How to Hit a Golf Ball Farther

Every golfer wants more distance, and most of us chase it in the wrong place. We buy a new driver, tinker with the grip, or swing out of our shoes hoping to muscle the ball an extra ten yards. Real distance comes from a short list of things done well: how fast the...

How to Stop Hitting the Ball Fat (Chunking)

Few shots feel worse than the fat one. You commit to the swing, the clubhead thuds into the turf an inch or two behind the ball, and what should have been a crisp 150-yard iron dribbles out to 90. Golfers call it hitting it fat, chunking, or hitting it heavy, and it...

How to Stop Topping the Golf Ball

Few shots feel worse than a top. You make what feels like a decent swing, and the ball skitters along the ground barely past the forward tees, or dribbles off the tee box while your playing partners study their shoes. The good news is that topping is one of the most...

How to Stop Shanking (Fix the Shanks)

Few misses rattle a golfer like the shank. One swing feels fine, the ball rockets almost sideways off to the right (for a right-hander), and suddenly you’re scared to make contact at all. The good news, and it’s genuinely good news, is that the shank is...

How to Fix a Hook in Golf

A hook can be a strange miss to own. One day the ball is drilling low and left into trouble, the next it looks almost powerful until it dives off the fairway at the last second. If you fight a hook, you probably already hit it a long way and have decent hands. The...

How to Break 80 in Golf

Breaking 80 is the line where recreational golf starts to look like real golf. Shoot 79 on a par-72 course and you have averaged better than a bogey a hole for eighteen straight holes. That is a different task from breaking 90. You cannot bogey your way to a 79. You...