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THE FUTURE OF GOLF IS IN GOOD HANDS
Today's Golfer
STRIKING GOLD IN GREECE • Two new courses add to Costa Navarino’s world-class offering
WARM YOUR HEART BY THE TELEVISION
BOOK YOUR GOLF GETAWAY
BUILD YOUR YEAR PLANNER! • All the key dates for 2022, including the biggest events taking place in the UK
PUTTSHACK WATFORD
‘BEING OUT HERE ON TOUR STILL FEELS UNREAL – LIKE A DREAM’ • Viktor Hovland on Tiger, targets and being over that Ryder Cup
THE HOT WEATHER HERO
AROUND THE CLUBS
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED! • Still struggling to get to grips with the World Handicap System? The R&A are here to help...
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HOT & NOT
‘WHEN I STARTED I WAS PLAYING OFF 18 UNOFFICIALLY. NOW I’M OFF 6.9!’ • Oscar Finch had never broken 90 before setting off to play 90 rounds in 90 days. Now he’s playing off single figures
NUMBERS GAME
ARE ‘ENJOYMENT TEES’ THE FUTURE? • Wychwood Park is the latest golf club to scrap gender-specific tees — and your local course might be next
FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS… • A new multi-million pound upgrade has transformed Dundonald Links into one of Britain’s most essential golf escapes
SIX OTHER GREAT GOLF RESORT LODGE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER...
LODGE & PLAY DEAL
‘THE POWER AND THE GLORY – MY GOAL FOR 2022’
YOUR VIEW
LENGTH ISN’T EVERYTHING
GET BACK TO BASICS • Let Me and My Golf’s Piers Ward and Andy Proudman set your game up for a fantastic season of golf
THE SMILING ASSASSIN LEONA MAGUIRE • Already making a name for herself on the LPGA, Ireland’s Leona Maguire went stratospheric during Europe’s Solheim Cup victory in 2021 – but her best is yet to come…
SISTER ACT • THE SIBLING RIVALRY DRIVING LEONA MAGUIRE
EUROPE’S RISING STAR
IT’S GOLF... BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT • There are almost 40,000 golf courses in the world, but some are stranger than others…
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY PARS CLUB • Inside the world’s first Beatles-themed golf course (complete with a yellow submarine)
BIRDIES IN THE BUSH • Over six weeks, more than 150 golfers swung and putted their way through the beautiful Queensland Outback in one of the world’s unique golfing events. TG joined them...
The Anonymous Caddie Survey • On the promise of complete anonymity, we asked 50 top-level tour caddies for their honest, unvarnished views on the game and the players who pay them. The replies were illuminating...
‘My retirement plan has always been to open a bar in the Caribbean. I’m not ready to do that yet, though’
TIGER COUNTRY • Tiger Woods tamed it in 2006 – but how will our intrepid fourball get on?
THE UNDERCOVER VERDICT
THUMBS UP
SHORT BUNKER SHOT TO A TIGHT PIN
BETTER PUTTING
GET UPWARDLY MOBILE • Your driver attack angle can add significant distance – put this simple drill into play for maximum gains
The cut-price cure for fats and thins
THE PERFECT WARM-UP DRILL
THE RESTRICTED BACKSWING SHOT
STRIKE POINT
INTENTION,...