There are a lot of beginner tips that players must understand before picking up the game of golf. But the most obvious is the proper grip, which will, ultimately, determine how efficient a player hits ...

I'd resisted booking a golf lesson for ages, but one simple drill from a Top 50 coach provided instant results and I'm now wondering why I put it ...

If your golf practice routine only consists of hitting a bucket of balls on the driving range, well, you're probably not actually improving. Look, I don't have a gripe against driving ranges — after ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a game improvement column and podcast from editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf. Golf is a game of misses. We’ve all heard that cliche, because it’s ...

"Social distancing" sounds like an ominous outcome for face-to-face golf instruction, at least in the near term. But just because you can't be physically present in the practice area with a coach ...

I spend a lot of my teaching time with tour players and top college and junior players. As a result, I don’t get to spend as much time with beginning golfers as I once did. That’s one of the things I ...

Playing golf requires acquiring a skill set and understanding the rules that make the game enjoyable. The sport may seem intimidating at first, but gaining knowledge of the primary rules at a basic ...

Over the past couple of decades, the game of golf has seen a drop in play with fewer kids taking up the sport. Kelly McCammon, founder and CEO of the Payne Stewart Kids Golf Foundation, is looking to ...

Whether golfers are new to the game or have been swinging clubs for years, Tyrone Van Aswegen, owner of Assimilation Golf in McKinney, brings decades of professional experience that he uses alongside ...