Here's a fact: If your golf swing doesn't start right, there's a high probability that your result will be poor. Unfortunately, most amateur and beginner golfers ignore this simple rule, and focus on ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I’d always heard that Parker McLachlin, aka the Short Game Chef, was a genius ...

Watching the pros around the greens, you might be fooled into thinking these delicate little short-game shots are easy to execute. But if you’ve hit them? You know these shots are rarely as easy as ...

There are so many technical aspects when it comes to the short game, and if you forget about just one of them, you could add a handful of unnecessary strokes. When it comes to mastering distance ...