Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Mis-hitting your driver is inevitable. Unless you are a pro (or a very high-level ...

Let’s start with what it’s not. For one, it does not require you setting your driver in -2 with an open face, Fujikura Ventus Black TX shaft, tipped 2 inches, etc. That’s not how this is done. That’s ...

Most people's favorite part of the game of golf is hitting the driver with all their might with hopes it travels 300 yards. If you are like me, that often results in a ball that slices over to the ...

It was like someone had asked LPGA Tour player Christina Kim whether she would rather putt with her sand wedge, holding it in her teeth. Hit 3-wood off the tee? Why on earth would anyone do that? The ...

Padraig Harrington says he's 276 yards out, the carry to safety is 240, and there's a breeze. Seemingly winking at him is the DOD. Driver off the deck time, right? Time to pull the head cover off the ...

At the Genesis Open last week, Rory McIlroy hit a shot that was maybe, probably, quite literally perfect. It came during the second round. After Tiger sent one of his new go-to cuts 385 yards down the ...

In advance of the Genesis Scottish Open, Rory McIlroy experimented with an old persimmon wood driver on the driving range at the Renaissance Club. And the results, while not a surprise, were again an ...

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