Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a new GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges ...

If there’s one place every golfer needs to make putts from, it’s inside three feet. There’s a reason why pros make more than 99 percent of them; these should be nearly gimmes. But ask most amateur ...

Most golfers add more strokes to their scorecard on the putting green, and standing over a third or fourth putt isn’t much ...

Playing in the wind can be exhausting. You’re constantly adding the breeze to your yardage calculations and trying to figure out which direction it might be blowing from, and how that could change ...

How one frustrated golfer built a tour-quality putting mat that’s helping amateurs practice at home the same way the pros do — and why the quality of your practice surface matters more than you think.