Sneaking in golf practice, as enjoyable as it may be, can become an oddly difficult task. To get better at this game — truly improving to the best of your ability — requires a lot of practice time.

Ask most top golf teachers where you can shave strokes off of your game the fastest, and most of them will tell you it’s in the short game. While trying to bomb tee shots is fun and all, constantly ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. If you ask golfers how they prefer to practice, the majority of them will probably tell ...