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Game improvement
Secrets To Links Golf
GolfDigest.com July 11, 2009
From bracing crosswinds to tumultuous sand dunes -- links courses such as Turnberry's Ailsa Course offer a wide-variety of challenges. Here's a collection of the best advice from British Open champions and Golf Digest playing editors on battling a links course.
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TIPS PLUS VIDEO: Rick Smith
- Long-putting drill
- Don't be in a rush to hit long putts. Here's one of Rick Smith's favorite lag-putting drills to help you slow down those putts.
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TIPS PLUS VIDEO: Jim McLean
- How to escape deep rough
- Tips on how to handle deep rough from the No. 4 ranked teacher on Golf Digest's list of America's 50 Greatest Teachers.
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Tips Plus Video: Tiger Woods
- Getting out of the rough
- Controlling the clubface is equally important on long and short shots. When pitching from the high stuff, the secret is to keep the face from closing through impact.
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Tips Plus Video: David Leadbetter
- Making Short Putts
- How to sink the short ones: Here's the most common cause that amateurs make when they miss short putts.
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Tips Plus Video: Rory McIlroy
- From ball position to body alignment: Here are correct set-up fundamentals for a powerful swing.
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Lesson tees: Playing Links Golf
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Learn From Your Past
- The par 3s at Royal Aberdeen in Scotland, where Tom Watson won his second Senior British Open in 2005, were a challenge. They played at different lengths and in different directions, requiring a variety of clubs. Here's Tom's strategy for playing them.
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Battling Wind On Links Courses
- Back in 1975, Tom Watson won his first major at Carnoustie in very windy conditions. Here's his strategy for dealing with a crosswind.
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Weather Dictates Par
- Changing his expectations to fit the weather allowed Tom Watson to force a playoff with Jack Newton and earn my his British Open victory at Carnoustie in 1975.
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Sweep The Long Irons
- When Tom Watson was asked what was the best full shot he ever hit he replied, "The 2-iron on the last hole at the 1983 British Open." It was 213-yard second shot into the wind on the longest par 4 at Royal Birkdale. Here's how he did it.
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Toughest putt in golf
- A putt that goes up and then down is the most difficult putt there is; it's like having two putts. The key is good speed. British Open Champion Tom Watson shares his advice.
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