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[ad_1] Dustin Johnson didn’t have the major championship season he wanted, but he made it clear he thinks a FedEx Cup would look nice on his mantel with a final-round 66 and playoff win at the Northern Trust. Johnson used both power and touch to catch Jordan Spieth — power in the form of routine […]

[ad_1] On the Tuesday of U.S. Open week, I was with my short-game coach, Pete Cowen. He pulled me aside and said he wouldn’t work with me until we talked. That’s when he told me there was no way I could win the way I was going about things. It was harsh, but I’m the

[ad_1] TEE SHOTSYou’re facing the most important drive of the round—or maybe your life—and you gotta find the fairway. What do you do? Here’s what you don’t do: Don’t make a short, wristy swing and try to steer it in play. I’ve seen a lot of golfers suddenly change their driver swing when the pressure’s

[ad_1] Who had a better year than Stew Hagestad? Low amateur at the Masters (tied for 36th overall) and a qualifier for his first U.S. Open, with a large throng of friends and family cheering him on at each. Only 26, Hagestad would appear ready to give the pro ranks a shot and make such

[ad_1] You’re going along playing well, and then the wheels start to rattle. You hit some loose shots and three-putt once or twice, and now it feels like another mistake will end your round. You can tell yourself to stay calm, but in these situations you can control your mind only so much. Some shots,

[ad_1] From freestyle wrestlers to power forwards to pulling guards, athletes in virtually every sport use their lower bodies to generate leverage. They in turn use that leverage to create powerful action. Golfers are no different. The muscles of the legs, hips and butt are tremendous power generators—if they’re employed correctly. LRV is the acronym

[ad_1] Pure shots feel way different than mis-hits, obviously, but what exactly is the cause of all those bladed shots and weak grounders? It’s probably your shoulders. Shoulder tilt is the inclination in relationship to the ground. Looking at the illustrations above, if you drew a line across the top of my shoulders, it’s the

[ad_1] Earlier this year I was struggling with my consistency on short shots around the green like you see me hitting here. My contact wasn’t great. Then one day at the Farmers Insurance Open, my coach, Sean Foley, was demo-ing the right way to hit them. He has some tattoos on the inside of his

[ad_1] Maybe you only sometimes hit that big slider to the right off the tee, or maybe you fear it every time you step up. Whatever the case, a slice happens when the clubface is open to the path of the swing at impact. The move that typically leaves the face open is the back

[ad_1] Maybe you only sometimes hit that big slider to the right off the tee, or maybe you fear it every time you step up. Whatever the case, a slice happens when the clubface is open to the path of the swing at impact. The move that typically leaves the face open is the back

[ad_1] It can be awfully frustrating when you read a putt perfectly, give it a confident rap and then see it roll nowhere near the line you picked. This is a case of the putterface not being square to your intended line when you hit the ball. Face alignment is, by miles, the biggest influencer

[ad_1] It’s hard to pick what jumps out at you more when you watch Lexi Thompson–the actual jumping she does at impact, or the pyrotechnics of her golf game. She showed off both at the Solheim Cup, playing a seven hole stretch in eight under in her match against Anna Nordqvist to go from 4-down

[ad_1] I was supposed to represent Team Europe in my ninth Solheim Cup, Aug. 18-20 at Des Moines Golf and Country Club before an injury forced me to withdraw. Team USA has won nine of the 14 previous battles, but I’ve held my own with a record of 16-11-6. There’s something about match play that

[ad_1] Part of what makes professional golf relatable is seeing players go through some of the same struggles we do every weekend. It also helps when you see somebody not built like a superhero do amazing things. Cue Justin Thomas at the PGA. The pocket-sized first-time major champion is listed at 5-foot-10, 145 pounds (and

[ad_1] Ask golfers what’s wrong with their games, and you have to realize you’re chucking live grenades. Run the other way. Most golfers—think of the guy who takes you through his last round blow by blow—are rather self-obsessed. If you listen closely to their gripes, you’ll find they all want one thing: consistency. Granted, that

[ad_1] The trophy Hideki Matsuyama received for winning the WGC Bridgestone Invitational looked just like the one they’ve been giving out to all of the previous winners, but on Sunday, Matsuyama was playing a different game. Trailing third-round leaders Thomas Pieters and Zach Johnson by two, Matsuyama erupted for seven birdies and an eagle to

[ad_1] Something about Glen Abbey agrees with Jhonattan Vegas. For the second straight year, Vegas scorched the RBC Canadian Open track in the final round. Last year, it was a 64 to beat Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Martin Laird by a shot. This weekend, Vegas put a 65 on the board to catch third-round

[ad_1] Something about Glen Abbey agrees with Jhonattan Vegas. For the second straight year, Vegas scorched the RBC Canadian Open track in the final round. Last year, it was a 64 to beat Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Martin Laird by a shot. This weekend, Vegas put a 65 on the board to catch third-round

[ad_1] Have you ever been in a pressure situation on the green, trying to save par or drop a need-to-make bogey putt, and just not been able to make it happen? If you’re struggling to make putts under pressure, you might be making a really common mistake: you’re changing the tempo of your putting stroke.

[ad_1] Have you ever been in a pressure situation on the green, trying to save par or drop a need-to-make bogey putt, and just not been able to make it happen? If you’re struggling to make putts under pressure, you might be making a really common mistake: you’re changing the tempo of your putting stroke.