If you want to shave strokes without buying a new club or any fancy gadgets, the best way forward is to study the minds that shaped the modern golf swing. These influential coaches have inspired ...

Danny Holcomb, a member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, shows off his pre-1930s hickory golf clubs. Katie Adkins for The Athletic “Swing smooth.” That was Bruce Markwardt’s only advice. I was ...