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

McIlroy lands sixth Race to Dubai title

$4,000,000 • Amount won by Jeeno Thitikul in the LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship finale, the largest ever prize in women’s golf

Charity-conscious Woods backs Ryder Cup payments

SHORT GAME

DeChambeau completes hole-in-one challenge

Bunker play the Lowry way • By Top 50 Coach Tom Motley

Would you rather play golf in Fife or Ayrshire?

Maverick McNealy • The 29-year-old Californian won for the first time on the PGA Tour in November’s RSM Classic

Cally Palace • Jeremy Ellwood heads a little way north of the border to stay and play at this elegant and imposing 18th-century mansion on the outskirts of Gatehouse of Fleet

Cobra DS Adapt drivers £469

Odyssey Ai-One Square 2 Square putters £289

LOFOTEN LINKS

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

“People might think it was an easy decision. It wasn’t” • Ryder Cup record-breaker Sergio Garcia talks about playing for Europe, the Majors, his hopes for the future and, of course, his move to LIV two years ago

Is golf too expensive? • The cost of membership, greens fees, gear and more can give our game a bad rap. Is that fair or are there more affordable ways to play? Michael Weston investigates…

Dining at the TOP TABLE • Aaron Rai’s Wyndham Championship victory has elevated his career to a new level. But, as he tells David Facey, he’s taking nothing for granted…

Confessions of a golf club fitter • Is everything always as it seems in the custom-fitting bay? We ask someone in the know how you can avoid some of the more unscrupulous practices

LEARN FROM THE BEST • Star players’ signature shots… and how you can play them

Tips to play your best golf

Is your angle of attack correct?

Is there a way to simplify my chipping?

How to play the chip-and-run

Patrick Reed • The 2018 Masters winner shares his thoughts on the various skills golf requires, with a focus on short game and putting

BALL ON BRIDGE OVER PENALTY AREA

ODYSSEY AI-ONE SQUARE 2 SQUARE JAILBIRD PUTTER £289

HACKMOTION SWING ANALYSER FROM £295

TAYLORMADE KALEA GOLD DRIVER £449

BAGBOY SLIMFOLD PUSH TROLLEY £279

ASK OUR EXPERTS

TRAVEL COVERS

“This wedge represents the origins of a short-game dynasty” • Joe Ferguson’s short-game test using an original Vokey wedge yielded surprising results

PUSH TROLLEYS

Murcar Links

The Western Cape • Along with its stunning scenery, vineyards and welcoming climate, this region is home to a wealth of fine courses

The Tees Valley • Jeremy Ellwood potters about along the famous north-east river for a couple of days, basing himself at Rockliffe Hall, one of England’s finest golf hotels

A GRAND ESTATE • Goodwood in West Sussex may be steeped in ancestral history, but about 20 years ago it elected to take its golf offering down a very different route…

Halls and houses • These engaging parkland courses each boast a beautiful, stately setting

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