Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Just about every beginning golfer struggle with the same miss when they first ...

Ask 100 amateur golfers what their biggest problem is on the golf course, and I’d bet 90 percent would say it’s slicing the golf ball. But just because slicing is what most of us struggle with doesn’t ...

Welcome to GOLF's Top 100 Teacher roundtable, where some of the best instructors in the business answer the game's most ...

A slice is caused by a mismatch between clubface and swing path at impact. Many golfers try to fix the swing instead of ...

If you’re tired of hitting weak slices, I get it, but the fix isn’t as complicated as you might imagine. Let’s simplify things. Every slice is caused by the same thing: the clubface is open in ...

Swinging back flat creates an instinct to re-route onto a steeper downswing The opposite—a steeper backswing—discourages any re-routing Focus on your setup and takeaway to promote a steeper backswing ...