Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I’d always heard that Parker McLachlin, aka the Short Game Chef, was a genius ...

Watching the pros around the greens, you might be fooled into thinking these delicate little short-game shots are easy to execute. But if you’ve hit them? You know these shots are rarely as easy as ...

Join us for an insightful golf chipping lesson filmed in an indoor golf simulator setting. In this video, a golf coach guides ...

Most golfers are so focused on swing mechanics, especially to get more distance off the tee, that they don't spend near enough time working on their short games. Think about it: If you could be just a ...

Everything moves slower in the offseason, but don’t let this natural tendency toward torpor overtake you completely. You can maintain your game even if you feel more like a hibernating bear than The ...

Here’s a fact: If your golf swing doesn’t start right, there’s a high probability that your result will be poor. Unfortunately, most amateur and beginner golfers ignore this simple rule, and focus on ...

There are two primary schools of thought in golf today when it comes to pivot motion. One believes that during the backswing, you load by shifting your center to the right as you rotate, then return ...

One of the most popular golf swing killers is sliding in the backswing. For any golfer who regularly does this, you know that it opens up all sorts of issues in your swing sequence, leading to ...