Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges they ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Being able to shape the ball in both directions is a huge advantage when you get to the ...

Improving Golf Swing: Stronger Club Face and Swing Path Master your golf skills: Strengthen your club face, refine your backswing, and even out your swing path for better results. Tony Ruggiero gives ...

For most golfers, the swing path is one of the most misunderstood (yet most important) pieces of the golf swing puzzle. While most amateur or beginner golfers see their golf swing on film and think it ...

Align your shoulders slightly left of the target (for right-handed golfers). Opening your shoulders promotes an out-to-in swing path. When your swing is moving to the left of your clubface, the ball ...

“There’s a couple things that we need to do in order to hit that power fade,” Stickney tells me. “Number one, we need to have our body lined up facing more leftward [for a right-handed golfer], which ...

Many tour players, like 2023 U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Clark, find a fade easier to control than a draw, especially with the driver. And we’re not talking weak slices—if you do it right, there’s no ...