How a Knife’s Steel Type Affects Sharpening

Learn where your knife falls on the HRC scale—it matters more than you think.

Want more crisp iron shots? Try this forward shaft lean trick

In this edition of Play Smart, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jeff Smith explains an easy trick that will help produce more forward shaft lean.

Scarification: The simple seed-starting trick that helps tough-coated seeds sprout faster

But nature’s survival plan creates a bit of a challenge for home gardeners because the hard coating prevents those seeds from sprouting easily. So it’s up to us to mimic the effects of stomach acid to ...