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

Donald goes back-to-back at Bethpage

$27,659,550 • Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Tour earnings this season up to the Sanderson Farms Championship

SHORT GAME

Tiger Woods goes back under the surgeon’s knife

What is the best season in which to play golf?

Links House, Dornoch • Jeremy Ellwood heads back to the famous golfing town to stay at this superb hotel right beside Dornoch’s clubhouse and pay an overdue return visit to Tain

Split your hands for better ball-striking

Xander Schauffele • The American rounded off a disappointing 2025 with a win at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan

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HILLSIDE

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

ARE YOU NOT entertained? • Bryson DeChambeau does many things very differently. Michael Weston traces the fascinating the the reflects phases in the evolution of an American superstar

50 GREATEST GOLFERS OF ALL TIME • Over the course of the next ten pages, we single out who we feel arethe best 50 players to have picked up a golf club over the last 150 years

BURNING ambition • England’s Matt Wallace has long worn his heart on his sleeve when it comes to his Ryder Cup dreams. Here, he addresses that, rates his season and discusses where he’s now at in his career

MORE THAN A GAME • In late summer, Rob Smith joined Golf Monthlyforum members on their annual fundraiser for Help For Heroes at Blackmoor Golf Club in Hampshire

PITCHING MADE EASY • Adding a variety of pitch shots to your armoury will help you shoot lower scores

The perfect pre-round warm-up with 30 balls

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How to escape deep bunkers

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Is putter tech a myth? • Joe Ferguson pits two classic putters against the cutting-edge L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Max to see if modern technology actually makes a difference on the greens

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Wilmslow

Magical Marbella • Royal Marbella Golf Resort’s prime location and easy access to the Costa del Golf’s top courses are a winning formula, as Joel Tadman discovers…

Morayshire • Jeremy Ellwood ticks three more courses off his list in this northerly Scottish county, which is blessed with golf aplenty both on the coast and a little inland

AS GOOD AS IT GETS • Nick Bonfield makes his first ever journey to Trump Turnberry to play the recently renovated Ailsa course and experience one of golf’s most iconic resorts

Peter Alliss collaborations • We delve into the design legacy of golf’s much-loved player-turned-broadcaster

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