Having the ability to control your golf-ball flight is an important element to scoring low. When the weather’s warm and sunny, hitting perfect high draws that land softly on the green is ideal. But ...

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 ...

Restricted-flight ball would make pro golf fun again John Hawkins and Jeff Rude make the point that the failure of golf’s governing bodies to control improvements to golf equipment is a threat to the ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure ...

When Tiger Woods talked recently about how it might be time to put the brakes on the modern golf ball, a few people chuckled. Woods made a lot of his reputation by hitting the golf ball past his ...

The great Sam Snead used to say if he was having trouble hooking the ball, he would play the hook on the course and then go to the range and work on hitting fades. If he was having trouble fading the ...

Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure diseases, ameliorate the energy crisis and reduce golf scores. Buffalo, N.Y.-based NanoDynamics has come up with a golf ball that can correct its ...