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By the time you’re reading this, we’re hopeful that golf courses will soon be reopening, whetting the appetite for your opening tee shot. But perhaps lockdown has given you the time required to reflect on the clubs in your bag that simply aren’t cutt

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A short drive to the south of its famous namesake port, the 27 holes at Dun Laoghaire are blessed with a quite beautiful parkland setting that is as far from links as it’s possible to be. The club relocated to enjoy a brand new Martin Hawtree design

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What makes you and Jeremy experts? Jacko_G, GM website forum Given there is no recognised qualification for being an aficionado of golf courses, this is a good question! However, between us we have played nearly 2,000 courses, and we have spent a

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The course is something of a sleeping giant – what are your plans to awaken it? Wider playing corridors, reclaiming lost green shapes, expanding short grass around greens and regenerating lost heathland, in a sentence! Is this an Abercormby restorati

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Not only have we started to see a trend towards longer drivers on tour, but these have often been put in play in addition to a standard-length model. In Dubai last year, Callum Shinkwin dropped his 3-iron and added in a 48-inch driver. He gained seve

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LUKE OVERALL Halstead, Essex Handicap: 16 My handicap was coming down and I’d had my previous clubs for many years so I decided to invest in a new set. I didn’t know where to start with so many on the market, so I visited my local American Golf to

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Which courses that you’ve played have featured the most difficult bunkering? Colin Hendricks, Faversham I’ve played many courses that are prolifically bunkered, but I wouldn’t necessarily describe their bunkering as particularly difficult. Two that d

Edge

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Shot-making is as simple as it gets: you tap A to set the power, and again when the aiming curve is to your liking. “We wanted to make it as easy as playing something like Mario Golf, or even easier,” Edwards says. The hard part, then, is figuring ou

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Should I use a tee on par 3s? Ryan Gilbert, via email For 99 per cent of golfers, absolutely, as it reduces the chance of early ground contact and helps you hit the middle of the face. But I actually don’t, because it encourages a swing fault of swin

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The TaylorMade 300 Mini driver has already found its way into the bags of tour professionals, but can it also be a useful asset for a club golfer? The head is just 307cc, much smaller than the normal 460cc driver heads, and the shaft is just 43.75” l

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This Stewart Golf trolley will cleverly follow behind you at a safe distance, leaving your hands free as you stride the fairways ahead of it. We love the new frame design that allows it to fold down compactly using just two buttons. The wider front w

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Alister MacKenzie seems to go hand in golf glove with attractive courses. Cork is no exception, with its parkland design running down to and alongside Lough Mahon. Once there, the 4th and 5th flank the water before the next few holes play in and out

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Q I took up golf at the start of last summer and I am learning the Rules slowly. Last month, something happened which I was sure must have been a first, but apparently it wasn’t! I was around 50 yards from the green when a raven landed on the green a

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It’s a topic that’s never far from the limelight and one that always splits opinion. Many traditionalists won’t be satisfied until golf equipment and technique has been transported back decades in time, while others embrace the quirks of the modern g

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I was pleased to read the article by Elliott Heath relating to greenkeepers’ well-being. I’ve been playing golf for 70 years, including a stint being chairman of the greens, and I believe that at many clubs greens staff are undervalued and underpaid.

Golf Australia

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“Acceleration through impact is as vital to the short game as it is with your longer irons and woods. It is the only way to put proper backspin on these shots, for maximum control.” “Whatever tempo you adopt for your swing, be sure that you keep it c

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TAKE YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND SUBSCRIBE NOW! THE Z-STAR provides incredible distance, feel, and control, but where it really shines is SPIN. Its softer overall compression is perfectly tuned to give you absurd greenside spin and control. It’s

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Confined to quarters in spring, I worked on the spreadsheet I keep to record the 1,000+ courses I’ve played. Without this, I would probably have lost track years ago. Some have closed, three have reduced from 18 holes to nine, three have relocated an

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On a recent golf tour to Ireland, I was involved in an especially heated discussion at the 19th hole. Granted, the combination of playing 36 holes on a sunny day and several cold post-round beverages was always likely to illicit some emotive exchange

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What are your favourite courses in the Golf Monthly Top 100? Luke Standish, Exeter I honestly believe that the rankings reflect a democratic and balanced view and are a trustworthy list. However, we all enjoy different things, and while I love playin

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The Rolls of Monmouth is a fine parkland course playing over a peaceful landscape in a tucked-away corner of Monmouthshire, just west of the town from which the county takes its name. It would be perfectly logical to assume that ‘Rolls’ refers to the

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Rob Miles North Hants Golf Club What are the special features of the course? We have one of relatively few courses with both heather and gorse, as well as large undulating greens. It is a very testing 6,500-yard course with a two-tee start and par 3s

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Three months after my marathon day at Wentworth, there have been some significant changes to my golf game. One that shines brightest is that I am enjoying it much more. It had become so bad that I’d stopped looking forward to playing golf. Now I have

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When it comes to green reading, I strongly recommend reading your putts ‘backwards’, and by that I mean from behind the hole first. The putt I’m assessing here is a 20-yarder. From behind the hole I can see that the last 12 feet are downhill, with th

Golf Australia

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SUITABILITY: The Tour B’s four models are split into two groups, the Tour B X and XS for players with swing speeds above 105mph and the RX models for golfers with driver speeds below the same number. With the S models offering softer feel and more sp

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Chris Wallace, Rules manager at The R&A, highlights an interesting Rules scenario from the opening round of the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open, when Callum Shinkwin’s drive on the 18th found its way into a particularly unusual lie. Shinkwin’s ball

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I’m always on the lookout for something a bit different when researching new courses to visit, and certain photos caught my eye recently when looking for somewhere to play on a whistle-stop trip to Wiltshire. In particular, it was a photo of the appr

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1 It’s about minimising the potential for a big number. Here, there are more bunkers beyond the first one that you could find if you hit the 50-yard shot heavy. Laying up in the fairway short of the bunkers greatly increases your margin for error. 2

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This feature had been talked about for some time, with the catalyst a 2018 trip to Scotland when I tweeted I was looking for a nine-holer to fill a gap in my schedule. Rothes GC was happy to oblige on that occasion, but would a whole trip of spontane

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France GF: €95 Stats: par 72, 6,473 yards A quick trip through the Channel Tunnel opens up a different world, with plenty of great golf to discover. One of the very finest courses in the region is the revitalised Les Pins at Hardelot. An easy drive f