January 2009
HOW TO
FEATURED TIP: TIGER WOODS
My key for consistent chipping
BUTCH HARMON: SHORTER + WIDER = BETTER
Hit more fairways using the same
tips I give to my top-three tour players: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Adam Scott
10 RULES: GREAT IRON PLAY
My advice for hitting it close
By Johnny Miller
CRISTIE KERR: HOW I GOT MY PUTTING BACK
Drills, tips from the LPGA
Tour's No. 1 putter
SIX SHORT-GAME SOLUTIONS FOR SAVING PAR
How to get out of the worst
greenside jams
Josh Zander
BREAKING 100-90-80
Better wedge play: Try these drills to control distance, trajectory and roll
By Gale Peterson
LESSON TEE
SWING SEQUENCE: JAMIE SADLOWSKI
How to hit a 418-yard drive
With sequence analysis by Art Sellinger
• VIDEO: Watch his record-shattering shot
DAVID LEADBETTER
One move to fix your slice
ANNIKA SORENSTAM
Pitching off tight fairway lies
HANK HANEY
Why clubfitting matters for kids
TOM WATSON
When to putt from off the green
JIM FLICK
Tackle the toughest wind like Sam Snead
FEATURES
SPECIAL REPORT: THE ECONOMY
From courses to companies to the tours, golf faces challenges in 2009
By Chris Millard
COVER STORY: TIGER'S COMEBACK
Will he be better than ever, or have we seen his best? The secret to Tiger before and after
the injury
By Jaime Diaz
AMERICA'S BEST NEW COURSES
Tough times? You can't tell it from the 2008 winners
By Ron Whitten
Web extra» Photos of our winners in each category
JORDAN IS IN
Michael Jordan will be playing in our second Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge. Here's your chance to join him at Bethpage Black
THE DIGEST
THE YEAR IN GOLF 2008: There's plenty to remember with a smileRULES: Nice gesture or big mistake?
GOLF GURU: Dealing with on-course anger
FITNESS: Avoid injury this winter
STYLE: The Hackel awards
BOOKS: One to Dye for, and more
EQUIPMENT
THE LATEST GEAR: Drivers
NEW LOOK: Deep-groove wedges
WHAT'S IN MY BAG: Ben Curtis
HOT LIST: DIGITAL CADDIES Golf GPS devices
COLUMNISTS
JERRY TARDE: Editor's letter
DAVID OWEN: A lesson that sinks in
STINA STERNBERG: Say no to "advice"
DAVID KINDRED: A quirky course and
owner
RICH LERNER: Q&A with Daniel Chopra
JAIME DIAZ: The sadness of Seve
TRAVEL DIGEST
AWAY GAME: VIEW FINDER
In search of great golf, adventure and vistas?
Try Maui and Lanai
Q&A: ARNOLD PALMER
The King shares his thoughts on changing Augusta National, piloting his own plane, his friendship/rivalry with Jack Nicklaus and more...
AMBUSH
On the Robert Trent Jones
Trail
LONG DRIVES
From Salt Lake
City to Wendover, Nev., in the Volkswagen Tiguan
THE FRUGAL GOLFER
Ask for a discount
19TH HOLE
Pasatiempo, Santa
Cruz, Calif.
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