Golf IQ
Golf IQ
Golf Digest
Become a smarter golfer — faster. Golf IQ is a 3x weekly podcast from Golf Digest. Our goal is simple: To help you understand the game, and become a better golfer because of it.
Everything you need to know about club fitting
Busy Golf Digest journalists Keely Levins and Chris Powers have accepted the challenge — to pair up with a team of Golf Galaxy coaches and fitters to analyze and overhaul their game and equipment, work hard over 90 days, and then square off in a high-stakes match to see whose game has improved the most.
Jun 26
19 min
The different paths Wyndham Clark & Sam Burns took to Shinnecock
Wyndham Clark vs. Sam Burns was the Sunday duel nobody really expected at Shinnecock Hills after Clark took a six-shot lead into the final round, but down the stretch, with Burns several holes ahead of Clark the final round of the 2026 U.S. Open became a real slugfest. How did these two players end up there after falling out of form in 2025? LKD spoke to each of them to find out.
Jun 23
15 min
How pros determine bail out strategy
The U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills is coming up and, as LKD explains in this episode, U.S. Opens are won by not making big mistakes. This is how pros plan their bail out strategies and why it works.
Jun 10
13 min
How tee height affects tee shots
Facing a tight driving hole? You may want to tee the ball a bit lower than usual. On the other hand, if it's wide open, that's the time to "tee it high and let it fly." LKD explains why, backed up by his own experience and launch monitor data.
Jun 5
12 min
What to do during nightmare rounds
We all have them, tour pros. Here's what you can do, or, perhaps more importantly, not do, to keep a blowup hole or two from becoming a nightmare round.
Jun 3
11 min
The Laws of Ball Flight
The flight of the golf ball will tell you (almost) everything you need to know about your golf swing — what's going wrong, how you should fix it, and whether or not you've succeeded in your quest to do so.
May 27
14 min
Things I learned from pros at the PGA Championship
Whether it was driver ball position from eventual champion Aaron Rai or a putting alignment technique from Justin Rose and putting guru Phil Kenyon, LKD learned a bunch of great lessons from pros at Aronimink.
May 18
15 min
Interesting stats from Arccos' annual Driving Distance Report
Where are you gaining or losing strokes? Do you know? Do you hit it as far as you think you do? Maybe you hit it farther. Do you mesh with larger trends in the game or are you atypical? Arccos' annual Driving Distance Report is here to answer some questions. LKD breaks it all down.
May 6
14 min
A bunker tip that helped me
As the weather warms up again, many of us will find ourselves facing our first greenside bunker shots of the season. That may scare some of us more than others, but even the most confident bunker players might need a refresh every now and then. Fear not: With the help of Golf Digest Top Teacher Joe Mayo, LKD explores how shaft lean can help players get the ball closer to the hole.
May 1
10 min
Jason Day's back-to-basics chipping advice
You asked for it, you got it. In this episode, LKD talks with former World No. 1, 2015 PGA Champion and short game aficionado Jason Day about different types of shots to play around the green and when to play each one ... and you might be surprised at how often certain shots come up.
Apr 27
10 min
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