Most club golfers walk into the rough expecting a shot to come up short. The grass grabs the hosel, the strike goes dead, and the ball limps out ten yards …
Walk down the practice putting green at any PGA Tour event now and you will see it inside the first minute: a player gripping down near the steel of an …
Ask most club golfers what costs them the most shots and they will point to something dramatic: the drive that finds the trees, the approach that comes up short …
Ask a mid-handicap golfer what goes wrong with their chipping and you will get a long list: they thin it across the green, they chunk it three feet, they scoop …
Ask a club golfer which bunker shot frightens them and almost all of them will name the greenside one, the delicate splash from soft sand by the putting …
Watch an amateur miss a green by three yards and you can usually guess what comes next. Out comes a wedge, in goes the chin, and a delicate little flick is …
Watch the US Open this week and you will see the best players in the world treat thick rough with a respect that most amateurs never quite manage. When a Tour …
Ask a club golfer which shot frightens them most and the honest ones will not say the long bunker shot or the downhill four-footer. They will say the little …
The greenside bunker is the only shot in golf where the player is, in the literal sense, trying not to hit the ball. Every other shot in the bag is a contest …
There is a number stamped on the back of every wedge, usually next to the loft, that almost no recreational golfer has ever consciously checked. The loft is the …
