Golf Monthly

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Stepping into the unknown

YOUR VIEW

THE GAME

New R&A data highlights golf’s surging popularity worldwide

GOOD MONTH BAD MONTH

Michael Stewart

Are Europe primed to do the Solheim Cup/Ryder Cup double?

SHORT GAME

Ball position checks • Top 50 Coach Paul Foston highlights the ideal ball position for various clubs and the adjustments needed to hit it higher or lower

Brian Harman • The American was crowned Champion Golfer of the Year at Hoylake in July

Will some successful Challenge Tour players never quite make it on the DP World Tour?

Chichester • David Taylor visits this picturesque West Sussex club and enjoys a night in a luxury beach hut on the coast

What golf looked like in... 1963

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Wayne Riley

Alison Root

TRUE GRIT • Mark Townsend catches up with fiercely determined Scot Robert MacIntyre and finds that fame and fortune have yet to change him

BREAKING the mould • To mark shoe giant FootJoy’s 100th anniversary, Neil Tappin flies out to its HQ near Boston to find out more about the brand’s past and future, before setting up tent in the buzzing campsite it sponsors at The Open

100 YEARS OF FOOTJOY • FootJoy golf shoes were ‘born’ a century ago. We look back at some of the most significant dates and products in the brand’s illustrious history

“We’ll continue to inject that passion” • Three of the top men at FootJoy explain how the quest to craft the world’s best golf products drives the brand as much today as it did 100 years ago

In the thick of it • The Open campsite sponsored by FootJoy is becoming ever more popular. Team GM pitched its tent at Hoylake to get a feel for the vibe...

The great debate • Nick Bonfield explores the concept of greatness in professional golf and ponders how it should be defined

“I’M JUST TRYING TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO PLAY GOLF” • Golf Monthly meets social media sensation Mia Baker, who is on a mission to get more people into golf… and smiling all the way

HYBRID MASTERCLASS

Beef up your ball flight

ASK THE EXPERTS

How to cure the chipping yips

Rickie Fowler • The 34-year-old American is back in form and eager to share his favourite tee-to-green tips

RULES

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Ping G430 LST fairway wood £550

Motocaddy S5 GPS electric trolley £949

Skechers Go Golf Elite 5 Slip ‘In shoe £145

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The putter everyone’s talking about

HEAD TO HEAD

Wedges

Moortown

Border patrol • Andy Wright ventures due east from his Troon base for a stay at Macdonald Hotels’ Cardrona resort in the Borders near Peebles

LANCASHIRE COAST • Home to a wealth of premier league golf, the supporting cast along this famous stretch of coastline is also packed with quality

A PLACE TO YOURSELF • Jeremy Ellwood discovers the Old Millhouse in Dalkeith to be the perfect away-from-it-all base for exploring the East Lothian coast’s many fine links

MacKenzie’s Yorkshire legacy • Alister MacKenzie honed his design skills in his native county at way more courses than the famous duo of Alwoodley and Moortown

Bill Elliott

Welcome

A TITANIC TUSSLE • Following the dominant US victory at Whistling Straits, Luke Donald is hoping his men bounce back to defeat Zach Johnson’s team in Rome

A POINT TO PROVE • Matt Fitzpatrick is hoping for a change in his and Europe’s Ryder Cup fortunes after the thrashing at Whistling Straits

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