A top teacher explains why this common mistake is keeping you from compressing your irons, and the simple drill that can fix ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. If you want to hit crisp iron shots, you have to make ball-first contact. When you do ...

Elite ball-strikers in golf hit iron shots that just sound different than most amateur or beginner golfers. That's because they know how to compress it for crisp and powerful contact. Meanwhile, most ...