Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Alignment sticks are some of the simplest — and most useful — training aids out ...

Hitting a bad shot isn’t always a result of a bad swing. Sometimes your ball finds the water because you were aiming there — you just didn’t know it. Making sure you’re aligned correctly to your ...

Having a strong posture and an athletic rotation will help you generate more power in the golf swing. While it can be tough for many amateurs to maintain consistency with each shot, GOLF Top 100 ...

As a new golfer, everything feels overwhelming. You’ll hear advice from everyone—friends, instructors, YouTube—a lot of which ...

CHASKA, MINN. — Go ahead, name the fundamentals of a good golf swing. How long did it take until you said alignment? Along with grip and posture, instructors and professionals have long preached ...

Walking along the range at the U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster, the most popular training aid was obvious. Alignment sticks were everywhere. At one point, there were 19 women hitting balls on the range ...

Standard driving range routines rarely lead to meaningful golf improvement, with golf practice usually being a time suck. Alternatives include virtual lessons, training aids, mirror drills, and par-3 ...

Tommy Fleetwood’s go-to drill is simple. He grabs an alignment stick, lines it up with the angle of his shaft and sticks it in a device called the Swing Plane Perfector. This gives him visual feedback ...