Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. There’s a lot that can go wrong during your swing. If you’ve ever played golf, ...

If you watch a lot of pro swings online, either face-on or down-the-line like I’m pictured, you’ll realize — or at least I have — that they all reach the same delivery position, or the moment just ...

Just like it is for the Club Hot List, the Golf Ball Hot List is determined through two primary criteria: Performance and Innovation. In the Golf Ball Hot List, the Performance score is assessed by ...

Four-ball better-ball is a very popular format in the amateur game, but it's also used at some of the biggest team events in golf ...

In stroke play, hitting a wrong ball incurs a two-stroke penalty. Then you must correct by playing your own ball (or proceed ...