In this edition of Play Smart, game-improvement editor Zephyr Melton explains a key putting practice routine that almost all pros do. The post Most pros do this when practicing putting - and you ...

At recent PGA and LPGA events, many professional golfers began putting practice by setting up an aim and alignment station using tools like mirrors, gates, tees, or sticks. This routine helps control ...

The 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was already simmering with rules-based tension around Akshay Bhatia, who found himself defending his broomstick putting. But as Saturday’s third round reached its ...

Recent tournament observations show most professional golfers begin putting practice with aim and alignment drills, a habit Rory McIlroy says is key under pressure. At the same time, rules require ...

Let’s face it, putting practice is boring AF, so much so that many amateur golfers just skip it altogether in favor of practicing their driver over and over on the driving range. But if you’re serious ...

The claw. It was a putting grio that used to be seen as a kind of act of desperation, but now more and more players keep switching to the claw—and it keeps working. Justin Rose is perhaps the best ...

There’s a big myth in golf that has lasted for most of the last century: to be a good putter, you have to prevent deceleration. The putterhead can’t slow down as you get closer to hitting the ball. In ...