Today's Golfer

Today’s Golfer is dedicated to helping you play and buy better... We'll lower your handicap. Each issue, the magazine's team of elite coaches gives you tips that will lower your handicap - proven drills to help your driving, iron play, putting and close approach work. And if you're looking to invest in new kit, our experienced testing team brings you the first independent reviews of the latest golf clubs & accessories every issue. If you want to play abroad, ensure you read our travel advice... we'll ensure you have the golfing holiday of a lifetime. Plus: don’t miss our exclusive green fee deals and course guides. You could save a lot of money!

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Today's Golfer

A CARIBBEAN CLASSIC • Coore & Crenshaw have worked their magic on the island of St Lucia

THE EASIEST WAY TO FIX YOUR SWING

THE RACE TO BE CROWNED EUROPE’S NO.1

THE ‘MUST WATCH’ SEVE DOCUMENTARY • The R&A has unveiled a new Seve exhibition and documentary, which is now available to watch for free online

INDEPENDENT GOLFER SCHEME FINALLY COMES TO WALES

THE BARGAIN HUNTER • Five gear deals to snap up this month

‘I’M PLAYING 2,001 HOLES IN A WEEK – THAT’S 286 HOLES EVERY DAY!’ • Meet the Irishman attempting to break the record for most holes played in a week – and raise $250,000 for charity!

THEY DID WHAT!?

‘I ONLY CARE ABOUT BEING BACK ON THAT TEAM IN ROME’ • Shane Lowry on gimmes, boos and Ian Poulter’s passion

RYDER CUP: WHAT THE STATS SAY

PREDICTING THE RYDER CUP CAPTAINS • Westy to lead Europe out in Rome and Poulter and Phil to face off in New York? We cast our eyes over the contenders

AROUND THE CLUBS

DON’T GET CAUGHT OUT!

THE LIE DETECTOR • If you’re unsure when you can – and can’t – pick and place this winter, our guide will help

GET THE FREE RULES OF GOLF APP

HOT & NOT

A LAUNCH MONITOR OF YOUR DREAMS • Get granular on your game – then tee it up at Pebble Beach!

GOLF’S TIRELESS TEACHER

HOW YOU CAN PLAY OPEN VENUES HALF PRICE • Now is the time to play the courses you’ve dreamed of – at bargain winter prices. Top 100 Editor Chris Bertram explains how...

SIX TO PLAY SAVE £500+ WHILE PLAYING THE COURSES OF YOUR DREAMS THIS WINTER

STAY & PLAY DEAL

‘YOUR BRAIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CLUB IN YOUR BAG’

YOUR VIEW

PROTECT OUR PLAYGROUND

LOVE EVERY CLUB • If you’re more confident with all 14 sticks in the bag, they’ll love you back

DRIVER

FAIRWAY WOODS AND HYBRIDS

MID-IRONS

SHORT IRONS & PITCHING CLUBS

SAND WEDGE

PUTTER

‘I was the right drunk at the right bar at the right time’

FEHERTY SAYS...

MAKING A BIG IMPRESSION • Bryson and Brooks, Poulter and DJ – even the great Tiger Woods... No-one is off limits for golf’s best impressionist. Yet Conor Moore’s big break was a happy accident, as he explains

THE DAY I MET TIGER

WHAT THE STARS SAY?

WHAT IS THE CONOR MOORE SHOW?

THE WORLD’S WORST GOLFER • The Phantom of The Open is a new British film telling the true story of Maurice Flitcroft – the crane driver who tried to qualify for the Open… despite the fact he’d hardly ever swung a club

THE FILM’S STAR-STUDDED CAST

EUROPE’S HOT 100 • The 100 greatest courses in Europe are revealed this month, the members of this esteemed list stretching the length and breadth of the continent

NEARLY MAN NO MORE • At the age of 27, Matt Fitzpatrick is one of the game’s nearly men. Good enough to win multiple times in Europe and contend on the PGA Tour, so what will it take for him to make that next step up?

FITZPATRICK IN PROFILE

MATT’S SIX STEPS TO...