Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Getting into good practice habits is crucial if you are serious about lowering ...

Golf sure is a hard sport, isn't it? Not only is it difficult to learn basic swing fundamentals, but even when you've gotten really good at that, you need to learn how to have proper aim and alignment ...

Premature tire replacement can cost $500-plus, but these warning signs help you catch alignment problems early. Replacing a full set of tires before their time feels like flushing money down the drain ...

At one point or another, most golfers go through a weird (and frustrating) stretch of slicing the ball over and over. Even when you think you’re doing everything the same as you normally did when you ...