Golf Monthly July 2023

The team at Golf Monthly strives to deliver consistently informative and interesting content, not only to guide and assist golfers but also to entertain, inspire and offer food for thought. We pride ourselves on our feature section and the variety within it. I think this month provides a superb example of the quality and diversity of features we produce. With a tour focus, Fergus Bisset has written a considered and measured profile piece on Rory McIlroy, offering some interesting theories on why the Northern Irishman seems to have such a split golfing personality just now. I think we all want to see more of the brilliant Rory, the man who wins tour events for fun, producing those winning performances in the Majors. I hope The Open returning to Hoylake, the…

The dreaded shanks I do believe that golf is, singularly, the most enjoyable, inspiring, wonderful yet exasperating and stressful sport you can play. Any sport where you can rip it up in practice on the range, then look like you have never seen a club before on the course has to be taken seriously. I played with my son last week and he has bags of potential. Somehow, he started shanking his tee shots, then his irons and wedges. Whatever he tried on the course just made the problem worse. Watching his frustration as a father was heartbreaking. We tried a few hacks, but to no avail. A lesson with his coach will hopefully get him back on track, but to get to the stage where he was too afraid…

Emotional Day ends five-year drought Congratulations on winning the AT&T Byron Nelson. How do you reflect on the week? The first three days were great, and then I was really relaxed heading into the final round. I had a great sleep, woke up and things just felt calm. For some reason, I just thought I was going to win the tournament. Your mum passed away last year. How does it feel to have won the event on Mother’s Day? It was very emotional to experience what she was going through, then I had injuries on top of all that. To be honest, I was very close to calling it quits. It feels strange to be sitting here. I don’t know how else to explain it. To go through what I…

Collin Morikawa The American failed to build on a solid Masters, following it up with a T31 at the Heritage and a missed cut at the Wells Fargo. Nelly Korda Korda went back to World No.1 after a third-place finish at the Chevron Championship and a T6 the following week in LA. Jennifer Kupcho Back-to-back missed cuts at the Chevron and LA Championships took Kupcho outside the world’s top 20. Xander Schauffele A win looks right around the corner for Schauffele, who finished fourth at the RBC Heritage and second at the Wells Fargo.…

Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson have resigned from the DP World Tour and effectively ended their long and storied Ryder Cup careers. The Tour won its legal battle against 12 LIV Golf appellants, with the three-person panel upholding Keith Pelley’s right to impose sanctions on players competing in conflicting events without the necessary release. You must be a member of the DP World Tour to feature in the Ryder Cup for Europe. The quartet would almost certainly have been shoo-ins for future vicecaptaincy and captaincy roles. Westwood has represented Europe 11 times, winning on seven occasions, while Garcia is the Ryder Cup’s all-time leading points scorer. Poulter’s matchplay prowess earned him the nickname ‘The Postman’ and he boasts an undefeated singles record, while Stenson competed in five…

What would be your dream four-ball? Severiano Ballesteros, Tiger Woods and my dad. What’s your best moment in golf? The 2020 Qatar Masters play-off and win. What would you be doing if you weren’t a golfer? I’d like to be involved in golf course architecture. If you had a career mulligan, where would you use it? My second shot on the last hole at last year’s Irish Open. What’s your favourite app on your phone? Flightradar24. Would you rather win The Open at St Andrews or The Masters? The Masters. What’s the lowest score you’ve shot away from the tour? 59 on tour, 63 in college. What’s the hardest thing about life on tour? Flying so much and keeping invoices and receipts. If you could only play one course for…