September 2012
Video: Behind-the-scenes look at our cover shoot with tour player Alvaro Quiros ⇒
Cover Story: More Distance, Better Accuracy
Your big muscles are the key to longer, straighter drives.
Features
Most Fun Golf Courses
You work hard enough off the course! At these venues, "play" and "golf" are not mutually exclusive.
The Ride Of His Life, Bumps And All
Rookie of the Year candidate John Huh is succeeding against the odds.
If They Ban The Belly Putter, Then What?
As the USGA and the R&A mull a change, we offer some solutions for twitching types.
My Shot: Tommy Gainey
From $9 an hour to $20,000 a hole, Two Gloves on jumping from "The Big Break" to the PGA Tour and going face to face with Fred Couples, Bill Murray...and an iguana.
Caddie Chatter
Decades of looping on the PGA Tour promise a life of laughs, especially when Mark Long is telling the stories.
My Hybrid Basics
Use my tips to improve with these versatile clubs on long shots into the green.
Wedge It Like Woods
Tiger reveals four keys to hitting a short approach.
Basics: Match Play
Eighteen tips for going head-to-head.
Long Drives
Oklahoma's broad terrain in a Subaru Impreza Sport.
Alternate Shot
Florida's newest resort: Streamsong in Polk County.
David Leadbetter
Use a longer -- not harder -- stroke for lengthy putts.
Sean Foley
Keep your ball position constant for every club.
Steal My Feel: Aaron Baddeley
Get low in the bunker to clear a tall lip.
Tom Watson
Copy Nicklaus' method to aim.
Butch Harmon
Chipping off a tight lie.
Rick Smith
Start your swing in front of the ball to feel a better turn.
Hank Haney
Warm up in five minutes.
Jim Flick
Develop your own rhythm.
Best Young Teachers: Tom Stickney
How to stay still through your stroke.
What's In My Bag
Sweden's Peter Hanson.
COLUMNS / THE DIGEST
Golf Saved My Life:
I'm now a girl who could meet and talk to anyone.
I'm now a girl who could meet and talk to anyone.
Hungover Caddie:
Ways to make the most out of your butler for a day.
Ways to make the most out of your butler for a day.
Think Young, Play Hard:
You need to know Cheyenne Woods -- but not just because of her last name.
You need to know Cheyenne Woods -- but not just because of her last name.
Rules:
There's more to a drop than simply releasing the ball.
There's more to a drop than simply releasing the ball.
Mr. Style:
Webb Simpson has made the cardigan cool again.
Webb Simpson has made the cardigan cool again.
Stuff I Like:
Playing 15½ hours of golf in June. Perfect.
Playing 15½ hours of golf in June. Perfect.
Money Clip:
Where your green fees go.
Where your green fees go.
GD Woman:
Q&A with LPGA star Brittany Lincicome, who prefers fishing over playing golf.
Making The Rounds:
Paying tribute to the late portrait artist LeRoy Neiman.
The latest on golf digest
Photos
Who's That Girl?
Exclusive outtakes from our photo shoot with the Golf Channel's Holly Sonders.
Features
The Most Annoying Golfers
The only thing worse than playing with one of these golfers is being one of them.
Get Game Ready These 14 fixes will put you in mid-season form now.
What's In My Bag
Nick Watney
Nick Watney
Rankings
America's Toughest Courses
America's Toughest Courses
Swing Sequences
Louis Oosthuizen
Louis Oosthuizen
