Editor’s note: Starting in 2001, Butch Harmon was voted by his peers No. 1 on Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America for more than two decades. In a sport obsessed with records, it’s hard to imagine that one ever being broken. Harmon’s historic run as a coach, from Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros to Read more…
More than 3,000 voters have spoken in the most comprehensive peer review of teachers in the game. This new edition of Golf Digest’s biennial 50 Best Teachers ranking is the first without a veritable Mt. Rushmore of instructors—Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Jim McLean and 17 other fixtures who have been named to our new Legends Read more…
Like most things, technology has had a heavy influence on golf instruction. Gone are the days when teachers would have to rely solely on their eyes and ears to resolve issues their students were experiencing. Those senses have been augmented by a myriad of 21st-century gadgets, including force plates, radar, 3D imaging, etc. With that Read more…
To help you learn from how the best on both tours hit certain shots, we’ve gathered images and videos from the Grant Thornton Invitational and identified a few specific takeaways for each.
Hitting crisp iron shots for most amateur golfers, is the key to more consistency, longer drives, and straighter shots. It’s a lack of solid contact that causes a majority of most golfers’ blow up holes, too. A slice or hook most times you can deal with. But those contact errors: A chunk, or skull, or Read more…
Every now and again I’m tasked with covering a golf tournament where Lee Trevino is playing, and you can’t help but get pulled into his orbit whenever you do. The six-time major champion is still an avid range rat who holds court whenever he gets the chance. In honor of his 84th birthday this week, Read more…
Any discussion of bad golf habits can quickly spiral out of control considering how often golfers define their games by what they’d prefer not to do. I’d love to not pull tee shots into someone’s backyard. It’d be great to not miss any more absurdly short putts. You get the point. There are bad habits, Read more…
You want to think you can work out poor mechanics on the range, but things such as poor stability, range of motion or muscle function play a key role in crappy ball-striking.
Golf training aids don’t always have to be complex. Often, there are things around your house that you can use to improve your swing. You’ve probably heard of people pinning a towel under their armpit for better connectivity, or even putting their arms through a coat hanger to help your hands, arms and body work Read more…
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