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.

Let’s get straight to it: there’s a good chance at least one club in your bag isn’t doing what you think it is. Maybe more than one. In fact, if you haven’t been fit, or haven’t been fit recently, ...

Typically, Augusta National has favored the long hitters and the greatest putters in the game, particularly if the conditions are wet and soft. The success of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods at the ...

There’s something different about the throng of people who are re-sizing to low-maintenance patio ranches this spring at Latitude at Vista Ridge, west of I-25 on Highway 7. Although most large ...