Ball Flight

Tips and Instruction

Playing in the Wind: Why Club Up and Swing Normal Beats Swinging Easy

Ask ten club golfers how to play a shot into the wind and nine of them will tell you to swing easier. It sounds sensible. Less speed, less distance the wind can …

Tips and Instruction

A Shot Shape Is Not a Miss You've Made Peace With

Ask most club golfers what shot shape they play and they will tell you, usually with a wince, that they hit a slice, or occasionally a hook, and that they have …

Tips and Instruction

How to Actually Play in the Wind

Watch a US Open at a links-style course and you will see the best players in the world reduced, for a few hours at least, to something close to mortal. The …