It happens to just about every golfer. One day you’re warming up on the range or hitting an iron shot from the middle of the fairway and—bam!—you catch one off the hosel and the ball goes rocketing sideways. You might shake it off, but what if it happens again and again and again? (They seem Read more…
Playing in the wind can be exhausting. You’re constantly adding the breeze to your yardage calculations and trying to figure out which direction it might be blowing from, and how that could change your ball’s flight. You probably do all of these calculations on full-swing shots, but do you respect it enough when you’re putting? Read more…
For most golfers, putting from just off the green is a better option than chipping the ball because your margin for error is much greater with a flat stick. While you might chunk or blade your worst chip, a bad putt from off the green will still get you somewhere around the hole. But the Read more…
Unless it’s noticeably strong, the direction the wind is blowing is more of an afterthought on the green for most golfers. Though maybe it shouldn’t be.
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. Looking to spice up your normal match-play game? There Read more…
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For more than a decade now, study after study on the impact of stretching on athletic performance has concluded that the benefits, at best, are minimal and likely more psychological than physiological. At worst? They could actually hinder athletic performance in the short term, making muscle tissue less elastic. Despite the findings, if go to Read more…
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re assembling some furniture, the kind that comes in a box with instructions. It can be any kind of furniture: a desk, a chair, whatever you want—it’s your imagination. But then you get to the point where you need to use that tiny little wrench that comes in a plastic Read more…
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