Golf Digest January 2009
Cover Photo By Dom Furore
HOW TO
My key for consistent chipping
Hit more fairways using the same tips I give to my top-three tour players: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Adam Scott
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
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
How to hit a 418-yard drive
With sequence analysis by Art Sellinger
One move to fix your slice
Pitching off tight fairway lies
Why clubfitting matters for kids
TOM WATSON
When to putt from off the green
Tackle the toughest wind like Sam Snead
FEATURES
From courses to companies to the tours, golf faces challenges in 2009
By Chris Millard
Will he be better than ever, or have we seen his best? The secret to Tiger before and after the injury
By Jaime Diaz
Tough times? You can't tell it from the 2008 winners
By Ron Whitten
Web extra» Photos of our winners in each category
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 smile
RULES: 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
In search of great golf, adventure and vistas? Try Maui and Lanai
The King shares his thoughts on changing Augusta National, piloting his own plane, his friendship/rivalry with Jack Nicklaus and more...
On the Robert Trent Jones Trail
LONG DRIVES
From Salt Lake City to Wendover, Nev., in the Volkswagen Tiguan
Ask for a discount
Pasatiempo, Santa Cruz, Calif.