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Make a Tour-quality Divot
Play Your Best

Make a Tour-quality Divot

Divots are part of golf, especially out on tour. But not all divots are created equal. Here's what you need to know about the tour …

How To Blast (Or Butter) Your Iron Shots
Play Your Best: Iron Shots

How To Blast (Or Butter) Your Iron Shots

Gary Woodland's keys for knocking down the stick—wherever it is.

Hit The Green With Every Wedge Shot
Short Game

Hit The Green With Every Wedge Shot

Hit The Green With Every Wedge Shot

How To Take Down Flags With Your Short Irons
Play Your Best: Short Irons

How To Take Down Flags With Your Short Irons

Play for birdies – like Patrick Reed does.

The Up-and-Comers
Golf & Business

The Up-and-Comers

How a little-known insurer came to back women's pro golf.

The Short Game Explained
Golf Instruction

The Short Game Explained

Some science on why your shots do what they do around the greens.

Jar More Putts!
Golf Instruction

Jar More Putts!

How LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompson became a putting machine.

Blitz The Bunkers!
Play Your Best

Blitz The Bunkers!

Easy keys to get out and get close.

The Big Swing: Driving Course

The Big Swing: Driving Course

6 fundamentals for hitting pose-worthy tee shots.

Back to Basics
Golf Instruction

Back to Basics

How to groove your move off the tee and into the green.

2 Moves To Groove
Golf Instruction

2 Moves To Groove

Lexi Thompson, the LPGA's newest major champion, shows you how to smash it.

Swing Sequence: Lexi Thompson
Golf Instruction

Swing Sequence: Lexi Thompson

How teenage phenom Lexi Thompson bombs it 270.

Back Spin!
Golf Tours & News

Back Spin!

Table tennis becomes the go-to game on tour.

Fast Fixes For Every Fault: Fat/Thin Shots
Lesson Tee

Fast Fixes For Every Fault: Fat/Thin Shots

Tom Ness's tip to fix fat and thin shots.

Style For Dummies
Mr. Style

Style For Dummies

Send a picture of your buddy's outfit to Mr. Style to get a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Golf Style For Dummies
Fashion

Golf Style For Dummies

Our style guide will help even the most clueless man look like he knows what he's doing

Golf Rescued My Marriage
Golf Saved My Life

Golf Rescued My Marriage

Jeff and Angelia Melcher found comfort on the course after the death of their son, Carter.

A Walk To Remember
Golf Saved My Life

A Walk To Remember

A Walk To Remember: After being misdiagnosed with a chronic disease and suffering from side-effects from the treatment, golf taugh …

Get Your Power Back
Golf Instruction / Best Young Teachers

Get Your Power Back

Nicole Weller is a Golf Digest Best Young Teacher. Here are some of her simple tips for gaining distance.

Ask Yourself: What Would Goldilocks Do?
Breaking 80

Ask Yourself: What Would Goldilocks Do?

For golfers trying to gauge greenside shots, a system is necessary for feeling how much swing creates how much shot. Enter Goldilo …

Hold Your Finish Like A Statue
Breaking 90

Hold Your Finish Like A Statue

Your body must rotate around your front foot so your hands can remain firm, and not flip, through impact.

Batter Up! Swing Around Your Body
Breaking 100

Batter Up! Swing Around Your Body

Rehearse a baseball or T-ball swing, keeping the shaft as parallel to the ground as possible and below your shoulders as you go ba …

Imagine A Better Game
Breaking 100/90/80

Imagine A Better Game

Tim Cooke, one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers, shows how to fix your faults with creative practice swings.

All About Sand Play
Breaking 100/90/80

All About Sand Play

Mark Immelman, one of Golf Digest's Best Teachers in Georgia, offers tips for sand play.

Basic Technique: Start Left and Stay Left
Breaking 100

Basic Technique: Start Left and Stay Left

Play the ball just forward of center, with your stance slightly open and your sternum more over your left foot.

Fault Fix: Don't Overdo an Out-To-In Swing Path
Breaking 90

Fault Fix: Don't Overdo an Out-To-In Swing Path

If you're struggling from greenside bunkers, be mindful that the more you cut across the ball from out to in with a wide-open club …

Trajectory: For More Loft, Flatten The Shaft
Breaking 80

Trajectory: For More Loft, Flatten The Shaft

Better players should understand how the bounce and belly features of a sand wedge affect trajectory.

Learn To Be A Clutch Putter
Best Young Teachers

Learn To Be A Clutch Putter

Clutch Putting: A simple drill to simulate on-course pressure

The Game Was My Escape From Leukemia
Golf Saved My Life

The Game Was My Escape From Leukemia

Golf helped Turner Fordham deal with a leukemia diagnosis.

There's No Suffering With A Golf Addiction
Golf Saved My Life

There's No Suffering With A Golf Addiction

Golf helped this man turn his life around

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