Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help raise your golf IQ and play smarter, better golf.

GOLF Top 100 Teacher V.J. Trolio explains the dos and don'ts of the backswing. Try them yourself for better ball striking.

Hi, I’m Tim Cooke, and welcome back to Weekly Fix, where each week right here on GolfChannel.com we’ll be taking a closer look at your swings in hopes of helping you play better golf this year. This ...