Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. When you watch pros and other high-level golfers hit the ball, you’ll notice they ...

When your ball settles deep in the rough, it's easy to feel like there's no good way to make solid contact. You swing harder, but the club still seems to grab and twist in the grass. According to ...

Start with your feet together. Widen your stance by taking small steps with each foot. The ball should be just forward of the middle of your stance. Your stance with an iron should be narrow. Keep ...

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, ...