When you watch high-level golfers hit their irons, you’ll notice they typically take a chunk of the ground with them. That’s because when they are hitting the ball, they’re also hitting the ground, ...

Many golfers struggle to compress their iron shots because the low point of their swing occurs behind the golf ball. For ...

It was dark outside, and after a long day, Rory McIlroy grabbed a wedge from his bag. "I haven't seen the ball flight in two weeks," Rory told me, "so this should be fun." The ball flight itself ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Hitting iron shots that soar high in the air and land soft on the green is ...

Your lead arm bends at impact. Your elbow folds. Your wrist cups. You’re scooping instead of compressing. The so-called ...

Your swings felt fine on the range but when you watched the video, your hips were moving toward the ball, your chest was ...

There is a sound a perfectly struck golf shot makes – a striped drive or a crisp iron that never leaves the target. There, too, is the perfectly struck baseball, right off the sweet spot – a laser ...