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What value do you put on a round of golf?

Nefyn, North Wales • No.23 in our GB&I X Factor Top 100 with good reason

TaylorMade scraps annual driver launches • The company are switching to a two-year launch cycle for its woods with Qi4D

5 5 BEGINNER DEALS • Know someone starting out this summer? Show them this

Odd things we’ve seen in golf bags (honestly)

Affordable courses by Birkdale architect Lowe

Home-grown putting fixes • A full home practice set-up may be unrealistic, but putting practice is always manageable with a book, cushion and a little creativity.

Chris Wood • The 2016 Ryder Cup star on winning again, mental health battles and receiving a pep talk from Padraig Harrington

The ABCs of taking an unplayable • Players can either play the ball as it lies, go back on the line or drop laterally – all for the price of a penalty stroke

TaylorMade’s stripe show • The Tour Response has been updated for 2026 – and we love it!

See it, play it, do it • Tee off at the eighth largest football stadium in Britain, watch Rory and Scheffler in Scotland, and book a last-minute ticket to Birkdale

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Rai does it his way as golf’s silent superstar

My happy place belongs at The Open

Nine-hole snub

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How to boss 150 yards • Sharpen your strike and strategy from golf’s most important distance

Formula 1 TO FAIRWAY • McLaren are known for making very fast, very expensive cars including Lando Norris' F1 racer. But now they've turned their technical know-how to golf, as Lewis Daff explains

Time to SCRAP scorecards? • Paper scorecards have been part of golf for centuries. But in an age of real-time data and shot tracking on Tour, plus mobile phone score entry for amateurs, is it finally time to rethink one of the game's oldest traditions?

Thomas Levet • From the heights of Ryder Cup victory to the pride of winning his national Open, the French star reflects on a career shaped by talent, bizarre setbacks and an agonising near miss in the 2002 Open Championship

The three-lane channel

The mid-length approach from rough?

Power snap

Train a neutral attack

Whipping it on the inside

Pin-sharp putting

Lock in to control your sand strike

Front 6 v middle 6 v final 6

Building your practice arena • Four simple ways you can turn your solo round into a brilliant training exercise

If you take just four things… • Key thoughts for the course and range this month

EQUIPMENT • THE HOTTEST NEW GEAR TESTED AND REVIEWED

Callaway Quantum Mini & Quantum Ti Fairway • Two new wood options mean the Quantum family now has something for every player

Tech specs

The two models in detail

Latest launches

Ping Scottsdale TEC putters • This new mallet range uses visual science to improve how golfers aim and execute putts

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