Golf Digest September 2008
Table of Contents
Cover Photo By Walter Iooss Jr.
HOW TO
HOW MISSING FAIRWAYS IS COSTING YOU STROKES
The real measure of driving accuracy: Try our formula to rate your driving skills
By Peter Sanders
MAKE ONE SIMPLE CHANGE TO HIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE
Why you need to play the ball off your left heel, plus bonus practice tips
By Randy Smith
WHY YOU KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES ON THE SAME HOLES
Tips to beat five situations where amateurs run into trouble
By Laird Small
BREAKING 100-90-80
Work on your short game to improve
your full swing
By Jason Guss
LESSON TEE
SWING SEQUENCE: PADRAIG HARRINGTON
Analysis by Bob Torrance
TIGER WOODS
How I hit greens from fairway bunkers: The release controls the curve
ANNIKA SORENSTAM
My three keys to playing out of the rough
BUTCH HARMON
The hook-chip: How to roll it close
JIM FLICK
Hands back: Imitate Zach Johnson's setup on really fast putts
DAVID LEADBETTER
Cross your feet to learn to swing in control
HANK HANEY
Tips on teeing up: Get the height right
JIM MCLEAN
Drill: Miss the towel to hit it flush
JOHNNY MILLER
The U.S. will take back the Ryder Cup; the hardest shot in golf
THE DIGEST
RULES: Determining a lost ball
FITNESS: Walking: Live longer, play worse?
GOLF GURU: What if a PGA Tour pro shot par every round?
STYLE: The wine labels of tour pros
EQUIPMENT
THE LATEST GEAR: Are your putter's optics
helping with your aim?
NEW LOOKS: Turn your feet into a launching pad
WHAT'S IN MY BAG: Kenny Perry
BOMB & GOUGE: What to do with your 3-wood
HOT LIST: Soft-case travel bags
COLUMNISTS
JERRY TARDE: Editor's letter
TIM ROSAFORTE: Leaner Lee Westwood
STINA STERNBERG: Ask Stina
DAN JENKINS: Golfers behaving badly
TRAVEL DIGEST
LOVE TRIANGLE
Pebble and Spyglass have competition: recently restored Pasatiempo
By Matt Ginella
LONG DRIVES
Austin to Dallas in the Ford F-350 Super
Duty
By Matthew Rudy
AMBUSH
"Ohhh, Billy, Billy, Billy": The Baroo Cup
19TH HOLE
Manhattan's St. Andrews bar
By Ron Kaspriske
RYDER CUP 2008
THE ODD COUPLE
When captains Nick Faldo and Paul Azinger mix it up at the
Ryder Cup, anything could happen
By Jaime Diaz
SERGIO: THE PEST
It's not just that Garcia beats the Americans. It's how he beats the Americans
By Dave Kindred
VIEWER'S GUIDE
PGA Tour survey, TV times, aerial course photos, event history
NICKLAUS: THE RYDER CUP, MY WAY
Jack discusses the matches, course captains, pressure and who will win
With Jaime Diaz
PARTING SHOT
A Ryder Cup without Tiger
BONUS FEATURE
What now after Tiger's knee injury? Could it turn out that after reconstructive surgery Woods will be... even better?
By Jaime Diaz
