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George Peper: We’re Out of Touch
Technology has made us better equipped, better fitted, better taught, better informed—and less talented
Can Video Games Help Your Golf Game?
A little virtual golf could have positive effects on your real-life play
George Peper: Self-Help…Help!
It’s hard looking at a video of your golf swing, even harder fixing what you see
The Top 10 Worst Golf Partners
The great thing about golf is that you can play with people of different abilities, unlike tennis, say, where your opponent has to be close to your ability for it to be enjoyable. But there are certain traits that every golfer should adhere to regardless of his or her handicap. The worst playing partners… 1) […]
Does a Shorter Driver Produce Better Drives?
For the past few months, I’ve knowingly been flouting the 14-club rule by carrying two drivers. In the March HOTLINKS, club expert Tom Wishon wrote that one key to “real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length”: A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter […]
Q&A with Arccos Golf CEO Sal Syed
Do you know the best and worst parts of your game? Not what you think they are, but the numbers that support your suspicions? While the pros get the hard facts—distances for each club, greens in regulation, putting tendencies—thanks to ShotLink, most amateurs are clueless as to how they really play. Being able to accurately […]
How to Hole More Short Putts
RAYMOND FLOYD 1998 First, you have to accept that there is nothing automatic about short putts; to make them takes good technique, concentration and discipline. Even when all those are adhered to, the odd one is going to lip out. Personally, I think there’s no better practice than hitting a lot of short putts in […]
In Defense of the Three-Ball
Threesomes in golf are held in just about the same regard as threesomes most elsewhere. It’s time for the trashing of troikas to stop.
Mastering Your Lob Wedge
SEVE BALLESTEROS 1988 I begin by positioning the ball forward in my stance, which ensures I get the full value of the loft of the clubface essential to producing softly hit, soft-landing shots. I spread my feet just slightly apart at the heels, with about 60 percent of my weight on my left side to […]
