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.

Every weekend warrior wants to know how to increase club head speed for more distance, so the Rainmakers Golf crew asked top-ranked golf teacher Jake Thurm for some reliable tips! If there’s one ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Holing putts is a product of two key factors: line and speed. If one or the other ...