Laird Small, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and the director of instruction at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy, shows you this handy shot the pros are hitting at the U.S.

For you golf-history buffs, the photo above is of Todd Hamilton at the 2004 Open Championship. You might recall that en route to his victory, he often hit bump-and-run-type shots from off the green ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. I’d always heard that Parker McLachlin, aka the Short Game Chef, was a genius ...

Video of Laird Small a bump-and-run shot at Pebble Beach - 2010 U.S. OpenLaird Small, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and the director of instruction at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy, shows you this ...