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Few shots in golf are as alarming as the shank. The ball shoots off almost sideways, low and to the right (for a right-handed golfer), often after an ugly clatter off the hosel. One shank tends to…
Watch a good golfer swing and the word that comes to mind is often "effortless". The club moves smoothly back, changes direction without a jerk and accelerates through the ball, yet the ball flies a…
Good golf starts before the club moves. Your posture at address sets the angles your swing will follow, and it affects your balance, your ability to turn and the consistency of your strike. Many…
Ball position is one of the simplest parts of the golf set-up, and one of the most often overlooked. If the ball is too far back or forward in your stance, even a good swing can produce thin, fat…
Every golfer ends up in trouble: behind a tree, buried in long grass, sitting in a divot or on bare, hard ground. What separates good scores from bad ones is not avoiding trouble altogether, but…
Once you can hit the ball reasonably straight, the next step is learning to curve it on purpose. A draw curves gently from right to left; a fade curves gently from left to right (for right-handed…
The driving range is flat. The golf course rarely is. On most courses, a large share of your shots are played from slopes: the ball above or below your feet, or your stance uphill or downhill. Each…
"Release the club" is one of the most common pieces of golf advice, and one of the most misunderstood. Some golfers flick their wrists at the ball from the top of the swing; others hold on so tightly…
Ask a group of club golfers where they are aiming and most will point at the flag. Lay a club along their toes and step behind them, and the story is often different: many are aimed well right of the…
The driver is the longest, lowest-lofted and least forgiving club in your bag — and the one most golfers would most like to hit well. A good drive sets up the whole hole: a short iron into the green…
For many golfers, a slight draw — a shot that curves gently from right to left for a right-hander — is the dream ball flight. It flies powerfully, runs on landing and looks like the shot of a good…
There is no better feeling in golf than a pure strike: the soft click of the ball compressed against the clubface, a shallow divot in front of where the ball sat and a shot that flies exactly as you…
