Technique

Stableford scoring is golf scored as points, not total strokes. You still play each hole properly, but a bad hole stops hurting once you can no longer score a point,…

For a mid-handicapper, how to break 90 golf comes down to refusing to donate shots. If you can keep the ball in play, avoid the heroic recovery, and turn half…

Getting out of a greenside bunker is less about strength and more about setup, sand contact and nerve. If you learn how to hit out of bunker trouble with a…

Learning how to hit driver straight is less about swinging harder and more about making the clubface boringly predictable. If the face is open at impact, the ball starts right…

You’ve been invited to a match play competition at your club, you’ve only ever played stroke play, and the rules are different enough that you’re going to embarrass yourself if…

Your mate at work just told you golf isn’t a real sport. He reckons it’s an excuse to walk slowly across a field, hit a ball occasionally, and drink in…

Someone in your fourball just shouted “birdie!” and high-fived his caddie while you quietly wrote “5” on your scorecard wondering whether that is good or bad for a par 4.…

You arrive at the first tee, pull the driver out of the bag, take one half-hearted practice swing, and launch your opening drive into the trees on the right. Your…

You’re standing over a 12-foot putt. You’ve hit a beautiful approach shot to get here, and now the flatstick needs to finish the job. You stare at the line, take…

You hit 80 balls at the driving range, felt good about three of them, posted a photo on Instagram, and drove home. That’s not practice — that’s entertainment. There’s nothing…