Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Alignment sticks are some of the simplest — and most useful — training aids out ...

Many golfers think marking your ball is illegal, yet that’s not true. We know it’s illegal to use alignment sticks on the ...

One of the most difficult aspects of golf is that the solutions to many of our misses are counterintuitive. Once we understand what causes our worst shots and how to fix them, we realize that the key ...