You’ve bombed your tee shot on a par-4, leaving that sweet, sweet yardage: 100, on the dot, to the flagstick. Visions of tap-in birdies dance in your head. You pull out that 52-degree wedge and hit it ...

For 11 months, professional tennis exists largely as a hitting contest light on finesse. Then the grass season arrives in June, reaching its zenith at Wimbledon’s All England Club in the middle of ...