Course Strategy - Golf Tips and Videos

Controlling the course stems from controlling the ball, club, body and mind

Despite equipment advances, many of golf's grand stages still present a hefty challenge. Sure, some of them have...

Every good golfer knows that golf is not all about mechanics. There is a strategy to playing the game, and the...

Nothing beats a round of golf played on a warm, sunny day. But summer doesn't last forever, which means that at...

While the unfamiliarity of a new course may be your primary concern on your next golf vacation, you should consider...

On difficult greens create a red light, yellow light and green light section and play your shot according to the...

Golf is a game of variables. Changing weather and course conditions, among other things, means that no two rounds--in...

According to the USGA's Rules of Golf, water and bunkers are the official hazards of the game, but a golf course...

Good golf isn't purely about perfect mechanics; it's also largely about strategy. Fortunately, using your smarts...

Anyone remotely familiar with American golf instantly recognizes the finishing hole at the Harbour Town Golf Links...

Have the clubface aiming where you want the ball to end up and take your stance aiming at where you want the ball...

In honor of the 100th installment of the U. S. Open at famed Pebble Beach, we thought we'd pick apart the course's...

There's a world to be learned from women's golf. You need to look past the one time you got caught behind a slow...

When in a bunker planning strategy is just as important as technique, look for your easiest out, the fat of the...

Traversing the course in as few strokes as possible requires knowledge of golf's intangibles--the little things...

The Sun. Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't. This day star of ours dominates the entire planetary system....

Approach each hole with a game plan on how to play it, breaking down each shot so that it becomes more mentally manageable

With today's new equipment, many of you are probably hitting the ball longer than ever but mysteriously maintaining...

When deciding the appropriate line of play off of the tee, remember to favor the odds. Attempting the "optimistic"...

If you're planning a golf vacation this winter, be prepared to face a course element common to most tracks in...

There is a huge gap in natural ability between the novice and the professional. Yet as a golf instructor and PGA...

The architect designs the course with many subtle tricks that you must always be on the look out for, as exemplified...

Part of becoming a great golfer is learning to control what you can and release any frustration over what you...

Recreation golfers who play the game for fun might not have the same level of talent or time to invest in the...

Why do many golfers opt for high-risk shots? Perhaps it is the excitement of gambling and coming up with a winner....

Work from the tee-box to the fairway and then to the green

Sometimes when you play too safe with one shot, you set yourself up for an extremely difficult and dangerous next...

When just off the green try your 3-wood to get a little air and a lot of roll

To me, playing golf is like painting. It takes all kinds of brushstrokes to complete a picture--long, colorful...

The well-worn clichΘ "drive for show, putt for dough" is familiar to most golfers, but heeded by few. Hitting...

Steve Bann proves to us that not even the best players can prove the adage that trees are 90% air

The first weapon I suggest adding to your arsenal that I guarantee will save you strokes immediately is a simple...

Golf course designers place hazards on their courses to penalize you for hitting errant shots. Fairway bunkers...

When you have a clear path to the green from 40 yards try chipping the ball on the ground rather than pitching it in the air

Close the clubface and let the toe of the club dig into the sand, the ball go in the direction of the sand not the clubface

When you are buried in deep rough just off the green try this great trick to always get the ball on the putting surface

Use a club that will allow you to land the ball in a consistent spot on the green and roll to the hole

PGA Pros know the exact distance that they hit each club and you should as well, go out to the range when it is...

Fill out a concentration scorecard after every round to improve your concentration skills

Use your negative emotions to fuel positive strategies and swing thoughts

When trouble comes a-knockin', you've got to know there's a way out. That's why we've assembled these tips to...

On tight driving holes a 3-wood may be a better play than a driver

When you slice a drive, duff a chip or miss a three-foot putt, do you ever think that your breakfast might be...

Most golfers learn the golf swing by trial and error. As a result, most golf swings are a patchwork of compensations...

Your choice of shot is dependent on what kind of lie you have in the bunker and how high the lip is

Many golfers, in an effort to keep up their round moving along, will shortcut their preshot routine--often to...

Remember to keep it simple and be conservative in the rough, if there is a lot of grass between the ball and the...

When given the opportunity to choose between an aggressive, "go for it" play or laying back and playing it safe,...

Utilize the bounce of the club, square the clubface and body line and play it like a pitch shot

Take your club back at a steeper angle to create a descending blow

What's your most important piece of golf equipment? Your putter? Driver? Sand wedge? According to Wally Goodwin,...

Use a steeper swing with a slightly open clubface, but make sure you get back on the fairway

Get your yardage, take an extra club, verify that you can clear the lip in front of you, grip down, dig your feet...

Take a lower lofted club, play the ball back in your stance and choke down

Play the ball back, aim right, close your clubface and swing inside out

For most mid-to high-handicappers, nary a round goes by without incurring the need to drop. Dropping a golf ball...

As we all know, most strokes in golf are lost within 100 yards of the green. Of those strokes, more are wasted...

Keep the club face square to the target and play it like a pitch shot

Preparing for every shot is one of the most common differences between Tour Players and amateurs, not thinking...

It seems the notion of working the ball--of intentionally curving the ball left-to-right or right-to-left--is...

We should all strive for the lowest maintenance swing possible. The one plane swing is excellent in this regard...

Find out Hank Haney`s philosophy of teaching golf by analyzing your ball flight

Make golf more enjoyable and play better by playing like the pros, try teeing it up from the shorter tees so that...

Playing in the wind is an essential part of golf, adjust your attitude and use these tips to enjoy creating the shot

Let the mind envision what it wants the body to do

Transferring your practice and energy on to actual course improvement is very difficult, so it is critical that...

Most of the amateur golfers I know watch Tour professionals with a sense of awe. They marvel at their power, precision...

To play your best golf, it's important to have quality fundamentals. One of the most critical fundamentals is...

Many amateurs tend to give a lot of attention to their swing mechanics on the practice tee. There will always...

If you find yourself faced with an obstacle between your ball and the green, your first priority has to be getting...

There are two ways to practice the short game. First are how-to shots, where you learn how to control trajectory...

When the ball is below your feet adjust for the change in your arc and shift in your weight

Use your regular swing but aim to the right and open the clubface

Strange things happen to smart people when they get on a golf course. Delusions of grandeur often force even the...

Create a workshop away from the ball where all your thinking is done

As straight as he hits it, Lee Trevino hasn't spent much time in the woods, but even he lands in jail once in...

So what is Total Driving? According to the PGA Tour, it's how long and accurate a player is off the tee. It's...

Whether your skills are strictly amateur or allow you to keep pace with any single-digit handicapper, you'll never...

Changes in club, ball, and shaft technology have increased distance, but it is still the player that must deliver...

Use visualization to prepare your muscles to perform and enhance your course strategy

Tee it up on the same side as the trouble

When you hit your approach shots try to get them to land in The Box which is three yards in front and behind the...

Create an imaginary wall from the tee to the middle of the fairway to cover the side where the trouble lies

Don't always pitch the ball when you have a bunker between you and the green, if the pin is in the back of the...

Course management is one of the most important keys to lowering your scores, knowing how to address potential...

Do not make tough bunker shots harder than they already are, when faced with a deep bunker with high lips play...

When you find yourself in trouble look around to find the different routes you can get out and pick the one that...

Teaching juniors how to hit a downhill lie is as simple as aligning shoulders with the slope

Just three years ago, Nick Faldo was one of the most feared competitors in the game, especially in head-to-head,...

While it's important to be positive on the golf course at all times, I believe it's doubly important to be so...

The ability to salvage par from a difficult situation around the green often is the difference between contending...

Many golfers are unaware that backspin fights off sidespin. That is, the more your ball launches with proper backspin,...

The key with hardpan lies is to clean out all the loose debris around the ball and then set up to make a more...

You probably know that you'll produce very poor shots if you hit too high or too low on the clubface. What you...

Make a line on the practice green so that you can start your putts on the correct line that allows for the break...

Modern golf training techniques were introduced to the sport by Greg Norman who was the first to treat golf like...

Nutritional and neuroscience research has added considerably to our understanding of our physical performance,...

Do not assume that every par four and five is a driver, you need to tee off with the club that is going to leave...

When playing a par three bring the club you think you should hit and then one club on either side of it, then...

Play a shot on pine needles two ways depending on where the flag is, if you have room to roll it play it like...