Golf Instruction

Good golf is about playing as many par 3s as you can. What does that mean? In addition to the actual par 3s on the course, your goal should be to have a reasonable “par […]

The quickest way to improve accuracy with your irons is to develop a consistent ball flight—preferably one that flies high and lets the ball land soft. But even if your flight is usually a little […]

You’ve run down the fairway-bunker checklist in your head—take an extra club, dig into the sand with your feet, grip down on the handle, aim a little right of the target—all the things you’ve been […]

In a lot of ways, golf has changed since my grandfather, Claude Harmon, was giving lessons in the 1960s and ’70s. Equipment is massively different, and athletes playing on the PGA Tour barely resemble the […]

ABOUT Trouble down the right side is a game-changer for many golfers. They see the trees, the water, the sand—whatever—and they consciously or subconsciously do all they can to keep from going right. But the […]

People talk about my driver a lot. It’s fun to hit it far, and my driver does put me in a lot of good positions on the course. But golf isn’t just about how far […]

The most entertaining sequence of the final round of the Players Championship did not involve the eventual winner, Rory McIlroy. It didn’t even feature a memorable golf shot, or at least not a particularly good […]

Luke Donald’s Short-Game Secrets

ABOUT The job of a PGA Tour caddie is part advisor, part strategist, part psychologist, sometimes even part swing coach. As competition on tour has gotten tougher and the purses bigger, the caddie’s responsibilities have […]