It wasn’t until I took this job at GOLF last year that I got my first-ever golf lesson — and, to be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. Based in Seattle, I made the hour-long trek down to Chambers ...

I spend a lot of my teaching time with tour players and top college and junior players. As a result, I don’t get to spend as much time with beginning golfers as I once did. That’s one of the things I ...

Last week, my son participated in a week-long municipal golf camp which drew a real diversity of participants. He had been anticipating the experience for months: watching clips of highlights with me ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a couple dozen Tour players over the years and ...

In his younger days, Jarrod Douthitt was a casual golfer. In fact, he and his friends were the types to goof around on the course more than actually play the game. More recently, the 30-year veteran ...

In a world obsessed with spin and blame-shifting, golf offers something radical: a game built on self-policing honesty, personal accountability, and genuine respect for others. Look, I get it. When I ...

Out of all the problems Clevelanders have in the fall — burnt tongues from pumpkin spice coffee; Patagonia hoodies that smell like a fire pit; manic depression between 1 and 4:30 p.m. on Sundays — one ...