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Golf Instruction

To achieve perfect impact on short-game shots, it's all about lag. Should the clubhead lag behind your hands into impact, or should your hands lag behind the clubhead? It depends on whether you need a powerful shot or a soft touch.

May 2013

By Josh Zander

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Golf Instruction / Lesson Tee

3 ways to master golf's most basic shot.

May 2013

By Ron Stockton

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Golf Instruction / Lesson Tee

Set them ahead of the ball, and keep them there.

June 2011

By David Leadbetter

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Breaking 100/90/80

These tips, adapted from Jack Nicklaus' book Putt My Way, will improve your putting consistency.

December 2009

By Jack Nicklaus

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Golf Instruction / Breaking 90

Sometimes simply willing oneself to stay still doesn't get the job done. When that's happened to me, I've often solved the problem by making a conscious effort to set my weight on the insides of my feet or on the balls of my feet.

December 2009

By Jack Nicklaus

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Golf Instruction / Breaking 100

When greens are unusually bumpy, the lack of initial spin can become a problem in that the ball might contact something that deflects it off line before it develops its own inertia.

December 2009

By Jack Nicklaus

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Golf Instruction / Breaking 100

If your eyes are beyond the line, you'll tend to pull putts left; inside the line, and you'll likely push putts right.

December 2009

By Jack Nicklaus

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Golf Instruction / 50 Best Golf Teachers

On high pitches, set up correctly and maintain that feeling throughout the swing.

November 2011

By Brian Mogg

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Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction

What the great putters do: Instead of positioning your eyes directly over the ball, set them several inches to the inside. If you do, you'll make more putts.

February 2013

By Sean Foley