june 2019 | golfdigest.com 5Featurescover story
56 DJ’s Secret to
Effortless Power
Work on the fundamentals
by swinging without a club.
by ron kaspriske60 Read the Greens
the Tour Pro Way
Develop the ability to
putt like a better player.
by luke donald62 Feeling Flush
Tiger’s iron game is (still)
a work of art in progress.
by mike adams68 Editors’ Choice:
The Best of the Best
Our complete guide
to the golf lifestyle.
by the editors86 Golf Digest’s GOAT
Invitational, Part 3
It’s Jack vs. Tiger
at Pebble Beach
in the final of the GOAT.
by mark frost6 Editor’s Letter
The legend of
Purvis James Boatwright.
by jerry tardeU.S. Open Preview70 The Players vs. the USGA
Our USGA Confidential:
We interviewed 57 people
intimately involved
in the game.“There’s
a total lack of respect.”
by john huggan
and brian wacker80 Pebble Turns 100
The iconic links will host
this year’s U.S. Open.
by ron whitten85 Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest
Public Courses
We rank the greatest
courses you can get onPlay Your Best13 Crunch-Time Drives
Try my go-to tee shot.
by lydia ko19 Butch: Sand Smarts
If you’re short-sided,
get it out with confidence.
by butch harmon20 Golf Digest Schools
My backswing checklist.
by jim mclean22 Tour Technique
A simple adjustment that
led to a great putting year.
by pat perezswing sequence
24 Adam Long
How this PGA Tour rookie
swings it like a veteran26 Golf Made Simple
Strategy for staying
focused while you wait.
by david leadbetter28 The Leading Edge
Everything you need
to fix a case of the shanks.
by michael breed30 Gimme One Thing
Don’t fear downhill,
left-to-right putts.
by matt killen32 Hot List: Golf Bags
The best bags for
every type of player.
by mike stachura36 Tech Support
The latest innovations
in club design are
getting player specific.
by mike stachura38 What’s In My Bag
Charles Howell IIIThe Golf Life10 Undercover Tour Pro
Who’s happiest on tour?
Skip the top 10 in the world.
with max adler40 Cutting Strokes
Chef Thomas Keller
chases high standards—
in the kitchen and
on the course.
with max adler44 The Digest
What you should say
the next time you win46 Golfers We Like:
Noor Ahmed
The game helped me
make sense of the world.
with john strege48 Father’s Day Gift Guide
His dad jokes might
be tragic, but his style
doesn’t have to be.
by brittany romano50 Ask Golf Digest
What’s the shelf life
of a typical golf ball?journeys
52 Wyndham Clark
When the game is
no longer a break.
with max adler54 The View from Pebble
A family connection
to Pebble’s founder.
by jim nantz100 Closeout
The 20 most important
new rules for 2019how to pl ay. what to pl ay. where to pl ay.Cover photograph by Dom Furore▶ For a sixth time, the u.s. open returns to America’s best public venue, pebble beach. 80dom furore
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