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 article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. Picture some of our most venerable clubs and you’ll conjure up images of a golfing church. The only hymns you’d normally hear come from birds chirping. It’s not the place you’d expect to be subjected to an impromptu rock concert. Yet the peace… Read more »

The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. I’ve seen the social media pictures of greenkeepers with huge welts on their head. I’ve admonished a playing partner who sent a shot skyward while staff were working in a greenside bunker. I’ve seen the appeals from BIGGA chiefs urging golfers to show… Read more »

The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. You all know you’ve got a World Handicap System index, but do you really know what that number represents? We’ve had more than 30 months to get used to our decimal points and the figure we see when we open our digital apps… Read more »

The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. This is probably golf’s biggest myth. It just refuses to die, no matter how much you shout about it, or just scream into a mirror. It’s a belief that’s just so widespread on our fairways that it will probably always have legs. But… Read more »

The article below was written by Steve Carroll of National Club Golfer. I’ve known a few people who could best be described as temperamental. As the shots got wilder, the clubs went flying. It wasn’t a matter of if, but when. If I’d played enough with them, I’d be used to it. The moment was… Read more »