Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help raise your golf IQ and play smarter, better golf.

The Tiger Effect. We know all about his impact on the PGA TOUR, from TV ratings to prize money, as well as overall interest in the game. But we’ve also seen Tiger’s effect on the sport in myriad other ...

What could some extra yards off the tee mean for your game? For some players, more yards could make a par-5 reachable for the first time. Or perhaps enable you to hit a shorter iron into the green on ...

Matt Fitzpatrick and I had the same objective: We both wanted to get longer. It's just that Fitzpatrick was in search of a major title, and I'm still looking to break 80. While my clubhead speed in ...

The off-season is always a bit depressing for golfers, but it can also be productive. So long as you know what to work on, the off-season can be a time when you improve for the season ahead. One of ...

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Tony Finau has an extra gear we seldom see. By design, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound Finau has spent most of his career averaging around 180 mph ball speed off the tee. That’s well above ...