Golf Digest March 2009

Cover Photo By Stephen Szurlej
HOW TO
Seven steps to jump-start your game
Can Hank Haney fix golf's worst swing?
By Matthew Rudy
My advice for making a swing change
Escape fairway sand
By Jack Lumpkin
Improve your accuracy with this drill
LESSON TEE
Why he's havin' a ball
Analysis by Steve Johnson
Face up to keep it square
Advice for making four-footers
No more chunks out of the rough
Get low, keep eyes level to find the line
Solid contact starts with a correct setup
Tips for toughest shots at Bethpage
FEATURES
Our man spent a month in the mountains of Nepal and China to capture these shots
Photographs/text by Dom Furore
Golf Digest's survey of the game's elite reveals what they'll say with anonymity
Wanna break 100 at Bethpage? It'll take power and finesse.
Here's how and why, with tips from pros
By Jaime Diaz
These four case studies of tour players demonstrate that you can play golf again
He's brash, humble, strong, soft, fearless, funny and combative.
Is he also Tiger's next challenger?
By Tom Callahan
EQUIPMENT
__THE LATEST GEAR: __ Drivers
__NEW LOOKS: __Golf balls
__BOMB & GOUGE: __Return of the chipper
__WHAT'S IN MY BAG? __Stephen Ames
TRAVEL DIGEST
AWAY GAME: Biloxi, Miss.
LONG DRIVES: Miami to Key West, Fla.
FRUGAL GOLFER: Rental clubs
AMBUSH: Canadian migration
Q&A WITH BOO: In this Web-extra interview, Boo discusses his other passion: hunting, flying coach and why he sits in the back of the plane
THE DIGEST
__ON THE TEE: __America's Angels
RULES: Ground under repair
GOLF GURU: Why pros insist on silence
__FITNESS:__Stay warm, loose on chilly days
STYLE: Keep in step with these new shoes
COLUMNS
JERRY TARDE: Editor's letter
TIM ROSAFORTE: Love III gets extreme
DAVID OWEN: My 9-iron and me
STINA STERNBERG: Slow girlfriend?
RICH LERNER: Ten Qs with Joe Ogilvie
JOE QUEENAN: The Beethoven Open
DAN JENKINS: The Golfinator
JAIME DIAZ: 18 holes for 2 bucks