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

Aberg storms home to land Genesis title

Nordqvist at the helm as Europe plot revenge

$9,845,317 • Highest career money earned at The Masters – Phil Mickelson in 31 appearances to date

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Try ‘L to L’ if you’ve lost your swing

Should four-balls let two-balls through if the course ahead is clearly full?

Thomas Detry • The Belgian won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the WM Phoenix Open

Meldrum House • Jeremy Ellwood returns to the country house hotel and golf course 20 miles north-west of Aberdeen to experience one of its striking dining domes for the first time

Golden Bear comes out of hibernation

TaylorMade P790 iron £179 per club

FootJoy Premiere Series Packard LX and Field LX shoes £200

QUINTA DO PERU

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

THE MAGIC OF THE MASTERS

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER • Editor-at-large Bill Elliott reflects on what has changed and what has stayed the same over his 35 years of reporting from Augusta National, shares some of his favourite Masters memoriesand, most importantly, attempts to pick a winner

AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE • Scottie Scheffler has been dominant at Augusta National over the past few years. We look at his upbringing, his career to date and his skill set to ponder whether Jack Nicklaus’ Masters record of six wins could be in reach…

UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Bryson DeChambeau talks about his desire to win a Green Jacket, his chances at Augusta, last year’s US Open, becoming a YouTube personality and more…

Knowing the lie of the land • Between them, Billy Foster, Ricci Roberts and Terry Mundy have caddied in more than 70 Masters. Here, they share their memories of Augusta National and offer some insight as to what exactly goes on inside the ropes at the world-famous course….

TEE-TO-GREEN MASTERCLASS • A few key changes focusing more on strategy than technique could reap rewards this year

How to prevent a destructive hook

How do I hit a baby fade?

Marry line to pace when putting

WEATHER STOPS PLAY

GARMIN APPROACH R50 LAUNCH MONITOR £4,299

MIZUNO PRO S3 IRON £215 PER CLUB

WILSON DYNAPWR CARBON DRIVER £480

PXG SECRET WEAPON MINI DRIVER £429

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Three decades of TaylorMade drivers…

BALLS

Beau Desert

Costa del Sol • With many fine courses and 325 days of sunshine a year, southern Spain is an irresistible draw for holidaying golfers

Gateway to the Dales • Jeremy Ellwood heads to the point where south-east Cumbria meets Yorkshire meets Lancashire to stay and play at Bentham and take in other courses nearby

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE • Kevin Markham highlights the golf adventure that is west Ireland’s spectacular Wild Atlantic Way

Scottish ‘Next 100’ courses • With our new biennial Top 100 course rankings due out next month, we highlight five of the fine courses to be enjoyed north of the border from our Next 100…

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

Time for take-off

In Dublin’s fair city… • If you head to somewhere called Jameson Golf Links, you might expect to enjoy both...