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

Double delight for Scheffler in Florida

Nelly Korda regains top spot in the women’s world rankings

MONTH IN STATS

SHORT GAME

Stop your sway

Reading putts: first instincts or go to town on the read?

What does Strokes Gained actually mean? • Nowadays, you’ll hear plenty of talk about Strokes Gained in television golf broadcasts, but what is this relatively new term and how is it calculated?

Scottie Scheffler • The men’s World No.1 became the first golfer in history to defend a Players Championship title

Congham Hall • Rob Smith thoroughly enjoys a stay at this lovely and very welcoming country house hotel close to some of Norfolk’s finest golf courses

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Ping i530 iron £190 per club

CABOT CITRUS FARMS

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

“I went in with my eyes open” • Joaquin Niemann tells David Facey he has no regrets about his LIV Golf move and reveals his ambitions to leave a lasting legacy…

MAN OF MANY TALENTS • We talk to Harry Kane about his passion for golf, getting down to scratch and the best players in the England camp…

Calling the shots • Photographer Kevin Murray has been working in the golf industry for nearly 30 years and been on the GM staff since 2009. Here, he talks us through some of his most memorable images from that time…

THE GENERATION GAME • Rob Smith pays a visit to Fulwell, a Middlesex club successfully introducing more young golfers to the game we all love

MARATHON MAN • Hale Irwin came through a 19-hole play-off to become the oldest ever US Open winner in an unlikely and highly memorable contest at Medinah in 1990

BECOME A BETTER IRON PLAYER • With spring upon us, now is the time to make your iron play a priority

Create more power from a short backswing

How do I chip with my hybrid?

Master the ‘cut’ chip shot

Collin Morikawa • The two-time Major Champion shares his tips for various kinds of shots along with some key mental-game pointers

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Equipment

SCOTTIE’S MAGIC MALLET – WHAT CAN WE LEARN?

BEST FAIRWAY WOODS

“Buttery soft and extremely workable, these irons are phenomenal for the price!” • Joe Ferguson sees if a classic 1980s Mizuno blade could still enhance his approach play

IRONS

Alnmouth

Andalucia • Europe’s original golfing playground is blessed with well over 100 courses to suit all tastes, abilities and budgets

County Laois • Venture west of Dublin into Laois, and neighbouring Kildare, and you will find parkland courses of very different hues. Kevin Markham went looking for colour

Winds of Change • The north of Scotland is a busy place when it comes to golf right now as we discovered on a January trip to the Moray Firth, taking in some of its most famous links as well as one or two lesser-known delights

Courses fit for kings and queens • Each of these five very different courses is at a club with a royal suffix

Bill Elliott • Golf Monthly’s editor-at-large and Golf Ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK