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Royal Birkdale hosted the Open Championship in 2017, when Jordan Spieth won, and you can book a tee time there yourself. It isn't a closed members' club. This guide covers what the Southport links is…
Royal Portrush is not a members-only fortress. If your handicap is in range, you can book a visitor tee time on the Dunluce Links, the course that hosted the Open in 1951, 2019 and 2025.…
Patrick Reed owns one major title, the 2018 Masters, and more arguments per round than most players manage in a career. If you want the pro golfer Patrick Reed story without the noise, you're in…
Henrik Stenson has one major title, and he won it by shooting 63 in the final round at Royal Troon. If you searched for the stenson golfer story, here's the quick version: a Swede with…
Leatherhead Golf Club isn't a turn-up-and-pay course, and that's the first thing to know before you drive to Surrey with your clubs. It's a members' club on Kingston Road, so a visit means an enquiry,…
You're allowed 14 clubs in your bag, and most beginners are better off carrying 8 or 9. If you've searched for golf sticks types, you're probably staring at a wall of drivers, irons and wedges…
Six Open Championships, one burn that's wrecked more scorecards than any hazard in Scotland, and most visitors still show up thinking Carnoustie is a single golf course. It isn't. Carnoustie golf clubs actually span three…
A full set of new clubs can run you £800 or more at a retailer like American Golf, but plenty of golfers in the UK play solid rounds for under £20 a time. That gap…
Two completely different things share the name "Druids golf", and mixing them up costs you either a wasted search or a missed bargain. One is Druids Glen, a championship parkland course in County Wicklow that's…
There are more than 40 recognised crazy golf courses stretched across the UK, from the Land's End coastline to Aberdeenshire. If you're crazy about golf and the mini-putt version of it in equal measure, that…
Luke Donald spent 56 weeks as the world's best golfer without ever lifting a major championship trophy. That single fact tells you almost everything you need to know about how he built his career: not…
A 460cc driver head sounds huge until you slice it 30 metres into the trees anyway. That's the trap most weekend golfers fall into: they buy the biggest, most expensive "forgiving" driver on the shelf…
Slice it 30 metres right, top it off the tee, or watch it balloon straight up into the wind — if that's your Saturday routine, the driver in your bag is probably fighting you. The…
Two balls sit on the same shelf at your local pro shop for £39.99 and £26.99, and most golfers grab one purely on reputation. That's the wrong way round. The callaway chrome soft vs supersoft…
Ernie Els has finished runner-up at a major nine times. Nine. That's more than plenty of Hall of Famers ever managed even once, and it's the number that tells you more about his career than…
Ask ten club golfers whether they'd rather hit a fade or a draw, and nine will say draw, chasing the extra 10-15 yards they think it buys them. That instinct is costing them strokes. The…
A round on a genuine Donald Ross-designed course for around £20 sounds like a typo. It isn't. The William J Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park, tucked into Boston's Dorchester and Roxbury borders, is one…
Slice a drive on the 5th at Boundary Oak Golf Course and you won't find it. The oaks swallow it whole, and that ball is gone for good. This is what surprises a lot of…
Tour pros carry wedges with 4 to 6 degrees of bounce and razor-thin soles because they strike the ball with a descending, precise blow every single time. Copy that setup as a 20-handicapper and you'll…
Here's the number that trips up most weekend golfers: a 90 mph swing speed and a 75 mph swing speed can both belong to "15-handicap golfers," yet one guy hits his 7-iron 150 yards and…
