The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. I was thinking about opening my wallet – the moths needed releasing – while perusing the ‘visitor’ rules at a prospective golf club. I’ve got a weird fascination with some of these pages. They simultaneously manage to make me chuckle and choke at… Read more »
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Match play vs Stroke play: Did you know this about golfer-to-golfer combat?
The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. It might still be hitting a ball around a course but match play and stroke play can feel like completely different games. This was brought home when I made my international refereeing debut in August, as part of the team that officiated a… Read more »
The 14 best golf courses in the Midlands
The Midlands might not be the first area that springs to mind when one thinks of top-class golf courses, but it’s a hotbed in terms of variety and quality. Naturally, there are no links courses given the county’s landlocked status, but the myriad of characteristics across golf courses in the Midlands is seriously impressive. This… Read more »
How to work out your golf handicap
First things first, everyone can obtain a golf handicap. This applies to casual golfers as well as members of clubs, and it doesn’t need to be as complicated as you might imagine. Put simply—it is a measure of your golfing ability, so if you are playing with someone better or worse than you, then the… Read more »
Are golf bunkers supposed to be fair?
The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. It’ll be in everyone’s top five moans at their golf club – and it’s probably number one for many. Players and critics got excited about the bunkers at Royal Liverpool during The Open in July, and the R&A then changed the way they… Read more »
The 7 best golf putting aids
With various golf putting aids on the market, there’s no reason why you can’t work more on your putting game—the best way to get your handicap down. For whatever reason, putting doesn’t get practised nearly enough as it should, but that should all be changing with an increasing number of quality golf putting aids entering… Read more »
