Welcome to Play Smart, a new game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Director of Game Improvement content Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf.

Fitters use lie-angle tape to see if the sole is contacting the ground at the center. A practice-range mat can reveal the same thing with the green marks on the sole. Generally, if the marks are ...

Good one, Don. We like what this question infers, which is that you’re practicing and hitting balls on a regular basis. Visiting the driving range is something everyone should be doing to keep the ...