Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Having proper golf alignment is essential for executing a good shot, so why do so many ...

Top-rated golf teacher Ryan Young shares an easy hack to help improve your aim and alignment off the tee. Amateur golfers often focus on general areas instead of precise targets when it comes to their ...

We all have hit the shot of our life but accidentally lined up to the wrong target. It is simply heartbreaking. This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates a way to ...

Golf Digest’s Luke Kerr-Dineen, a scratch golfer, has a confession: “I am one of those amateur golfers who sucks at aiming,” he tells me on the latest episode of the Golf IQ podcast. Seeing that Luke ...

Stand on the target line so the ball between you and the target. Assess where the trouble is and determine the widest safe area for your shot. Find a specific spot in the middle of that safe area to ...