Most golfers struggle with compression because the downswing sequence is out of order. Spinning the body too early forces the ...

When you watch high-level golfers hit their irons, you’ll notice they typically take a chunk of the ground with them. That’s because when they are hitting the ball, they’re also hitting the ground, ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. If you want to hit crisp iron shots, you have to make ball-first contact. When you do ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Hitting a golf ball consistently on the center of the face is hard. That’s no ...

Elite ball-strikers in golf hit iron shots that just sound different than most amateur or beginner golfers. That's because they know how to compress it for crisp and powerful contact. Meanwhile, most ...

The two-time major champion says that simply correcting this issue can instantly help you compress iron shots for purer contact. While it’s impossible to fix everything all at once, the first order of ...