May 2008
HOW TO
COVER STORY: TIGER'S 3 KEYS TO EVERY SHOT
How to hit your irons and woods
BREAKING 100-90-80-70
Are you a one-planer or a two-planer?
By Jim Hardy, PGA Teacher of the Year
PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
PGA professionals across the country will give you a 10-minute tuneup. Check our list for a teacher near you
ENVIRONMENT
HOW GREEN IS GOLF?
We talked to seven leading thinkers at the intersection of golf and the environment
By John Barton
THE RESEARCH SAYS...
Want to know what America thinks about golf? We surveyed golfers and nongolfers to find out
A CALL TO ACTION
You can do plenty of things to make a difference. Here's how.
By John Barton
GOLF DIGEST CHANGES ITS VIEW
We redefined the Conditioning category used in our rankings
GLOBAL WARMING
More than 500 coastal courses in the U.S. could be gone by the end of this century
By Mike Stachura
EQUIPMENT
THE LATEST GEAR: Matching the putter to the player
NEW LOOKS: Driver length: How long is too long?
BOMB & GOUGE: Debating the groove rule
HOT LIST: Junior clubs: Get Shorty into golf
WHAT'S IN MY BAG? Rory Sabbatini
LESSON TEE
SWING SEQUENCE: BOO WEEKLEY
Analysis By Hank Johnson
JIM MCLEAN
A great image for swing basics
BUTCH HARMON
Try Phil's favorite lag drill
JIM FLICK
Out of the sand with one easy move
DAVID LEADBETTER
How to create coil for power
TOM WATSON
My all-time favorite swing -- and why
JOHNNY MILLER
Who rules the LPGA Tour: Sorenstam or Ochoa?
FEATURES
TRAVEL: STAR POWER
5 golfers, 5 destinations. The goal? Collect as many Best Places to Play stars as possible -- in four days
VIEW SAWGRASS FROM ABOVE
The Players Championship returns to the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Aerial photos of every hole
U.S. OPEN CONTEST: THE FINAL FIVE
We read 56,374 essays and met golfers all over the country.
Now, choosing a winner is up to you
By Craig Bestrom
HUNTER MAHAN
A self-described loner is figuring out a complicated game,
By Jaime Diaz
MY SHOT: LARRY NELSON
25 years after winning the U.S. Open, Mr. Low-Key shares his secrets
Interviewed By Guy Yocom
PARTING SHOT
Tiger at 2
TRAVEL DIGEST
TREASURE ISLAND
Coastal Georgia's Sea Island
By Matt Ginella
LONG DRIVES
High-rolling on and off the Las Vegas Strip
By Matthew Rudy
THE GRID
We asked four top golf course designers about their most recent U.S. courses -- and what's next
AMBUSH
No spot for thin skin
Web extra» Video: Watch the Ambush!
Q&A
Herb Kohler might be best known for plumbing fixtures, but he's also the owner of Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis.
By Matt Ginella
TRAVEL TROUBLE
Taking the 'Lug' Out of Luggage
By Matt Ginella
19TH HOLE
Whisper Rock in Arizona is all about "the hang"
By Ron Kaspriske
Web extra» Video: Watch locker-room manager Mike Marranzino
create his favorite shake.
THE DIGEST
ON THE TEE: Martin Kaymer
THE GOLF GURU: Answers your questions
RULES: Rule 4: Clubs
FITNESS: Watch out for performance-enhanced poison ivy
STYLE: The latest trend in watches By Marty Hackel
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS: Superintendent serves deep-fried fairways
By Ron Whitten
COLUMNISTS
JERRY TARDE: Editor's letter
TIM ROSAFORTE: PGA Tour headed to Asia?
DAVID OWEN: The Tiger effect
STINA STERNBERG: Ask Stina
DAN JENKINS: Trying to make sense of the PGA Tour's cut policy
DAVE KINDRED: Tom Lehman gets an unexpected putting lesson
GD CHALLENGE
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
Take a good look at your game, and develop a get-better plan
START WITH YOUR STATS
How to track the ones that really matter
By Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.
FOCUS ON YOUR FAULTS
Four golfers like you who fixed their weak spot
By Peter Sanders
HOW TO GET IT IN PLAY
Tips for hitting more fairways
By Annika Sorenstam
HOW TO GET IT IN THE HOLE
Chip and putt like a tour player
By Stan Utley
GOLFERS WHO GOT IT DONE
Here's how six amateurs beat golf last year
By Scott Smith
AMERICA'S MOST-IMPROVED GOLFERS OF 2007
Our state-by-state honor roll
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