Jim McLean is a Golf Digest teaching professional.
Jim McLean says that if you can check these things off in your backswing, you're halfway home to hitting a great shot.
If you want lag in your golf swing, copy Sergio: He gets the clubhead to lag behind the movement of the arms and body in the downs …
Firm bunkers require a special technique
If you're struggling, here's the one thing you want to do: Play a cut fade.
Your ball landed in a greenside bunker. Now you've got to get it on the green and hopefully close to the hole. Before you swing, a …
Hitting a flop shot over someone else takes a lot of trust. Here are some tips from Jim McLean on how to hit it.
Why'd I do that? You study a green carefully, but badly misread a putt.
When slicers try to swing to the left, they cut across the ball, making it all the harder to square the face. The result is even w …
Golf Digest Top 50 teacher Jim McLean notes the shared traits between the newest British Open champion and the LPGA great
Gotta carry something? Add five yards for a little cushion.
Hit your first errant tee shot of the day? Here's how to adjust.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have figured into the story at the Masters just about every year for the past 20. They've won more …
How do you miss a fairway by 50 yards? Here's how.
Why'd I do that? Your must-make putt is tracking to the hole--but never gets there.
Why'd I do that: What to do when the green is out of reach.
Why'd I do that: With water long the bunker skull is instant death.
See the great moves and perfect positions of The Slammer in a never-before-seen 1950 photo sequence. Words can't describe Sam's fl …
Bow your left wrist through impact to pinch iron shots off the turf.