One of the reasons I started Practical Golf was to help put an end to the myths and misinformation that golfers spread amongst themselves. Game improvement advice is often like a game of telephone from your childhood – by the time it reaches you, the information is not very…

A lot of us are going to be spending more time at home than ever. In an attempt to help many of you keep busy, I created a guide with various ways you can practice golf at home. I’ll focus on three main categories – putting, full shots, and wedge play. Not everyone will have…

You just bought a launch monitor, now what? Many golfers struggle with how to use their new gadgets. Well, I’m here to help. The goal of this article is to help amateur players analyze data they receive from launch monitors, and how to develop better practice habits utilizin…

Wedge play is one of the more unique areas of golf compared to approach shots and tee shots. Your practice should reflect those differences. This is an area of golf that can quickly lower scores for players of all levels. It can help you save more pars, but more importantly,…

Most golfers want to know how to add distance to their game, and they should. Hitting it farther gives you a better opportunity to post lower scores. How can you do it? In my opinion, having a laser-sharp focus on increasing your golf ball speed is the way to get it done. In…

Golfers tend to gravitate towards extremes with how they approach the game. Some players are always on the search for new answers, and their game is one big continual experiment. Others stand completely still and stick with what they’ve got. I want to explore why gravitating…

One of the significant innovations in golf equipment in recent memory is driver adjustability. Almost every manufacturer now offers drivers (and other clubs) that allow you to change the loft, or move around the center of gravity with weights. Like any technology, there are…

The club you select to hit off the tee can have a significant impact on your expected score on any given hole. As golfers, we are continually challenged by the course and our own abilities to make the optimal selection. For many, the choice comes down to what they perceive a…

The title of this article is a bit absurd. I’m sure most of you are thinking, “of course I’m never going to swing it like Rory McIlroy!” When it’s phrased that way, it’s easy to come to that conclusion. However, if you saw an article entitled, Rory McIlroy’s 5 Keys To Rip Yo…

Before I started Practical Golf in 2015, I didn’t know much about golf clubs and how they worked. If anything, I was naive about the topic in general and fell victim to many of the same myths that most golfers believe in. While I don’t consider myself a gearhead, I’ve been f…

Traditional golf statistics do not give a complete picture of your performance on the course. They’re a good starting point, but stats like putts per round can be misleading. In this article, I want to focus on why fairways hit is an incomplete statistic. Tee shot performanc…

A couple of months ago, I was talking with a friend who is a teaching pro. One of his students, who he has been giving lessons to for months, came in the pro shop. The golfer pulled out his phone and showed my buddy a few Instagram accounts he was following. He asked if he s…