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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...

It wasn’t until I took this job at GOLF last year that I got my first-ever golf lesson — and, to be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. Based in Seattle, I made the hour-long trek down to Chambers ...

Today I want to tell you a personal story of mine. 50 years ago in February I went to my first piano lesson! What a big day for me and I couldn't be more thankful that my parents made sure I got to ...

I have told this story before but it bears repeating. Nearly 40 years ago, I returned to India and found myself suddenly immersed in FX markets with no formal training in finance or economics. The ...

My 20s were many things. They were confusing, fun, and, obviously, a necessary step I had to take in order to reach my 30s. With each year that passed came a new realization and epiphany about life ...

Most golfers are willing to try just about anything to get more out of their games, and Alex Myers is no different. In Focus Group of One, he gives a wide-range of golf-related stuff a go, and offers ...

I learned calligraphy in the seventh grade when my classmate’s mother taught the basics during an afternoon art class. In my case, it was pearls before swine. I was hardly an apt pupil. Art was where ...

A friend went through a particularly hard breakup recently and one thing I said seemed to really resonate. I reminded her that every relationship teaches us something and, if we listen, those lessons ...

If my first lecture at Brown taught me how literature embodies love,” the student writes, “the past few days at Brown have ...