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Instruction, equipment advice, course guides and the rules of golf — practical reading for every handicap.
"Release the club" is one of the most common pieces of golf advice, and one of the most misunderstood. Some golfers flick their wrists at the ball from the top of the swing; others hold on so tightly…
Two golfers can hit exactly the same shots and score very differently. The difference is course management: the decisions about where to aim, which club to hit and when to take a risk. Good course…
Disc golf takes the idea of golf, getting from tee to target in as few shots as possible, and replaces clubs and balls with flying discs and the hole with a metal basket. It is cheap, fast, sociable…
Around one in ten people is left-handed, but far fewer golfers play left-handed. For a long time the reason was simple: left-handed clubs were hard to find, expensive and limited in choice, and many…
Ask a group of club golfers where they are aiming and most will point at the flag. Lay a club along their toes and step behind them, and the story is often different: many are aimed well right of the…
Golf has a longer recorded history than most sports, and it has left a wonderful trail of objects behind it: hand-made wooden clubs, feather-stuffed balls, early tees, books, prints, medals and…
A round of golf lasts four to five hours, and if you walk, you will cover several miles and burn a good number of calories. Yet many golfers tee off on an empty stomach, snack on sweets at the turn…
The grip is the only part of the club you touch, yet it is often the most neglected. Grips wear out gradually: they harden, turn shiny and lose their tack, so you end up squeezing the club harder…
For many golfers, the dream is simple: wake up, look out over a fairway, and be on the first tee within minutes. Homes on or beside golf courses, and whole communities built around them, are found…
Few destinations offer as much variety as South Africa. In a single trip you can play among vineyards beneath mountains, on clifftops above the Indian Ocean and in the bush, where the wildlife…
Picture a tee shot over turquoise water, a fairway lined with palm trees and a warm breeze off the ocean. That is the appeal of golf in Mexico and the Caribbean. For golfers in North America, these…
For golfers across Europe, and for plenty from further afield, Spain and Portugal are the default answer to the question "where can I play golf in the sun?" A short flight takes you from cold, wet…
