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

Clark gets Wynd in his sails at Shinnecock Hills

MONTH IN STATS

Brave new world for the PGA Tour

SHORT GAME

Furyk turns to stats for Ryder Cup push

Should there be more golf commentators who haven’t had pro playing careers?

Arnold Palmer: a true golfing legend

Nelly Korda • The American won her fourth Major and her first US Open at Riviera Country Club in June

Fan both feet for better rotation

Welbeck Manor & Golf • Jeremy Ellwood discovers a lovely little spot to stay and play in this recently refurbished hotel not far from Plymouth with its own nine-hole golf course

TaylorMade Spider Tour putters £299

Scotty Cameron Phantom 3.2 and Phantom 12 putters £479

BERNARDUS

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

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT • With Aaron Rai the latest to join the list of British Major champions, Michael Weston wonders whether we are now on the cusp of another golden age in both the men’s and women’s games

FUTURE STARS • Six young British talents with the potential to go all the way to the top of the professional game

“I WENT TO SOME DARK PLACES” • Now back on tour and showing signs of his old form, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston opens up about his struggles, what triggered them and why he’s now happy again

“It’s been like being on a 34-year lads’ golfing holiday” • Lee Westwood takes a trip down memory lane and offers his opinion on the current state of the game

GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM • Cutting down any tree usually meets with disapproval these days, but there are often good reasons for it on golf courses, with other areas of the landscape equally effective when it comes to carbon capture…

YOUR HYBRID MASTERCLASS • Seven ways to use these versatile clubs to full effect

Preventing pulls and slices with the driver

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How to hole more short putts

Tips and drills to help remedy a reverse spine angle

ARRIVING LATE ON THE TEE

TITLEIST GTS2 DRIVER £629

MCLAREN GOLF SERIES 3 IRON £360 (PER CLUB)

SCOTTY CAMERON PHANTOM 9.2R PUTTER £449

CALLAWAY OPUS SP+ WEDGE £229

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Every swing starts with your feet • Golf shoes are often judged by how they look. PAYNTR Golf believes they shouldbe judged by how they perform

PUTTERS

DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICES

Perranporth

The high life • Jonny Leighfield headed to the Salzburg region of Austria to play three stunning courses and drool over the stupendous Alpine views all around

Hampshire • Jeremy Ellwood plays a selection of the county’s courses a couple of months apart on two separate journeys home from England’s more westerly regions

A ROOM WITH A VIEW • Rob Smith reflects on the many joys of staying at a golf club from his rich back catalogue of dormy house experiences

2026 centenarians • Congratulations to every club celebrating its 100th birthday, including these five spread from the English Midlands up to the southern reaches of Scotland

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

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