Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I like trying to hit the ball hard. When I go to the simulator, I always carve out ...

Like many amateur and professional golfers at this time of year, I am keen to improve my clubhead speed in the golf swing. We all know that achieving a centred strike is the key to achieving maximum ...

Watching the pros around the greens, you might be fooled into thinking these delicate little short-game shots are easy to execute. But if you’ve hit them? You know these shots are rarely as easy as ...

I like trying to hit the ball hard. When I go to the simulator, I always carve out some time at the end of my sessions to swing as hard as I can. There’s nothing more satisfying than catching one just ...