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Today's Golfer
FRONT NINE
THE BIG GOLF RACE • Take on your biggest challenge yet and help beat prostate cancer
HOT & NOT
‘THE THOUGHT OF RETIRING HAD CROSSED MY MIND’ • Brooks Koepka on overcoming injury and failure to join an elite group of winners
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE RULES OF GOLF? • Put your golf knowledge to the test by taking our rules quiz
FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEGENDS • You can’t score at Wembley or hit an ace at Wimbledon, but you can play an Open venue - and England’s Golf Coast is home to three of them
THE ALL BLACKS • Taylor Made’s P790 irons are among our favourites of the year. But they’ve just been usurped…
‘BEEF, GRAVY AND BISCUITS - OR WHY LESS CAN BE MORE’
‘THE RYDER CUP WILL BE BETTER WITH LIV PLAYERS INVOLVED’
YOUR VIEW
BUILD A BETTER SHORT GAME • There’s a tour-proven short game system for every greenside shot — and this is how to do it…
THE RIGHT SHOT AT THE RIGHT TIME • WHEN TO USE WHICH RELEASE
THE 3 RELEASES… AND BOUNCE
THE ADDRESS
THE MOTION
THE ADDRESS
THE MOTION
THE ADDRESS
THE MOTION
SAME COURSE, NEW LOOK • Our in-depth course guide reveals all about the key holes at Hoylake and why there is so much excitement around the closing stretch
A LINKS GOLF MASTERCLASS
‘Without the red of Hoylake, there wouldn’t be the green of Augusta’ • From carved pineapples and chipping contests on the clubhouse stairs, to red jackets and the Village people — TG explores this year’s Open venue
THE MAGIC OF HOYLAKE • Hoylake has a hard task following the 150th Open at St Andrews, but it can deliver a unique spectacle unlike any other course on The Open rota. Michael Catling explains how…
DOES THE NEW PAR-3 17TH LIVE UP TO THE HYPE?
‘The objective was to produce a short par 3 with the capacity to produce a high range of scores’ • Architect Martin Ebert tells Top 100 Editor Chris Bertram about the pressure and process behind creating a brand-new hole for The Open…
WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH LIV?
‘Royal St George’s was a case of hanging in, surviving’ • SANDY LYLE
PLAY BETTER • MORE TIPS! MORE TEACHERS! MORE USEFUL!
STRAIGHTER IRONS…
THE CHIP-PUTT
Hit it longer, hit it straighter • Eyeline Speed Trap 2.0
MANAGE YOUR DRIVE TO MINIMISE DAMAGE
JIMMY BALLARD’S ‘POWER PLUG’
WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY CHASING FORM OR FUNCTION? • Have you had your head turned by aesthetics?
WAKE UP YOUR LOWER BODY
‘I MUST STRIKE THE BALL CLEANLY WHEN I CHIP’
THE PERFECT FIT • Buying the best wedge for your game isn’t as easy as it used to be. So allow us to guide you…
CALLAWAY BIG BERTHA 2023 • The legendary marque returns as an easy-to-hit range for game improvers
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR PERFECT WEDGES • Buying the best wedges for your game is not as simple as it used to be…
MINI DRIVER vs FAIRWAY WOOD • Is TaylorMade’s new BRNR Mini worth a place in your bag? We found...