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

Relentless Rose back in PGA Tour winners’ circle

Rose early favourite for Ryder Cup captaincy

SHORT GAME: RYDER CUP SPECIAL

Spain to host Ryder Cup in 2031

RYDER CUP STATS SPECIAL

Are six wildcards too many for the Ryder Cup teams?

Find a secondary target to boost your accuracy

Galgorm Resort • Jeremy Ellwood spends a couple of nights with Golf Monthly courses colleagueRob Smith at this fine County Antrim golf hotel with a rapidly growing reputation

Justin Rose • The Englishman’s 12th PGA Tour win came at theFedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis

Callaway Apex Ai150 iron £200 per club

TaylorMade MG5 wedge £179

DUMBARNIE LINKS

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

COMETH THE HOUR • Rory McIlroy is Europe’s top-ranked player heading into the Ryder Cup. Can he be a talisman once again, and has he now established himself as the best male player the continenthas ever produced?

JACK THE WORLD ACCORDING TO • We sit down with the legendary Golden Bear to talk about his career, Tiger Woods, the state of the modern game and much more…

EMBRACING THE MADNESS • Nick Bonfield heads to Essendon Country Club in Hertfordshire to experience a golf day that’s as far away from traditional as is possible…

MIND OVER MATTER • Michael Weston talks to renowned mind-game guru Karl Morris about the six inches between the ears and how amateurs can improve in golf’s mental domain…

NAIL YOUR IRONS! • Follow these handy tips and drills to dramatically improve the quality of your iron strikes

How to make a driver backswing

ASK THE EXPERTS

Master the putting stroke

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The holiday home reinvented • August offers an opportunity to own a collection of holiday homes that suit your lifestyle

PING i240 IRON £190 PER CLUB

CALLAWAY CB 12 WEDGE £119

BUSHNELL TOUR HYBRID RANGEFINDER £519

MIZUNO PRO S-1 IRON £215 PER CLUB

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PUTTERS

Setting the standard • Trusted by the world’s best players, Bushnell continues to lead the way in distance-measuring technology with devices like the new Tour Hybrid…

The 10 best golf clubs of all time

DMDs

Church Stretton

A perfect retreat • Jeremy Ellwood discovers that Penha Longa’s 14th-century monastic heritage really does create a sanctuary-like feel amid five-star luxury

North Leeds • Joel Tadman visits an area of the UK where you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to fine golf courses touched by the design genius of Alister MacKenzie

Billy & Kenna’s excellent adventure • Jeremy Ellwood plays with Billy Low and Kenna Campbell at Glenbervie Golf Club near Glasgow to find out more about their quest to play every Scottish golf course…

Past Ryder Cup home venues • Some former hosts of golf’s greatest team event are perhaps slightly surprising…

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

WELCOME

COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS • Bill Elliott looks ahead to the biennial showdown at Bethpage Black, reflects on Ryder Cups past and highlights the important role both captains will play in deciding the eventual outcome

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