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Beginner Golf
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Best Golf Books for Improving Your Game (2026)
Six golf books that target what is actually costing you shots: mental game, swing basics, strategy, course play, short game, and the fundamentals.
Golf Formats Explained
Stroke play, match play, Stableford, and scrambles: the scoring, handicap allowance, and strategy for each.
How to Hit a Fairway Wood Off the Ground
You can smash a 3-wood off a tee. Put the same club on the turf and the ball comes out low and hot, or skims off the top of
How to Set Ball Position for Every Club
Ball position isn't a single spot you set once and reuse for every club in the bag. It moves, club to club, because the goal never changes: get
The Golf Rules That Cost Weekend Golfers the Most Strokes
And the free relief most players leave on the table.
How to Clean Your Golf Clubs
A dirty groove face costs you spin before you even make a bad swing. Golf Digest's March 2026 testing found that a dirty groove face alone causes a
How to Know Your Real Iron Distances (No Launch Monitor)
Most golfers don't actually know their iron distances. They know their best one. Ask a 15 handicapper how far their 7-iron goes and you'll get
Which Tees Should You Actually Play?
* Most amateurs play too far back. Comparing self-reported skill to national driving-distance data shows a big gap between where most golfers tee it up and where the numbers
5 Best Golf Drivers for Mid and High Handicappers in 2026
Five 2026 drivers built to bail out mishits rather than reward a perfect strike, ranked from budget-friendly to premium so golfers at every stage of the forgiveness spectrum have a real option.
How to Find Your Tightest Link
Three quick self-screens for thoracic, hip, and ankle mobility that show exactly where you're restricted, and the swing fault each one is already causing.
How to Aim and Align Correctly in Golf
Learn how to aim your clubface and body correctly at address, with the parallel-lines setup method and fixes for the most common alignment faults.
How to Grip a Golf Club: The 3 Grips and How to Pick Yours
Interlocking, overlapping, and ten-finger: how to build each grip correctly, and what your hand size and strength say about which one fits.
How to Compress the Golf Ball with Your Irons
Most iron shots that go fat, thin, or weakly airborne share the same root: the club's lowest point arrives at or behind the ball instead of 2 to
Srixon Soft Feel Review: Built for Most Golfers
The Srixon Soft Feel is the right ball for a large share of recreational golfers: compression 60, a two-piece FastLayer core designed to maximize distance for moderate swing speeds,
How to Hit a Bunker Shot: Get Out Every Time
Most bunker shots fail because the swing decelerates before impact. Open the clubface before you grip the club, aim your stance left of the target, enter the sand 2 inches
Best Game-Improvement Irons for High Handicappers (2026)
If your handicap sits between 10 and 18, the mid-handicap iron guide is the right starting point. The clubs on that list are built for different priorities: less offset,
How to Break 100 With the Swing You Already Have
Breaking 100 is a strategy problem, not a swing problem. The data on where 100+ golfers lose strokes points to big-number holes, three-putts, and short-game decisions inside 100 yards, not driving distance.
Golf Equipment for Beginners: What to Buy First
Beginner golf equipment guide: the five things to buy first, including sets, balls, gloves, shoes. 3.3M new golfers start every year: here's the smart kit.
What Is a Golf Handicap? The Complete Beginner's Guide
Your golf Handicap Index is built from 8 of your last 20 rounds. Here's how the formula works, how to get one in 3 rounds, and why it matters.