Opinion
The Quiet Case for Playing One Set of Tees Forward
The recreational golfer who has, over the course of the last decade, slowly worked his handicap from the high twenties down to the mid teens, and who plays, on …
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Opinion
Pace of Play Is Not the Problem Most Golfers Think It Is
The pace-of-play conversation, in the modern amateur game, has reached the kind of saturation point at which it has stopped being a conversation about a problem …
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In Defence of the Layup
There is a moment that happens on a par-five at every level of the amateur game, and that I am increasingly convinced has been getting talked about wrongly for …
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In Praise of Team Golf: Why the Zurich Classic Matters More Than You Think
Professional golf is, for fifty-one weeks of the year, a profoundly individual pursuit. A man stands over his ball, alone with his thoughts and his yardage, and …
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LIV Golf and the Rumour That Will Not Go Away
The shotgun start at Club de Golf Chapultepec went off on Thursday afternoon without incident, which in the current climate counts as a significant achievement …
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In Defence of the Short Golf Course
A confession up front. The best round of tournament golf I have watched in years was the 2024 Open at Royal Troon, which measured 7,385 yards on the card, which …
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In Praise of the 7-Iron
There is a club in your bag that you do not write home about. It is not the driver, with its crown the size of a soup bowl and its capacity to ruin a Saturday …
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Why Defending the Masters Is Golf's Hardest Act
The Champions Dinner is one of the more civilised rituals in sport. On the Tuesday evening of Masters week, the defending champion hosts the former winners at a …
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Pin High Press Picks: Our Final Masters 2026 Predictions
Forty-eight hours from now, the 2026 Masters will be underway. Forty-eight hours after that, we’ll have the Sunday afternoon we’ve been waiting on …
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Gary Woodland's Win Is the Reason We Still Watch Sport
Modern professional golf has spent the last several years trying very hard to make us cynical. The endless LIV negotiations, the lawyer-led press releases, the …