Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help raise your golf IQ and play smarter, better golf.

Shifting into the fundamentals that shape a reliable golf swing, we break down how different backswing arm positions ...

This video examines one of the biggest swing faults in golf: using the hands instead of the arms to control the swing. We break down how overactive hands ruin timing, cause inconsistent contact, and ...

A few weeks ago a reader of my Golf IQ newsletter (which you can sign up for via Golf Digest+ right here), asked an interesting question. He was worried, in short, that one of his arms was so weak ...

It’s easy to overcomplicate the golf swing, but in many ways, there’s no need to. The swing in many ways is a simple move: A big turn back, and another one through. Turn and turn; that’s the engine of ...

When you watch the Masters this year, you'll notice a few things. The emerald green fairways. The old school scoreboards. The azaleas. And maybe, even, the differing positions of players' right ...