Golf Monthly

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YOUR VIEW

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THE GAME

Allisen Corpuz wins maiden Major title at US Women’s Open

SHORT GAME

Are there too many men’s professional golf tournaments?

10 QUESTIONS WITH ... George Coetzee

Rickie Fowler • The American returned to the winners’ circle for the first time in four years last month

Marine North Berwick • Jeremy Ellwood returns to the grand hotel gazing out over the 16th hole on the town’s famous West Links

Hitting from a divot • It’s the one we all dread, but Top 50 Coach John Jacobs has a few tips to take at least some of the fear out of the shot

How important are first impressions when you arrive at a golf club?

What golf looked like in... 1979

PXG Battle Ready II putters from £399

Callaway CB wedge from £149

Southern Pines

Wayne Riley

Alison Root

GAME CHANGERS • There’s a new movement in golf, and adidas is at the forefront. Dan Parker looks at the brand’s evolution and explains how its mission to be the most progressive in golf is taking the game to a new audience

THE POWER TO INSPIRE • Alison Root explains how the AIG Women’s Open has evolved into the tournament it is today and looks ahead to this year’s contest at Walton Heath

GOLF IS NOT LIFE AND DEATH • We speak to popular and self-deprecating American Joel Dahmen about his life as a professional and his Netflix stardom

NO HALF MEASURES • Michael Weston meets Tony Bellew to hear about life in and out of the ring and find out what golf means to him now he’s hung up his gloves

COMPETITIVE SPIRIT • Sam De’Ath heads to Hindhead to watch the club’s clash with Bearwood Lakes and find out more about the Elite Amateur Golf League

SKY’S THE LIMIT • Alison Root meets Pia Babnik, the 19-year-old Slovenian sensation who burst onto the professional scene in 2020 and now harbours ambitions to get to the very top

PUTT LIKE A PRO • Top 50 Coach Ben Emerson explains how to boost your performance on the greens

Sort out your shanks

ASK THE EXPERTS

Must-try greenside bunker tips

7 Rules golfers may find confusing • Jeremy Ellwood runs through a selection of Rules scenarios to which even some long-established golfers won’t always know the answer

REVIEWS

Dan Parker on... The rise of the patterned golf ball

HEAD TO HEAD

Best 2023 putters

Hybrids/utilities

Monifieth

New kid on the block • Rory Anderson heads to Costa Navarino in Greece to explore the four 18-hole courses and numerous off-course attractions

SUFFOLK • Joel Tadman heads to this underrated area of the United Kingdom to see what the eastern county has to offer

Moving on up • New to the 2023-24 Top 100 is the ever-improving links at Wallasey. Rob Smith looks at what it takes to break into the upper echelons...

Island courses • These five lovely courses all enjoy the beauty, allure and seclusion associated with island life

Bill Elliott