Is a little pause at the top of your backswing the ticket to improved ball striking? GOLF Top 100 Teacher Tim Cooke explains.

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Finding the correct positions during your backswing is crucial for your ...

The setup is critical to allowing the club and body to move properly in the backswing. On tour, nearly every player starts with a soft trail arm. The right elbow for right-handers is slightly bent at ...

Most golf instructors focus on improving a player's backswing because a lot of flaws in the downswing occur as a result of starting from a bad position at the top, says David Leadbetter, one of Golf ...