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Rick Smith

Try This Swing Thought For Smooth Fairway Woods
Get Your 3-Wood Airborne

Try This Swing Thought For Smooth Fairway Woods

Screaming one down the fairway is a result of trying too hard.

Never Chunk A Chip Again
Gimme One Thing

Never Chunk A Chip Again

How many times have you been told to keep your head down when hitting chips and short pitches, but you still hit them fat? The sol …

Why'd I Do That? Chunking A Simple Pitch
Play Your Best: Curing Faults

Why'd I Do That? Chunking A Simple Pitch

Dumping a pitch shot short and into a bunker might seem like a random event, but it happens all the time.

Curing Faults: You Fixated On The Read And Forgot About The Speed
Play Your Best: Why'd I Do That?

Curing Faults: You Fixated On The Read And Forgot About The Speed

Facing a long putt with a lot of break, you know that getting down in two is usually just fine. But you're really seeing the line …

Why'd I Do That? The Stubbed Putt
Play Your Best: Curing Faults

Why'd I Do That? The Stubbed Putt

You've got a 40-footer, but you hit it 20 feet.

Curing Faults: The dreaded skulled pitch
Play Your Best

Curing Faults: The dreaded skulled pitch

You need to loft one, but you catch it in the teeth

Rick Smith: Overcoming Your Fear Of Hitting Over Water
Play Your Best: Curing Faults

Rick Smith: Overcoming Your Fear Of Hitting Over Water

Your hero shot over water goes skip, skip—sink.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Fixing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

No more thin shots from fairway bunkers.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Curing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

How to stop three-putting from the fringe.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Fixing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

The way to avoid that dreaded snap-hook.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Fixing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

Say goodbye to your struggles in the sand.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Fixing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

Simple shot, but in the water you go.

Why'd I Do That?
Play Your Best: Fixing Faults

Why'd I Do That?

You flub a chip, and then hit it again in mid-air.

Why'd I Do That?
Lesson Tee

Why'd I Do That?

You muscle the first putt, miss the next.

Why Did I Slice?
Lesson Tee

Why Did I Slice?

Why'd I do that: It's wide open left, and I still slice it O.B.

Sink More 4-Footers
Lesson Tee

Sink More 4-Footers

Practice at 90 degrees.

How To Make A Big Turn
Lesson Tee

How To Make A Big Turn

Rick Smith's new backswing key for distance.

3 Keys To Crisp Iron Shots
Lesson Tee

3 Keys To Crisp Iron Shots

Learn from the example of tour player Sang-Moon Bae.

The Recipe For Better Chips
Lesson Tee

The Recipe For Better Chips

Don't chip like you putt. Here's why...

Fast Fixes For Every Fault: Topped Shots
Lesson Tee

Fast Fixes For Every Fault: Topped Shots

Rick Smith's tip to avoid topping your shots.

Fix Your Swing At Address
Lesson Tee

Fix Your Swing At Address

Rehearse a key move with the right waggle.

Don't Get Snagged In The Rough
Lesson tee

Don't Get Snagged In The Rough

Hinge your wrists early for better contact.

Rick Smith: Your Recipe For The Fried-Egg Lie
Lesson tee

Rick Smith: Your Recipe For The Fried-Egg Lie

Make a steep swing that leaves the clubhead in the sand, with no follow-through, to thrust the ball out.

Swing, Then Set
Lesson tee

Swing, Then Set

This simple drill will improve your backswing.

Swing, Then Set On Take Away
Lesson tee

Swing, Then Set On Take Away

This simple drill will improve your backswing.

Start Your Swing At Impact
Lesson tee

Start Your Swing At Impact

You'll hit solid shots more often.

Turn The Face Down For Bigger Drives
Lesson tee

Turn The Face Down For Bigger Drives

To add distance, stop trying to help the ball up.

Face The Sky To Hit It High
lesson tee

Face The Sky To Hit It High

Keep the clubface open to execute the lob shot.

How to Get Down
lesson tee

How to Get Down

Here's how to perfect your downswing and hit powerful shots.

Easy Way To Fix A Hook
Lesson Tee

Easy Way To Fix A Hook

Rick Smith: Keep turning to avoid a closed clubface.

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