Golf IQ

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  I love these tips from Royal Birkdale winner Lee Trevino (Part 2) 17.07.2026 7мин

  LKD *loves* Lee Trevino, and for good reason. The 1971 Champion Golfer of the Year is a soundbite machine. In this episode, LKD breaks down Trevino's tips on how opening your stance might actually help fight your slice.
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  I love these tips from Royal Birkdale winner Lee Trevino (Part 1) 13.07.2026 9мин

  LKD *loves* Lee Trevino, and for good reason. The 1971 Champion Golfer of the Year is a soundbite machine. In this episode, LKD breaks down some tips from the six-time major champion on how to play Open Championship golf.
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  How to play Birdie Sprint and why it helps you become a better scorer 09.07.2026 13мин

  Match play is simple enough. Card a better score than your opponent on the hole, you win the hole. But what if you could only win the hole with a birdie or better? That's Birdie Sprint, and, as LKD explains, you'll see it a lot during pro-am rounds at PGA Tour events. Here's how you can play it and/or adapt it for your skill level.
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  How to make a steep swing work for you 06.07.2026 13мин

  Chris Gotterup just won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in the last 53 weeks, and he's done it with an unusually open setup and steep swing. In this episode, LKD explains how steep swingers (*cough cough* Jack Nicklaus) have been successful and how you can too.
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  How our staffers got better ... fast 02.07.2026 19мин

  Keely Levins and Chris Powers return to share with LKD how their respective Golf Galaxy coaches helped them get better ahead of their big showdown. Each player brought their own swing flaws, but, with the help of their coach, they were able to create new, more productive habits.
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  Everything you need to know about club fitting 26.06.2026 19мин

  Busy Golf Digest journalists Keely Levins and Chris Powers have accepted the challenge — to pair up with a team of Golf Galaxy coaches and fitters to analyze and overhaul their game and equipment, work hard over 90 days, and then square off in a high-stakes match to see whose game has improved the most.
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  The different paths Wyndham Clark & Sam Burns took to Shinnecock 23.06.2026 15мин

  Wyndham Clark vs. Sam Burns was the Sunday duel nobody really expected at Shinnecock Hills after Clark took a six-shot lead into the final round, but down the stretch, with Burns several holes ahead of Clark the final round of the 2026 U.S. Open became a real slugfest. How did these two players end up there after falling out of form in 2025? LKD spoke to each of them to find out.
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  How pros determine bail out strategy 10.06.2026 13мин

  The U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills is coming up and, as LKD explains in this episode, U.S. Opens are won by not making big mistakes. This is how pros plan their bail out strategies and why it works.
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  How tee height affects tee shots 05.06.2026 12мин

  Facing a tight driving hole? You may want to tee the ball a bit lower than usual. On the other hand, if it's wide open, that's the time to "tee it high and let it fly." LKD explains why, backed up by his own experience and launch monitor data.
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  What to do during nightmare rounds 03.06.2026 11мин

  We all have them, tour pros. Here's what you can do, or, perhaps more importantly, not do, to keep a blowup hole or two from becoming a nightmare round.
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  The Laws of Ball Flight 27.05.2026 14мин

  The flight of the golf ball will tell you (almost) everything you need to know about your golf swing — what's going wrong, how you should fix it, and whether or not you've succeeded in your quest to do so.
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  Things I learned from pros at the PGA Championship 18.05.2026 15мин

  Whether it was driver ball position from eventual champion Aaron Rai or a putting alignment technique from Justin Rose and putting guru Phil Kenyon, LKD learned a bunch of great lessons from pros at Aronimink.
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  Interesting stats from Arccos' annual Driving Distance Report 06.05.2026 14мин

  Where are you gaining or losing strokes? Do you know? Do you hit it as far as you think you do? Maybe you hit it farther. Do you mesh with larger trends in the game or are you atypical? Arccos' annual Driving Distance Report is here to answer some questions. LKD breaks it all down.
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  A bunker tip that helped me 01.05.2026 10мин

  As the weather warms up again, many of us will find ourselves facing our first greenside bunker shots of the season. That may scare some of us more than others, but even the most confident bunker players might need a refresh every now and then. Fear not: With the help of Golf Digest Top Teacher Joe Mayo, LKD explores how shaft lean can help players get the ball closer to the hole.
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  Jason Day's back-to-basics chipping advice 27.04.2026 10мин

  You asked for it, you got it. In this episode, LKD talks with former World No. 1, 2015 PGA Champion and short game aficionado Jason Day about different types of shots to play around the green and when to play each one ... and you might be surprised at how often certain shots come up.
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  Rory McIlroy, Max Homa offer advice on when to be aggressive 21.04.2026 17мин

  Golfers often try to push too hard, too soon to make up for mistakes on the course. Sam Weinman talked to Rory McIlroy and Max Homa at the Masters about how and when they go about responding when things go south on the course. Their answers about patience and when to push might be surprising.
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  Adam Scott on longevity 18.04.2026 11мин

  Adam Scott has spent more than half his life as a professional golfer. He also has won in three different decades, a testament to his longevity in the game of golf. At Augusta National last week, LKD got to ask how the 45-year-old has been able to stay relevant for so long.
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  The swing change that won Rory McIlroy the Masters 15.04.2026 12мин

  Even when he raced out to a six-shot 36-hole lead at the Masters, Rory McIlroy wasn't firing on all cylinders. He worked hard Friday and Saturday nights to address a few issues with his swing and was aided by a helpful mindset: instead of thinking about what *not* to do, he thought about what *else* he needed to do.
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  How pros practice for putting at the Masters 03.04.2026 5мин

  With the help of putting guru Phil Kenyon, LKD explores how players prepare for one of the toughest tasks of the year: putting on Augusta National's greens.
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  Here's when it makes sense to lay back off the tee 01.04.2026 15мин

  As Strokes Gained has become more mainstream in golf, many players have come to understand that the closer they get to the hole, the fewer strokes it will take them to hole out. And that's still generally true, but PGA Tour data and strategy coach Cory Jez outlines a key scenario where laying up off the tee actually helps.