The intense management practices utilized during USGA championships are neither practical nor desirable for daily play. Nor is the intensive monitoring utilized throughout the championship to ensure ...

You hit a good approach shot to 25 feet and leave your first putt eight feet short. Next hole, similar distance, and you blow ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Speed control is the most important ingredient in putting. If you have the proper touch ...

Maintaining appropriate putting green speeds is challenging because it involves both science and subjectivity. Green speed can also be a very emotional subject among golfers. Some see faster green ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. One of the key ingredients in good putting is proper speed. If you can roll a putt ...

What aspect of a golf course’s condition do you remember most? For many golfers, it’s the speed of the greens. This traditional narrative holds that nice courses have fast greens and bad courses have ...

Syracuse, NY -- Caroline Larsson did not hesitate. When asked to compare the venue for this year's Alliance Bank Golf Classic to last year's site, she endorsed Drumlins Country Club without pausing to ...