A small posture change can completely alter your golf swing. Here’s a simple drill from coach Molly Braid to help you stay in posture, strike the ball cleaner and eliminate wild misses.
Most golfers know it’s bad etiquette to stand behind another player’s putting line, but in some formats it can also lead to penalties for both partners. Here’s what the Rules of Golf actually say.
Most golfers know where their bad shots go, but not what caused them. Understanding the laws of ball flight helps you diagnose your swing properly and fix the real issue behind each miss.
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. Ben Hogan famously said, “Golf and tournament golf are about as different as tennis and ice hockey.” And after playing in Read more…
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. The moment I set my sights on becoming a scratch golfer, I had to first clarify what that precisely means. This Read more…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Earlier this week I watched one of the kind of little miracles that pop up from time-to-time on the driving ranges of professional golf. After a few wedge shots, Tommy Fleetwood pulled his 8-iron and started hitting three-quarter, hold-off finished shots. I witnessed five consecutive shots where the club path was Read more…
There are good misses, and bad misses. And at Aronimink Golf Club on the opening day of the 2026 PGA Championship, there was one miss that was worst of all.
Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. Part of my plan for improving at golf this year involves getting more official rounds under my belt. But while I Read more…
As technology has permeated virtually every corner of golf, it’s commonplace to see clubfitters and teachers put reflective “stickers” on clubs. They are used to gather accurate data on how golfers are using their equipment. Companies such as Foresight place tiny round stickers, known as “fiducials,” on the face of woods and irons and have Read more…
If there is a golf stat I’m uniquely qualified to speak to, it’s one I’ve made up called “I’m such an idiot”s (ISAIs). I am good for about three or four of these every round, sometimes even more, and if you analyzed them closely, you’d notice a consistent element of avoidability. Because lSAIs are not Read more…