Featurescover story
60 Slice-Proof Swing
Here’s my new move
and how it can help you.
by tony finau66 Spieth’s Nip-Spinner
How to get up and down
the spicy way.
by jordan spieth70 Leadbetter’s Laser Irons
Make greens in regulation
a regular thing.
by david leadbetter74 Dan Jenkins, 1928-
Raise a glass to His Ownself,
whose voice and laughs
will live forever.
by tom callahan96 The Tipping Story and
the Image of Matt Kuchar
Which is it: Mr. Nice Guy
or El Cheapo?
by john feinstein102 Golf Digest’s GOAT
Invitational, Part 2
History’s best go
head-to-head in our
mythical competition,
setting up a final
for the ages.
by guy yocom6 Editor’s Letter
Dan Jenkins: This American Original. by jerry tardePGA Preview84 Something New
at Bethpage
After two U.S. Opens,
the Black course awaits
the PGA in May86 Thinking Big
PGA of America CEO
Seth Waugh on golf,
business, new ideas
and the NJA Rule.
with guy yocom93 The Golfers of Bethpage
Members of “the people’s
country club” share
a special bond with
each other and the site
of the 2019 PGA.
by mark whitakerPlay Your Best11 One Golfer, Three Drives
Add some variety to
your game off the tee.
by nelly kordaswing sequence
14 Keith Mitchell
Giving new meaning
to the term power fade19 Golf Digest Schools
Roll more putts on line.
by mario guerra22 Tee to Green
Master every lie
and hit better chips.
by butch harmon24 Gimme One Thing
Avoid the post-birdie
dumpster fire.
by corey lundberg26 The Leading Edge
Flush your fairway woods.
by michael breed28 Take the Flagstick Out!
We tested it: Here’s why
putting with the pin in
hurts more than it helps.
by tom mase, ph.d.31 Hot List: Golf Balls
We evaluated 65 entries
across three categories.
These are the best balls
at every price.
by mike stachura
and e. michael johnson38 What’s In My Bag
Cameron ChampThe Golf Life8 Undercover Tour Pro
Economics 101
for hiring club caddies.
with max adler42 Golfers We Like
Rapper ScHoolboy Q
finds his inspiration
on the course.
with stephen malbon46 The Digest
New York-flavored insults
to use at Bethpage’s PGAjourneys
48 Martin Trainer
I changed my life
in one week.
with max adler50 The Genius of Amy
A lesson in the power
of optimism.
by mike stachura54 Heads Up!
Top off your outfit with
a head-turning hat.
by brittany romano56 Ask Golf Digest
When an airline breaks
your clubs58 The View from Pebble
A loop with a boyhood hero.
by jim nantz118 Closeout
Tiger’s duck slice:
A wild finish
that was all Arnie.
by jerry tardehow to pl ay. what to pl ay. where to pl ay.4 golfdigest.com | may 2019 Cover photograph by Walter Iooss Jr.
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