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YOUR VIEW • The pick of the letters and emails to hit the Golf Monthly offices this month

THE GAME

GOOD MONTH BAD MONTH

United States stage comeback to win 2023 Walker Cup at St Andrews

10 QUESTIONS WITH. . . Gemma Dryburgh

Should the Fed ExCup finale be played as a match-play tournament?

SHORT GAME

Viktor Hovland • The Norwegian banked the biggest prize in golf by winning the Tour Championship to claim the FedExCup

SPOTTED ON TOUR

Straighten out your slice • Top 50 Coach John Jacobs suggests two drills to counter the dreaded left-to-right ball flight and get you hitting it both straighter and longer

Wear your heart on your sleeve or don’t show your emotions on the course?

What golf looked like in...

Royal Porthcawl • Jeremy Ellwood returns to the scene of this year’s Senior Open Championship to experience anew Wales’ highest-ranked links

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Wayne Riley • A former member of the European Tour and two-time winner, Wayne is part of the Sky Sports golf team. He writes exclusively for Golf Monthly

Alison Root • Alison Root is Golf Monthly’s women’s golf editor. You can find her on Instagram @rootalison

The gift that keeps giving • Michael Weston speaks to popular Irishman Shane Lowry, whose natural talent and dedication to his craft have propelled him to the upper echelons of the pro game

IN A CLASS OF HER OWN • Robin Barwick speaks to the phenomenon that is Rose Zhang and can’t help but draw comparisons between her and a certain Mr Woods...

THAT’S A WRAP • Now the dust has settled on another Major Championship season, we’ve cast our eyes back and ranked this year’s big four men’s events...

BOOMERS AND SWINGERS • Mark Townsend heads to Manchester to visit Boomers and Swingers, which isn’t your typical driving range...

A CHANGE OF FORTUNES • It’s widely held that, with his victories in 1961 and 1962, Arnold Palmer was directly, if not solely, responsible for taking The Open to a different level. The reality is a little more complicated…

SHARPEN YOUR SHORT GAME • DP World and Challenge Tour pro Sam Hutsby runs through the various chipping and bunker shot options to master

Stop topping your fairway woods

How do I alter my trajectory?

Putting posture under pressure

Justin Rose • The former World No.1 and US Open champion offers up some tee-to-green tips, as well as advice for tackling the mental game

Harman’s unplayable ball

Temporary water in a bunker

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