your misses inside five feet are all over the place? Sure, nerves play a part, because the expectation is that you should make them. That pressure only builds when the putt is for birdie or to save par. But the biggest reason you alternate between pulling one putt and pushing the Read more…
My lowest score in a round of golf is 80, which I posted for the fourth time last month. Sadly, painfully, I needed two putts from about 45 feet for a 79, but I lipped out the seven-footer for par. Did I choke? It’s easy to say I did. Put it this way: If I Read more…
Most golf instructors focus on improving a player’s backswing because a lot of flaws in the downswing occur as a result of starting from a bad position at the top, says David Leadbetter, one of Golf Digest’s Legends of Golf Instruction. “It’s an attempt to recover from a poor backswing,” he says. To take the Read more…
Golf Games Explained is exactly what it sounds like. You want to mix it up and try something new for once? Well, someone has to do the thankless work of playing different golf formats and telling you if it’s worth it. You can thank me later. Is there anything worse than the overly complicated game Read more…
To win the AIG Women’s British Open, you need a great short game. Links golf challenges in a different way, demanding creativity and an ability to convert pars from difficult positions. And to save par, you need a short game that can stand up to the test. These three AIG Women’s Open winners, Inbee Park, Read more…
Though the differences might be difficult to spot on TV, tour pros make changes to their setup and swing depending on the goal of a particular tee shot. If they’re trying to go for a par 5 in two, how they swing the driver is going to differ from what they do to make sure Read more…
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