Marino's Golf

Your hip and shoulder turns should feel big and free, but your right foot and leg need to stay stable. You’re making a full backswing...

Failing to get out of a fairway bunker may be the most frustrating experience in golf. You Need Loft A bunker is a hazard and before you...

If it’s the latter, reset your brain. Remember, you have to hit the shot again, so take a deep breath and visualize a good one—the ball...

Anytime the lie of a player’s ball, his stance, or the area of his intended swing are affected by one of these situations, the player is...

Stick a divot repair tool or a tee into the turf around the outside of the mark. Gently lift the compacted soil to loosen and raise it...

Professional golfer and reigning Masters Champion Adam Scott served bugs at his Champions Dinner. “I thought it would be nice to have...

If you’re right-handed, maybe the problem is in your left arm. You need to keep this arm out straight on your backswing, but if it is...

First, think about your swing. Are you swinging the club too fast, or trying too hard to get more distance out of the ball? Make a...

I don’t like to take deep divots and wouldn’t suggest you do either, because you can easily hit the ball fat or way off line. In the...

This gentle pumping of the elbows in and out (toward the chest and back out) breaks any tension running through your upper body. Watch...

Start with 75 percent of your weight on your front foot and play the ball about middle in your stance. Now you’re set up to catch it...

Set the ball in the middle of your stance and place a little more weight onto your back leg. Relax your grip on the club to allow the...

That allows you to keep the clubface square through impact longer. When you’re bowed at the top and your hands are on the side of the...

Ask the golfer whose ball is farthest away whether or not they want the flag tended. If they decline, pull the flag and lay it down on...

That means raking the area you hit, where you stood, where you walked, and even cleaning up the mess made by someone else. Rake the sand...

Place the mark just behind your ball before picking up the ball. When it is your turn to putt, place the ball on the green in its...

Distance-measuring devices such as laser rangefinders will be permitted for use during R&A amateur events this year, the organization’s...