Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Director of Game Improvement content Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf. I’m a ...

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Arm-lock putting has gained considerable popularity on the PGA Tour over the last few years and, of late, has even become a hot-button topic. However, in the ranks of the women’s ...

World No. 5 Xander Schauffele thinks the arm-lock method of putting should be banned. Until it is, however, he's going to give it a go. Although he ranked ninth on the PGA Tour in "Strokes Gained: ...

Matt Kuchar’s leadership position atop the FedEx Cup standings might have you wondering whether you should be considering adopting some of his equipment habits, most notably his arm-lock style of ...

While Matt Kuchar – the current FedExCup points leader -- is the man behind the recent resurgence in the arm-lock putting method, a couple of amateurs named Spider and the Ace Man also deserve a ...

It's been more than five years since golf's anchor ban went into effect, but now one of the PGA Tour's best players is calling for another putting method to be outlawed. Following Thursday's first ...

DUBLIN, Ohio – Xander Schauffele began the week ranked ninth on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: putting. Most players with that kind of lofty advantage would be more than happy to leave well enough ...

Americans are uncommonly inventive – and there’s nothing at all wrong with that – but golf, at times, is victimized by innovation just as much as it has benefitted from it. Easier is not necessarily ...

Orlando, Fla.— Brian Tennyson remembers the last round of the 2019 British Amateur Championship at Scotland’s fabled North Berwick Links. He hit every par 5 in two, drove one par-4 green and had ...