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

McIlroy completes dream Masters double at Augusta

Korda back to summit after Chevron cruise

SHORT GAME

Lytham confirmed for Open return

Are club pairs knockout competitions too much hassle to bother with?

Golf at Goodwood • Jeremy Ellwood pays a return visit to the excellent set-up on the Goodwood estate very close to where he spent his college days in the cathedral city of Chichester

Adopting an athletic posture

Matt Fitzpatrick • The Englishman has won three times on the PGA Tour in 2026, including with his brother Alex at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Ping Scottsdale TEC putters from £349

TaylorMade Systm2 putters £219

FINCA CORTESIN

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

CRUNCH TIME • With the future of LIV Golf in doubt, Jon Rahm has reached a crucial moment in his career. Can he silence the doubters and add to his Major tally?

COMEBACK KING • The remarkable story of how John Parry has gone from battling on the third tier of European golf and being on the brink of quitting the game to contending on the PGA Tour

“I bought clubs from the dump and played in a pro tournament” • One man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure, so they say. Joe Ferguson finds out if it’s possible to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear with the help of Golf Pride…

“I want to be NO.1 in the world” • In 2026, Golf Monthly will follow the fortunes of talented 28-year-old German DOMINIC FOOS as he vies to earn a place on the LIV Golf League via the lucrative International Series

The best of both worlds • With Away Resorts, you can combine great golf with family time, familiarity and a pleasantly relaxed way of life

7 WAYS TO PERFECT YOUR PUTTING • Focus on these key concepts to hole more putts

LEARN FROM THE BEST! • Top tour coach Nick Bradley explains the key lessons to take from the games and swings of five of the world’s finest players

Shanks: faults and fixes

ASK THE EXPERTS

How to generate spin out of bunkers

FROM THE TOUR

SHOT SCOPE LM1 LAUNCH MONITOR £199.99

PING G440 KDRIVER £630

WILSON DYNAPWR FORGED IRON £999 (4-PW)

ODYSSEY AI-DUAL DOUBLE WIDE 1/2 BALL DB PUTTER £299

EQUIPMENT

THREE VINTAGE FAIRWAY WOODS THAT STILL KEEP UP WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY

HYBRIDS

PUTTERS

Is this the smartest way to purchase distance? • Sam De’Ath tracks two decades of Callaway driver evolution, from the composite FT-5 to the A.I.-optimised Quantum, to see if the latest technology justifies the vast price difference between new and second-hand

THE BIG MAX STORY • To find out more about this hugely successful family-owned brand, Dan Parker jetted to Vienna to meet two generations of the Reiter family

Goswick Links

Something old, something new • Fergus Bisset enjoys the timeless sophistication of the renovated Marine Hotel in North Berwick right beside the town’s revered links

South Pembrokeshire • Rob Smith enjoys an overdue return to south-west Wales to sample the fine links and new accommodation at Tenby, plus a couple of less famous courses

HEART OF THE COMMUNITY • Jeremy Ellwood and Kevin Markham go in search of golf at the opposite end of the spectrum to that which many of us enjoy, and...