If your breaking putts tend to miss on the low side, I’d bet your problem is how you look at the putt from over the ball. Most golfers spend too much time staring at the hole, and then putt toward it—after all, that’s where you want to end up. But you have to discipline yourself
Month: February 2020
Dottie Pepper—like Johnny Miller—has become such a popular broadcaster that many golf fans forget her playing career includes two major championships. But Pepper has also forgotten a lot about the aftermath of her second Nabisco Dinah Shore title (now the ANA Inspiration) in 1999. Just not for any reason you’d expect. RELATED: The CBS Golf
Back in my 20s, and even well into my 30s, I was one of the longest players on the PGA Tour. That’s no longer the case—I’ve had four back surgeries, and I’m only six years away from being eligible for the senior tour—so it’s more important than ever for me to put my drives in
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – It’s about 350 miles from Long Beach to the Monterey Peninsula, so it’s not all that surprising that Southern California native Patrick Cantlay hasn’t played a great deal at Pebble Beach Golf Links. “I would hear stories about all the guys that were older than me play the California Amateur here,
11:45 AM ET For the first time, golf’s governing bodies will study the possibility of letting golfers play by a different rules as it relates to equipment in order to potentially reduce hitting distances. Known as “bifurcation,” the United States Golf Association and the R&A announced on Tuesday their results of a long-awaited distance study
In This Video Mike documents the lesson ideas of the Legendary Golf Instructor Gregg “The Hat McHatton. Gregg shares his insights about the swing and his understanding of The Golf Machine and Ben Hogan.
3 KEYS TO HIT BETTER IRONS – SIMPLE GOLF TIPS Do you want to hit better iron shots? This could be hitting the golf ball straighter with your irons, striking the golf ball better with your irons or hitting the golf ball further with your irons. In this golf lesson Matt Fryer takes you through
Of all the tough lies you can get in a greenside bunker, perhaps the worst is when your ball comes to rest so close to the edge, you can’t stand with both feet in the sand. It’s a tough shot, but not impossible. First, take a deep breath. I want you stand over the ball
It’s fair to say that if Mrs. Ethicist has heard a bad story about your private club in a non-adjacent state by listening to Howard Stern, you’re doing the whole managing-of-your-professional-reputation thing wrong. Where to begin? Like many bad dates, it started with dinner. Maryana Beyder and her husband, Igor, were just another couple of
The PGA Tour Series-China announced on Tuesday that it is moving its global qualifying tournament in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The event, one of three qualifying tournaments the circuit holds (Siyun Liu almost became the first woman to earn PGA Tour-related status in the early January competition), will now be held in Lagoi, Indonesia,
9:25 PM ET In the wake of Graeme McDowell getting a slow playing warning last week in Saudi Arabia after consenting to a midround TV interview, Brooks Koepka said “no thanks” to such requests. Koepka, who finished tied for 17th in the event and will lose his No. 1 ranking to Rory McIlroy next week,
Cypress Point, one of golf’s great cathedrals, doubles as one of golf’s most exclusive enclaves. Thanks to three-plus days of capturing drone footage around the majestic Monterey Peninsula layout, Golf Digest presents everyday golfers with a chance at a complete tour of Cypress Point Club, complete with narration from Jim Nantz, in the latest installment
One of the most familiar events on the PGA Tour calendar is upon us, with the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am on top from the lovely Monterey Peninsula. Expect sappy descriptions of the iconic, scenic locale all week long on CBS’ broadcast. And yes, some Clint Eastwood and other celebrity interviews to pass the time.
The 14 Club Challenge: Season 3, Episode 1. Ahead of the Saudi International, Ryder Cup teammates Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson go head-to-head in the return of the 14 Club Challenge for 2020. On the 170 yard par three 16th hole at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, the rules remain the same: a point
When designing a ball for the mass, TaylorMade Golf did the logical thing: consulted with the masses. The company’s new Tour Response and Soft Response line of golf balls were designed only after taking input provided by thousands of golfers of all ability levels about the attributes they wanted in a golf ball. The Tour
Let’s start with a disclaimer: Though it’s widely believed to be a great way to prepare for physical activity, reduce soreness and improve range of motion, foam rolling (soft-tissue self-massage) has yet to be scientifically proven on a mass scale to be effective. There are smaller studies that conclude it has merit, and you’ll certainly
Often described as the game’s greatest meeting of land and sea, a stroll around Pebble Beach Golf Links is matched by few other courses in the world. The lore of the venerable links, which turned 100 last year as it hosted the U.S. Open for a sixth time, adds to what makes this storied setting
Following his first win in nearly two years, Webb Simpson’s odds to win the year’s first major received a major adjustment. Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released updated Masters odds on Monday, listing Simpson at 40-to-1 to slip on the green jacket in April. Previously, Simpson was 60-to-1 odds after opening at 80-1 last April. Even
7:36 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE. Ariz. — Tony Finau and Webb Simpson crashed golf’s biggest party with some back-nine fireworks. Finau shot a 9-under 62 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Simpson in the Waste Management Phoenix Open, making an eagle on the par-5 13th and then, switching to a Kobe Bryant
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Golf swing basics uneven lie golf tips with Mark Crossfield and Coach Lockey. In this golf swing basics video the guys are talking about simple on course golf lessons around sloping lies. Controlling your golf shots of uneven lies and hitting more greens will only help you improve your golf scores and lower your golf
The TaylorMade Truss putters, along with the Spider S addition to the company’s top-selling Spider line of mallets, make it clear that you’re not going to get better results with the putter if the head isn’t stable at impact. You’re not going to get better for the simple reason that most of your impacts aren’t
Inside the Del Monte Forest you will find seven splendid golf courses, each of them special and several ranking among the best layouts in the world. Particularly outstanding—and often overlooked—is the sum quality of the par 3s on these courses. As a resident of Pebble Beach and frequent visitor to all the courses here, I’ve
Webb Simpson is one of the many golfers who has acted upon the natural urge to break a putter. He just did it for a different reason than most. Simpson was very happy with his long putter at the end of 2014, and why not? After a decorated amateur career at Wake Forest, his four
6:59 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Webb Simpson birdied the final two holes of regulation to force a playoff with Tony Finau, then won the Waste Management Phoenix Open with a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Sunday. Finau, two strokes ahead with two holes left, missed an 18-foot birdie try
I cut my teeth at Golf Digest working on the Hot List. Thanks to those years plus continued osmosis from our astute equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson—a.k.a. The Mikes—during any given golf season I’m confident the clubs in my bag are the right ones. I’m a lucky guy whose office is perpetually
Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of Feb. 3. Coronations are never a given in sports, as Webb Simpson
We are lucky to have two of the most knowledgable golf gearheads in our office. And they are sharing their golf equipment knowledge with you. Golf Digest’s equipment editors, Mike Stachura and E. Michael Johnson, have covered the golf equipment business for decades, and there are few who know the equipment industry better. We’ve asked
So far, so good. As the Waste Management Phoenix Open goes, the 2020 edition has been a fairly quiet affair. Or at least as quiet as you can get from a tournament that had north of 200,000 fans in attendance at TPC Scottsdale on Saturday and will no doubt have a lively crowd once more
9:31 AM ET Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has ended his five-and-a-half-year wait for a European Tour title with a victory at the Saudi International on Sunday. McDowell cared an up-and-down par 70 to finish 12 under for the tournament, two shots ahead of second place American Dustin Johnson. The 40-year-old Northern Irishman struggled to a