Score Savers

Kathy Hart Wood

You know you can shoot lower scores, but where do you start? In this three-part series, Kathy Hart Wood, one of Golf Digest’s Best Teachers in New Jersey, will help you create a game plan for fixing the most frustrating faults in the game. The first lesson covers inconsistent contact on iron shots, and Wood breaks down why amateurs struggle to produce crisp contact—and what they can do about it. The second lesson is on fixing the driver slice that puts most golfers on a recovery mission on just about every hole. The last lesson covers chips and pitches and how the right concepts and some simple keys can transform your greenside play. Chances are, these are the very areas where you’re throwing away shots. Try Kathy Hart Wood’s tips and drills, and get on the fast track to lower scores.

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Solid Contact

If you struggle with making solid contact, this short video offers some great ideas for getting your ball-striking back on track. Follow along as top teacher Kathy Hart Wood debunks some myths about impact and explains how posture and balance are the keys to pure strikes. Put her simple concepts to work right away.

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Fixing Your Slice

Straighten out your drives with Kathy Hart Wood's slice-busting tips. Learn the misconceptions that lead to a slice, and find out how controlling the clubface and releasing properly through impact can keep you in the fairway. A few simple drills and swing checkpoints make the process easy and repeatable.

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Short Game

Chipping, pitching and bunker play should save you strokes, not ruin your rounds. Here, Kathy Hart Wood breaks down the keys to simplifying the short game, from the setup to syncing up the arms and body during the swing to controlling distance. In no time, you’ll start cleaning up around the greens.