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

Home glory for MacIntyre at Scottish Open

MONTH IN STATS

Furue’s fabulous finish secures maiden Major title

SHORT GAME

History made at the US Senior Open

Ewen Ferguson • The Scot picked up his third DP World Tour title in Germany this July

Golf trip with friends: would you rather stay in a golf hotel or dormy house?

Oulton Hall • Jeremy Ellwood returns to this QHotels Collection 27-hole golf hotelnear Leeds to finally play the nine-hole loop still missing from his CV

Mayhem in Massachusetts

Start your swing correctly • Rehearse and rehearse again Once you get into the position in point three below, stop, check and then complete your swing. And repeat!

Callaway Opus Wedges £179

Garmin Approach Z30 rangefinder £389

AL ZORAH

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 GREATEST SHOWMAN • Fergus Bisset looks at how Bryson DeChambeau has become the hottest property in golf and why he’s so important to the future of the game

BRYSON’S BUNKER BRILLIANCE

MAD SCIENTIST TO MAJOR CHAMPION… • GM gear guru Joe Ferguson looks back on Bryson’s equipment journey, from his first set of one-length irons to his current unorthodox line-up

Planes RAINS & AUTOMOBILES • Steven Dashevsky tells the extraordinary story of how he broke the world record for playing golf on six different continents in the shortest period of time

A FITTING STAGE • The AIG Women’s Open looks set to deliver on a grand scale in August as the game’s very best female players join battle on the world-famous Old Course in St Andrews for just the third time

From dawn till dusk • Why would you put yourself through four rounds in a day? Perhaps to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK as an intrepid GM duo did in May…

GET DIALLED IN FROM 100 YARDS • Working on three vital elements can really tighten up your pitching

How to handle tricky stances

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How to find the right stroke length for every putt

RULES

POWAKADDY CT8 GPS FROM £949

COBRA LIMIT3D IRON £2,499 (4-PW)

CALLAWAY PARADYM AI SMOKE TI 340 MINI DRIVER £449

PING KETSCH G PUTTER £279

EQUIPMENT

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STAND BAGS

“The impact feel is as good as, if not better than, any game-improvement iron I have hit” • Iron tester Joe Ferguson puts an iconic Callaway model from the 1990s through its paces

SHOES

Chesterfield

Dominican Republic • This tropical paradise in the Caribbean boasts a wealth of thrilling, scenic and absorbing golf

Mayo and Sligo • Jeremy Ellwood heads way out west in Ireland to revisit the fabled links at Carne in Mayo and sample the hotel and course at a 21st-century newcomer in Sligo

MANY HAPPY RETURNS • Rob Smith reflects on courses he admits he didn’t fully ‘get’ at first, only to find them considerably better and more enjoyable second time around

Nine-hole gems • Half the holes but just as much fun as these five very different courses prove

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

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