Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Controlling your distance from greenside bunkers can be challenging for the ...

In today's edition of Play Smart, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Joe Plecker shares a quick fix for a common mistake in the bunker. The post The ‘worst thing' you can do in the bunker - and how to fix it ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I’ve played muni golf all my life. I was never a country-club kid and even the ...

Golfers new to the game are often unaware that it's a penalty to repair a pitch mark or replace a divot if it's on your line of play (Rule 8.1). By doing so, you're improving your next shot and that ...

There have been multiple incidents of tour pros being questioned or even penalized in recent years for events in bunkers, including one back in 2019 when a player trying to qualify for the European ...