Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Most golfers think of the golf swing in pretty binary terms — a backswing and a ...

The vast majority of golfers have their lead arm bend or collapse during the backswing. This is something that many golfers know they do but have a tough time actually correcting. The reason for this ...

If you want to build the perfect golf swing you have to analyse the best traits of the greatest golfers - so we asked one of ...

With good reason, a lot of amateur golfers solely focus on their backswing when trying to improve their swing, trying to master the perfect takeaway in order to stay on plane all the way through ...

Many golfers have swing tendencies that, no matter how hard they try, they can’t get rid of. That’s why in this Golf Digest+ series, Matchmakers, Golf Digest No. 1 Teacher in America Mark Blackburn is ...

There are several key factors to consider when learning how to start the backswing in golf, especially as the combination of ...

Many average golfers struggle with their ball-striking because they don’t understand how to properly sequence their backswing. Oftentimes, the club gets out of position early in the takeaway and a ...

In the hours after his opening-round 78, Justin Thomas was on the TPC Sawgrass driving range, figuring out what had just happened. On those odd occasions when Golf Channel clipped to him and he wasn't ...

You're probably looking at the wrong part of your golf swing. It's only natural when you watch a golf swing—either your own, or a pro's—to look at what the club is doing. That's the most important ...