Golf Monthly - 1 Jun 2025
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TYRRELL HATTON EXCLUSIVE
BUNKER MASTERCLASS
DON’T MISS THIS MONTH
Guide To Better Bunker Play
Building Bryson’s Clubs
Tested By Golf Monthly
Launch Of The Month
No Missing Links
Ask The Experts
Buyers’ Guide
Thomas Bjorn
Tyrrell Hatton
Inside Adidas
Month In Golf
Spotlight On
Short Game
Wayne Riley
Love To Play
Alison Root
Test Centre
Long Game
Group Test
Stay & Play
Linn Grant
Your View
New Gear
Tour Gear
Bill Elliott
Quick Tip
Must Play
On Tour
Debate
Rules
Think smart, play better?
Not for me, I’m afraid
Making sense of the rules
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Par still plays a part
YOUR VIEW
ACROSS DOWN
Keep things meaningful
Maiden win for Min Woo Lee at Houston Open
DID YOU KNOW?
MONTH IN STATS
Englishman Joshua Berry’s Number of events it took
5 104 Number of events it took for
Mcilroy reaches another PGA Tour milestone
WHO AM I?
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
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Sami Valimaki
Matt Wallace
Stop pushing and pulling your putts
Have you been less inclined to play much winter golf in recent years because of the weather?
Min Woo Lee
SPOTTED ON TOUR
Richard Mansell
Russell Henley
Hyo Joo Kim
Karl Vilips
Grove of Narberth
Motocaddy S1 electric trolley from £679.99
Q&A: OLIVER CHURCHER
Ping Scottsdale putters £275
GM SAYS
BEST 2025 POLOS
ROYAL WELLINGTON
ROYAL WELLINGTON
“Golf fashion is part of the bigger picture in bringing the game into the modern era
Onwards & upwards
“I’ve und press compe
Always thrived er the ure of tition”
By the numbers
TUNNEL VISION
TUNNEL VISION
DARTS FEVER
I BUILT BRYSON’S US OPENWINNING CLUBS
AND ENTERED A PRO EVENT…
BEH A PEEK THE CURTAIN
BEH A PEEK THE CURTAIN
THE ADIDAS ARCHIVES HOLDING HISTORY
YOUR GUIDE TO BETTER BUNKER PLAY
The perfect set-up
Opening the face
Cocking the wrists
Feel drills
Plugged lie
30- to 40-yard bunker shot
How to hit draws and fades
How do I play the flop shot?
What’s the best way to hit my driver in a crosswind?
Is there a good way to help me hit more par-3 greens?
Three greenside shots to add to your armoury
Thomas Bjorn
Thomas Bjorn
BJORN WINNER
‘ONE BALL’ VIOLATION
‘ONE BALL’ ESSENTIALS
YOUR QUERIES RESOLVED
R&A WINNERS
BALL MOVING IN TEMPORARY WATER
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
L QUIZ ANSWERS
TAYLORMADE P790 IRON £179 PER CLUB
96%
UP AGAINST
KEY TECHNOLOGY
Mizuno JPX925 Forged
PING BUNKR WEDGE
KEY TECHNOLOGY
TITLEIST GT1 HYBRID
KEY TECHNOLOGY
ECCO BIOM H5 SHOE
KEY TECHNOLOGY
TITLEIST PLAYERS 4 CARBON STAND BAG
BEN HOGAN FORT WORTH MB IRON
FOOTJOY HYPERFLEX SHOE £160
ODYSSEY AI-ONE SQUARE 2 SQUARE JAILBIRD CRUISER PUTTER
CLEVELAND HIBORE XL DRIVER £399
GARMIN G20 SOLAR GPS
ARE DRIVER SHAFTS TOO LONG?
ASK OUR EXPERTS
MIZUNO JPX 925 HOT METAL PRO
DRIVERS
DRIVERS
COMFORT THE ZONE
IRONS
Ballybunion – Old course
Essentials
Ballybunion – Old course
North-east Donegal
No missi
Ng links
LINKS FROM THE ROAD
Drop holes
Drop holes
“There is someone tackling you on a golf course. It’s yourself. It’s always yourself ”
The best of the best A
Staff panel
The UK & Ireland’s Top 100 courses Movement
How our rankings work
99 Mount Juliet
UP 1 96 Tandridge
DOWN 1 97 Broadstone
DOWN 5 93 Ferndown (Old)
100 Dundonald Links
DOWN 10 94 Royal North Devon
RE-ENTRY 95 St Andrews (Castle)
UP 6 92 Portstewart (Strand)
DOWN 5 Woburn (Duchess’)
By the numbers
UP 7 74 Parkstone
DOWN 4 77 Woburn (Marquess’)
NO CHANGE Aldeburgh (Championship)
82 Aberdovey
DOWN 1 76 St Andrews (New)
UP 2 75 West Lancashire
79 Woking
UP 5 81 County Sligo (Colt Championship)
DOWN 2 78 Carne (Wild Atlantic Dunes)
My top ten
Rob’s top ten
Hunting out the value
DOWN 6 50 Rosapenna (Sandy Hills Links)
53 Alwoodley
DOWN 9 47 Hollinwell
DOWN 1 Trump International Golf Links, Doonbeg
NO CHANGE 52 The Machrie
55 Liphook
UP 1 54 Saunton (East)
NO CHANGE 51 Silloth on Solway
NO CHANGE 49 Royal St David’s
My top ten
32 Ganton
Walton Heath (Old)
34 Old Head
Dumbarnie Links
UP 2 33 Swinley Forest
NO CHANGE 36 Gleneagles (King’s)
My top ten
Neil’s top ten
UP 1 30 Hillside
DOWN 1 31 Hankley Common
28 North Berwick
26 Portmarnock (Red & Blue)
DOWN 3 27 The Golf Course At Adare Manor
DOWN 2 Burnham & Berrow (Championship)
Icing on the cake
Icing on the cake
Our team on the ground
The Top 100 reader panel
A perfect fit
06 Royal Birkdale
Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
05
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)
St Andrews (Old) 02
St Andrews (Old) 02
01
01
Bubbling under… the Next 100
Bubbling under… the Next 100
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