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

The Bay GC wins inaugural TGL match

$69,000,000+ • Total prize money on the PGA Tour Champions in 2025, the highest ever in the senior tour’s 45-season history

SHORT GAME

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Should dogs be allowed on the golf course?

The best grip check drill

Lexi Thompson • One of the game’s greats stopped playing full-time on the LPGA Tour at the end of 2024. These are the clubs she used in her final event…

Rudding Park • Jeremy Ellwood returns to the well-known resort just outside Harrogate in North Yorkshire to see how things have evolved since his previous visit some 17 years ago…

Callaway Elyte drivers from £569

Srixon Z-Star balls £48.99 a dozen

OZARKS NATIONAL

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

“I’M IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN” • Ludvig Aberg has made quite a start to his professional career, with his eyes now set on climbing higher still in 2025 following a slight pause for surgery last September

25 PLAYERS TO WATCH IN 2025 • Fergus Bisset selects 25 players to look out for in 2025. From rising stars to household names, these men and women could be in line for stellar seasons

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE • With her stock rising exponentially in 2024, many are predicting the brightest of futures for Lottie Woad in the paid ranks when she decides to make the leap

“I KNEW THERE WERE NO SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS” • Peter Odemwingie, the former Stoke, West Brom and Nigeria footballer, is now a qualified PGA professional. He tells Adrian Back about his unlikely journey from kicking a ball to hitting one…

FIND THE PERFECT BACKSWING • Get it right on the way back to reap more power and consistency

Are you releasing power too soon?

ASK THE EXPERTS

How to hit chip shots in the wind

Johannes Veerman • The winner of December’s Nedbank Golf Challenge shares his thoughts on some of the best ways to lower your scores

SCORECARD BLUNDER

COBRA DS-ADAPT X DRIVER £469

PAYNTR EIGHTY SEVEN SCSHOE £199.99

CALLAWAY ELYTE IRON £167 PER CLUB

BEN HOGAN SIGNATURE STAND BAG £199.99

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PACKAGE SETS

Blackmoor

Kenya • If you fancy a golfing safari, then Nairobi and its surroundings have much to offer both on and off the course

Ayrshire • Scotland’s west coast is no stranger to golf history. While St Andrews may now be the undisputed Home of Golf, Ayrshire will always be the birthplace of The Open Championship, which began on Prestwick’s then 12-hole course in 1860.

My golfing year • Rob Smith looks back on his packed 2024 diary and reflects on the many and varied adventures of a dedicated golf course writer

Clubs with two 18-hole courses • Each of these venues is home to two fine and occasionally very different layouts

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