Golf Digest June 2009
Artist Robert Grossman's sculpture of the Bethpage logo, The Caddie Boy, was built with clay. The Caddie Boy image adorned the shutters of the Bethpage clubhouse when it was dedicated in August 1935.
Villegas Photo by Dan Winters
FEATURES
Father's Day tribute: excerpts from Chicken Soup for the Soul
Six writers on their favorite golf getaways
__[20 PLACES EVERY GOLFER
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The game's best off-course attractions
The man with three majors, a dinosaur head and a 300-pound meteorite is no dodo
Interviewed by Bob Verdi
LESSON TEE
He's not long, but here's what makes him so quick
Analysis by Mike Bender
My 3 keys when between clubs
Focus on your swing path to hit the high floater
My healthy knee has changed how I drive into the ball
Fix your slice before it starts
Par depends on the weather, as Byron Nelson told me
Picture Fred Couples' swing to fix an over-the-top move
HOW TO
Groove a good weight shift
The fine art of scoring: beating fear, tension and not yourself
By Camilo Villegas
How to find your touch on three short-game shots
By Stan Utley
My 10 rules on mental fitness
With Alan P. Pittman
To hit stronger, straighter shots, swing the other way
By Josh Zander
Tips and drills on iron play
By Darrell Kestner
U.S. OPEN PREVIEW
For all of Bethpage Black's strengths, its final hole isn't one of them. So the USGA considered using the Red's for a finish
By Ron Whitten, photographs by Stephen Szurlej
TV times, hole diagrams, the playing field, the Virtual Open contest, websites and more
A year later, Mediate reflects on his near miss against Tiger: "People act as if I won."
By John Feinstein
How hard will the Black play for our three celebrities and contest winner? The USGA says there's no need to fear
By Craig Bestrom
How the pros will work the driver -- and you can, too
By Jim McLean
Dan Jenkins looks back at covering 60 years of classics
Ben Hogan survived a crash to make history, but it robbed him of glory
By Jaime Diaz
EQUIPMENT
LATEST GEAR: Mallet putters
NEW LOOKS: Lightweight shoes
BOMB & GOUGE: Driver aerodynamics
WHAT'S IN MY BAG? Ernie Els
COLUMNS
JERRY TARDE: 18 questions for David Fay
TIM ROSAFORTE: Retief Goosen's putting fix
DAVID OWEN: Food for thought
DAN JENKINS: Report from the Masters
THE DIGEST
ON THE TEE: Nick Watney
GURU: Playing with family
FITNESS: Lightning myths
RULES: Stroke savers
BOOKS: 14 to check out
STYLE: Watches as investments
TRAVEL DIGEST
LONG DRIVES: Memphis to Little Rock
AMBUSH: Bratton brotherhood
__Q&A With John Smoltz: __The Boston Red Sox reliever talks about his aspirations of making it on tour and the golf course in his backyard
Web extra» Video tour of John Smoltz's back yard C.C.