A solid pre-shot routine is often talked about in the game of golf. Routines and rituals are an important aspect of every sport and in fact, we all have routines and rituals in our daily lives as well ...

GOLF Top 100 Teacher Christopher Smith, a Guinness World Record holder in speed golf, says recreational golfers can enhance ball striking by adopting a quicker, more consistent pre-shot routine. His ...

Most recreational golfers don’t have much of a pre-shot routine. They simply step up to the ball and hit it. There’s no structure or consistency in what they do in the moments before their swing. Then ...

There’s nothing that gets golf fans riled up like slow play. Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay and Brian Harman have become public enemy number one in the men’s game because of how long it takes them ...

Ask any serious golfer and he's sure to tell you, "Yep, golfers are pretty much freaks." Why this candid response? While golfers may look the model of collectedness on the outside, what is going on in ...

A women's golfer at the Augusta National amateur tournament is getting ripped for her pre-shot routine this week. Bailey Shoemaker, a junior at USC and the 68th-ranked amateur women's golfer, is ...

Sei Young Kim fired a 10-under 62 in the opening round of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea this past week. That scorching number set up a wire-to-wire victory that showcased one of golf's ...

This week, the LPGA travels to Belleair, Florida for The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge, played on the immaculate Pelican Golf Club. Few golfers have ever matched the precision, consistency and ...

As we've learned over the past couple years, there doesn't appear to be any love lost between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay. Now we know McIlroy doesn't love Cantlay's pre-shot routine, either. Of ...

In my 44-plus years of teaching and coaching this incredible game, I have found that a surprisingly small percentage of recreational players have a logical and repeatable practice plan. Even after a ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Most recreational golfers don’t have much of a pre-shot routine. They simply step ...