Golf Monthly

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YOUR VIEW

THE GAME

IN THE NEWS

Alex Fitzpatrick

Would the Presidents Cup be better as a mixed event?

SHORT GAME

Bunkers made easy

Sahith Theegala • The American had five top-tens in the 2022 PGA Tour season and finished 28th in the FedExCup standings

SPOTTED ON TOUR

Would you want to keep playing golf if you knew you were only ever going to get worse?

The Grove

Ping 2023 putters £280

Mizuno JPX923 irons from £135 per club

Centurion Club

Wayne Riley

Sarah Stirk

GAME CHANGER • The emergence of LIV Golf has shaken men’s professional golf to its core. Fergus Bisset looks at where it came from and what it means for the future of the sport…

MAKING HIS MARK • Will Zalatoris has risen swiftly to golfing prominence, but the polite and humble American has managed to do it while flying slightly under the radar

FIVE MAJOR ‘NEARLY MEN’

THE NARRATIVE HAS BEEN THAT BL ACK PEOPLE DON’T PL AY GOLF • Ray Nyabola, the founder of Black British Golfers, is changing the face of the game. He tells us about the organisation’s aims and his love for the sport

AGAINST ALL ODDS • Kipp Popert tells Dan Davies about his remarkable rise to the top of the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability

‘Women’s golf has some incredible characters......it is a game for everyone to enjoy’ • We chat to Iona Stephen about her playing career, how the women’s game might prosper and working predominantly in a man’s world

BLUE SKY THINKING • As founder and chief executive of the UK’s leading travel insurance provider, Staysure, few would have guessed that RYAN HOWSAM would change the landscape of European senior golf...

LEARN FROM THE BEST

Attack the ball from the inside

How wide should my stance be?

I’m struggling to strike my woods off the ground

How can I stop hitting it heavy?

How to escape from a bunker’s back lip

RULES

Titleist TSR drivers £529

TaylorMade Hi-Toe 3 wedge £139

Mizuno M.Craft Omoi 03 putter £279

Ecco Biom G5 Boa shoe £220

Joel Tadman on… The importance of starting them young, correctly

HEAD TO HEAD

DeWiz – the swing studio on your wrist • DeWiz delivers an exceptional piece of wearable golf tech that could help you hit the ball longer, straighter and closer

Best mid-price golf balls

Trolleys

Malone

Abu Dhabi Golf Club • Our globetrotting series continues with a visit to this long-time DP World Tour host in the United Arab Emirates

HAMPSHIRE • Rob Smith enjoys a tour of four fine and contrasting courses towards the south of this pretty county

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH. . . • Jeremy Ellwood and Rob Smith take a tour round UK&I golf clubs with similar-sounding names

George Lowe designs • As renowned for his club-making skills as his architecture, George Lowe contributed to many excellent course designs

Bill Elliott

Welcome

A-Z listing • All 50 products that should give you the edge on the course, listed by category so you can find those that interest you most

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Arccos Caddie bundle £169.99

Ping ChipR wedge £160

Ecco Biom C4 shoe £210

Dewiz Golf swing monitor £545

Garmin Approach R10 launch monitor £529.99

PowaKaddy Micra push trolley £189

FlightScope Mevo launch monitor £479

Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4 Golf Edition watch £2,200

Vega Alcor Tour wedge from £249

FootJoy Tour...