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

Reitan shines in Sun City to land Nedbank title

SHORT GAME

Fuzzy Zoeller dies aged 74

Can you enjoy playing golf in the rain?

Crooklands, Cumbria • As part of a wider Cumbria break with Rob Smith, Jeremy Ellwood finds the perfect base for the county’s southern reaches and enjoys a return visit to Windermere Golf Club

A ‘plane’ and simple iron-play drill

Laurie Canter • The Englishman has turned down a PGA Tour card for aspot on the Majesticks LIV Golf team for 2026

PXG Lightning metalwood family from £269 to £569

Srixon AD333 ball £28 a dozen

TERRAS DA COMPORTA – TORRE COURSE

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

Golden age • It’s hard to believe the man who has entertained, surprised and wowed us for decades is now 50 years old. Gavin Newsham reflects on 50 of Tiger’s finest words, deeds and moments from the age of two to the present day

Brave new world • Fergus Bisset talks to The R&A’s chief executive Mark Darbon about his first year in the role and what the future holds for golf

THE GRAND TOUR • Rob Smith reflects on a fulfilling journey as he passes the major milestone of 1,000 British Isles golf courses

HOW TO EXCEL IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS • Golf doesn’t get any easier out of season, but these tips could help keep your scores down

Flush your fairway woods

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Putting drills to improve your strike

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TOUR EDGE EXOTICS MAX DRIVER £379

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REMOTE ELECTRIC TROLLEYS

What was the most popular second-hand club of 2025? • PGA professional Joe Ferguson investigates the various factors that help to explain whyone particular club is still flying off the shelves 18 months after its release…

PACKAGE SETS

Basingstoke

Cream of the crop • Elliott Heath ticks off two of the Algarve’s very finest courses as he stays and plays at Palmares Ocean Living and Golf before heading to Monte Rei

Belfast • Jeremy Ellwood enjoys a mix of courses in and around Northern Ireland’s capital, including a long-overdue maiden game at Rory McIlroy’s home club

Grand plans • As Royal Dornoch’s new clubhouse opens, Jeremy Ellwood talks to general manager Neil Hampton about the club’s ambitious future goals

Clubs to move home in the modern era • All five of these long-established clubs have relocated to pastures new since 1970

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