Golf Digest July 2009
Table of Contents
Cover photo by Dom Furore
HOW TO
RICK SMITH
Fix the fats and thins
FULL-SWING ESSENTIALS
Setup and swing do's & don'ts
By Hank Haney
SEAN O'HAIR
10 rules I've learned on tour
WHY YOU MISS GREENS
Try our two-step strategy
NEVER MISREAD A PUTT
8 tips for finding your line
By Mike LaBauve
BREAKING 100-90-80
By Rick Martino
LESSON TEE
COVER STORY: RORY MCILROY
Find your power
ANNIKA SORENSTAM
3 keys to hitting a soft lob
TIGER WOODS
My secret weapon off the tee
DAVID LEADBETTER
Shorter stroke on short putts
PHIL MICKELSON
Lean back on uphill sand shots
TOM WATSON
Recall good shots -- and bad
BUTCH HARMON
How to shake the shanks
JIM FLICK
Think traffic light for distance
JIM MCLEAN
Chipping areas: three shots
EQUIPMENT
LATEST GEAR: Will a shaft buy you distance?
NEW LOOKS: Fairway woods
HOT LIST: The 21 best bags
WHAT'S IN MY BAG? Luke Donald
BRITISH OPEN
TURNBERRY'S MOODS
This most beautiful of Open venues can be a beast
By Ron Whitten
VIEWER'S GUIDE
Nick Price: 9 questions with the '94
champion
By Rich Lerner
THE MAN BEHIND GREG NORMAN'S FINEST HOUR
Pete Bender was on the bag
at Turnberry in '86
By Jaime Diaz
FEATURES
BARACK OBAMA
The President grips an invisible club -- and vice versa
By Steve Rushin
A GOOD DEAL MORE
Travel tips to save you money
By Peter Finch
COLUMNS
JERRY TARDE: It's time to stand up for golf
TIM ROSAFORTE: Jack, Annika bear the torch
STINA STERNBERG: Dealing with unwanted advice
DAVID OWEN: Fleeting expletives
DAN JENKINS: Live! Nude! Golfers!
JAIME DIAZ: Bud Shrake's gift to golf
TRAVEL DIGEST
AWAY GAME: French Lick, Ind.
AMBUSH: New York state of mind
Q&A: With Brad Faxon
THE DIGEST
ON THE TEE: Alvaro Quiros
GOLF GURU: Slope Rating
STYLE: White belts?
RULES: Masters situations
FITNESS: Vitamin D-bate
