Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. The first move in any golf swing — the takeaway — is absolutely crucial. What you ...

In this comprehensive golf lesson, a professional golf instructor demonstrates a simple yet highly effective golf backswing drill you can practice at home or in a simulator. This golf posture drill ...

One of the biggest challenges recreational golfers face is maintaining their posture throughout the swing. Standing up out of the shot — also known as “losing your incline to the ground” — leads to ...

Most golf instructors focus on improving a player's backswing because a lot of flaws in the downswing occur as a result of starting from a bad position at the top, says David Leadbetter, one of Golf ...