Every golfer has seen those wicked shots on TV where Tour players put wild backspin on a golf ball, landing a shot 10 feet past the hole and watching it roll back towards the flagstick. It’s ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Anytime I watch golf, I always get a little mesmerized (and jealous!) of the way pro ...

Welcome to memory lane. In our new video series, called “Backspin,” GOLF.com’s equipment editors Jonathan Wall and Andrew Tursky (that’s me) take a look back at popular old videos on the internet.

Jonathan Villar hits a homer in the seventh inning Wednesday — the 6,106th home run in the majors this season. The spin rate of the baseball has been a focus of late, but primarily in regard to ...

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in a weekly Q&A feature from GOLF CHANNEL’s Chief Technical Advisor Frank Thomas. To submit a question for possible use in this column, email ...