Golf Digest South Africa — January 2018

PLAY YOUR BEST

12 BUTCH HARMON

Train with alignment rods for

better accuracy.

14 DAVID LEADBETTER

Escape every buried lie.

15 RICK SMITH

What the great putters do.

16 JACK NICKLAUS

How to take advantage of a

birdie hole.

40 A KEY TO GOOD GOLF:

SWING IN RHYTHM

Improve your tempo from

tee to green. By Jeff Ritter

THE GOLF LIFE

20 NEDBANK CHALLENGE

The first tee at Sun City.

22 THE 10 MOST IMPROVED

DRIVERS ON THE PGA TOUR

And what they did to gain an

advantage.

23 NEW LOOKS

Four new drivers.

BIG DATA

48 MATHS ON YOUR SIDE

A focus on mathematical

analysis is changing golf.

Here’s how it can boost your

game.By Mike Stachura

51 NEW STUDY UNLOCKS 6

SWING SECRETS

By Nick Clearwater

56 INFO-SEEKERS

How Zach Johnson learned

to weaponise his stats.

By Guy Yocom

COVER STORIES

9 SMOKING IRONS

Simple keys to hit more greens

from long range.By Grayson

Zacker.

32 WANT 25 MORE METRES?

These moves will supercharge

your drives.

By Boyd Summerhays

36 SA OPEN SHOWDOWN

Top South Africans gather at

Glendower in January.

44 FORE!

Beware the wayward golf ball.

By Brian Wacker

65 WINABULOVACURVWATCH

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4 / JANUARY 2018 / GOLFDIGEST.CO.ZA
24 MARK MULLER
Course designer is now the
course super at Atlantic Beach.
26 JERRY TARDE
The best golf of your life.
28 UNDERCOVER TOUR PRO
Why I decided to change my
uniform. With Max Adler
29 ASK GOLF DIGEST
30 GOLF APP
How many courses have
you played?
66 GALLERY
Has the Nedbank Challenge
lost its aura?
80 CLOSEOUT
Shots I can’t explain.
By Jack Nicklaus
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FEATURES
58 MUST PLAY COURSES
Our monthly feature includes
7 courses.
68 ISLAND GOLF
Weekend escape from
Gauteng in Parys.
By Stuart McLean
70 AMATEUR OF THE YEAR
Top 10 Amateurs of the Year;
Senior and Women’s Reviews.