"I'm just trying to inspire people to play golf”

Golf Monthly meets social media sensation Mia Baker, who is on a mission to get more people into golf... and smiling all the way

A PLACE ΤΟ YOURSELF

Jeremy Ellwood discovers the Old Millhouse in Dalkeith to be the perfect away-from-it-all base for exploring the East Lothian coast's many fine links

Border patrol

Andy Wright ventures due east from his Troon base for a stay at Macdonald Hotels' Cardrona resort in the Borders near Peebles

Moortown

Golf fans know that Dr Alister Mackenzie was the man responsible for Augusta National; many will also be aware that the surgeon-turned-course architect first honed his design skills on his home patch close to Leeds.

Rickie Fowler

The 34-year-old American is back in form and eager to share his favourite tee-to-green tips

How to cure the chipping yips

INSTRUCTION - SAVE PAR

Beef up your ball flight

INSTRUCTION - FAULT FIXER

HYBRID MASTERCLASS

Top 50 Coach Lysa Jones explains how to make the most of this versatile club

The great debate

Nick Bonfield explores the concept of greatness in professional golf and ponders how it should be defined

BREAKING the mould

To mark shoe giant FootJoy's 100th anniversary, Neil Tappin flies out to its HQ near Boston to find out more about the brand's past and future, before setting up tent in the buzzing campsite it sponsors at The Open

TRUE GRIT

Mark Townsend catches up with fiercely determined Scot Robert MacIntyre and finds that fame and fortune have yet to change him

TaylorMade P790 iron £172 per club

It's been two years since TaylorMade gave its popular P790 iron a facelift.

Chichester

David Taylor visits this picturesque West Sussex club and enjoys a night in a luxury beach hut on the coast

New R&A data highlights golf's surging popularity worldwide

Golf's popularity continues to soar, according to new R&A global participation figures.

THE GAME

Harman tames Hoylake to secure maiden Major

"God has a plan for that double rogey"

Fergus Bisset speaks to golfing curate Joe Griffiths about his attempt to qualify for The Open and how golf sits alongside his faith

Callaway CB wedge from £149

It’s often the case that golfers who use cavity-back irons don’t carry the same technology into their wedges. The new Callaway CB aims to offer golfers a better blend between their irons and wedges from a forgiving, technology-packed design

Moving on up

New to the 2023-24 Top 100 is the ever-improving links at Wallasey. Rob Smith looks at what it takes to break into the upper echelons...

7 Rules golfers may find confusing

Jeremy Ellwood runs through a selection of Rules scenarios to which even some long-established golfers won't always know the answer

SKY'S THE LIMIT

Alison Root meets Pia Babnik, the 19-year-old Slovenian sensation who burst onto the professional scene in 2020 and now harbours ambitions to get to the very top

NO HALF MEASURES

Michael Weston meets Tony Bellew to hear about life in and out of the ring and find out what golf means to him now he's hung up his gloves

GOLF IS NOT LIFE AND DEATH

We speak to popular and self-deprecating American Joel Dahmen about his life as a professional and his Netflix stardom

THE POWER ΤΟ INSPIRE

Alison Root explains how the AIG Women's Open has evolved into the tournament it is today and looks ahead to this year's contest at Walton Heath

GAME CHANGERS

There's a new movement in golf, and adidas is at the forefront. Dan Parker looks at the brand's evolution and explains how its mission to be the most progressive in golf is taking the game to a new audience

48 hours in Mallorca

Rory Anderson makes a whistle-stop visit to the popular Balearic Island, with Pula and Alcanada on the menu

PURE YOUR IRONS

Jordan Smith is one of the best ball-strikers on the DP World Tour – in 2022, he led the greens in regulation stats.

Master the chip and run

Top 50 Coach Paul Foston explains the set-up and technique required to play this simple, lower-running greenside shot effectively

GAME CHANGER

Spencer Reynolds gives the inside story on the creation of Fujikura's groundbreaking shaft technology VeloCore and explains how it benefits golfers of every ability

NON-STOP INNOVATION

Find out the fascinating story behind Fujikura and just what makes the expert golf shaft brand's high-performance products unique

Dream Team.

We speak to some key figures at Royal Liverpool Golf Club to discuss exactly what goes into preparing for The Open Championship