consistency: Search Results: Golf Digest

Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction

Avoid playing the ball too far back, which can lead to chunks.

March 2013

By Todd Anderson

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Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction

Focus on these 4 shots to improve your short game.

December 2009

By Phil Mickelson

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Golf Instruction / Golf Instruction

3 keys for getting set and starting the ball on line.

October 2011

By Dave Stockton

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Golf Instruction / Lesson Tee

Six shots that will give you consistency around the greens.

April 2013

By David Leadbetter

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Golf Instruction

A synchronized takeaway is crucial for accurate shots. Tom Watson shows how to refine this part of your swing.

October 2012

By By Tom Watson

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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