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Magic of the cups

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

THE GAME

In the event of a tie, should the Solheim and Ryder Cups be decided by a play-off?

SHORT GAME

Groove your stroke • Top 50 Coach Keith Williams suggests a couple of drills to improve your success rate on those short putts you simply have to hole

SPOTTED ON TOUR

Ludvig Aberg • The Swedish rookie secured two points on his Ryder Cup debut as Europe beat the USA in Rome

Tackling a course for the first time: do you play better or worse than average?

What golf looked like in...

Shrigley Hall • Jeremy Ellwood heads north-west to check out the golf course and facilities at this popular Cheshire hotel and spa

PXG 0317 T irons £189 per club

TaylorMade Spider Tour Series putters £349

Bandon Dunes, Sheep Ranch

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

Roman conquest • Bill Elliott reflects on how Europe hit hard and hit early in Italy to regain the Ryder Cup and avenge the humiliation of Whistling Straits

‘FIVE MAJORS IN AND I’M STILL NOT THE GUY’ • Brooks Koepka has enjoyed another Major-winning season, but he still doesn’t get the credit he deserves for a phenomenal career to date. He discusses that and more with Mark Townsend...

Sir Michael Bonallack: Britain’s greatest amateur

TOP TEN MAJOR UNDERDOGS

LIVING THE DREAM • Michael Block’s performance at the US PGA was one of the stories of the sporting year. Andy Wright sits down with the American to relive those famous scenes and ask what the future now holds...

OVER TRIUMPH ADVERSITY • The 2023 Golf Monthly forum Help For Heroes charity event visited beautiful Hankley Common and raised almost £10,000 for a worthy cause. Rob Smith reports…

IRONS! FLUSH YOUR

Stop duffing fairway bunker shots

ASK THE EXPERTS

Box clever with your chipping

Mackenzie Hughes • The 32-year-old Canadian shares his fixes for some of the most common faults he sees in the amateur game

RULES

When is your ball in a bunker?

Test your knowledge

Callaway Apex Pro iron £217 per club

PXG Battle Ready II Bat Attack putter £349

Adidas MC80 shoe £140

TaylorMade MG4 wedge £140

Best 2023 wedges

TEST CENTRE

Stand bags

East Sussex National

Dreaming of Italy

WEST CORNWALL

HARD YARDS

The M3 corridor

Bill Elliott

TURN DREAMS INTO REALITY

AN OPEN SECRET • The historic Prince’s on the Kent coast offers 27 holes of challenging links golf and first-rate accommodation, making it the ideal spot for a winter getaway

NEW & IMPROVED • We visit the new-look Portmarnock Resort & Jameson Golf Links to see how a major renovation has taken the famous Irish club to even greater heights

MORE STRINGS TO ITS BOW • Ireland may be renowned for its world-famous links but this time Michael Weston discovers more fine courses to enjoy away from the coast in the Hidden Heartlands

THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION • On his latest trip to Gleneagles, Michael Harris enjoys the PGA Centenary course, two fine restaurants, mountain biking around the estate and a gun dog experience

GRAND TOUR

UP WITH THE BEST • Elliott Heath is even more wowed by the whole experience on his return to this year’s Solheim Cup venue at Finca Cortesin...