You line up what looks like a straight putt, strike it well, and watch it slide past the right edge of the cup anyway. The stroke felt fine. The speed felt fine. And yet the ball never had a chance,...

Every golfer knows the feeling. You stand over an iron shot, tell yourself to "help it up," and the result is a thin dart that skips across the green or a fat chunk that dies twenty yards short. The...

Almost every golfer has hit it: a shot that starts out promising, then peels weakly off to the right and lands well short of where it should. It is one of the most common misses in the game, and also...

Watch a group of golfers hit the driving range and you'll notice something strange: a lot of them stop watching their own shot halfway through its flight. They glance up at impact, catch the first...

Watch any group of golfers finish a swing and you'll see the difference immediately. Some hold a tall, balanced pose with their chest facing the target, still as a statue. Others stumble a step,...

Stand over enough golf shots and you'll eventually catch yourself doing it: picking a shot, starting the swing, and changing your mind halfway through. The result is almost never good, a hybrid of...