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Today’s Golfer is dedicated to helping you play and buy better... We'll lower your handicap. Each issue, the magazine's team of elite coaches gives you tips that will lower your handicap - proven drills to help your driving, iron play, putting and close approach work. And if you're looking to invest in new kit, our experienced testing team brings you the first independent reviews of the latest golf clubs & accessories every issue. If you want to play abroad, ensure you read our travel advice... we'll ensure you have the golfing holiday of a lifetime. Plus: don’t miss our exclusive green fee deals and course guides. You could save a lot of money!

The record-breaker who can’t play enough

Appleby, Cumbria • Pound-for-pound, this might be the best course in England

Why better golfers lose out in comps • The odds really are stacked against single-figure handicappers at your club

5 BALL DEALS • Stock up for the start of the summer season

Golf one-liners

Bargain UK Tour venues you can play

Three pre-round chipping drills • A few well-struck chip shots will do wonders for your confidence, as well as toning up your feel for the round to come.

Vice ZT putters • Vice Golf have entered the zero-torque conversation with two new models

Henrik Stenson • The Swede talks Troon, 3-woods and why he likes watching his Open win back on YouTube

A ball on the move • Tour referee Ash Weller explains why one of golf’s most controversial rulings a decade ago led to a complete rethink of how moving balls on greens are judged

The calendar crunch is squeezing the life out of the majors

See it, play it, do it • Enter golf’s greatest lottery, book a fitting at The Kingdom, and experience a new twilight golf league next month

THREE

After Maria Jose Marin, what’s next in women’s golf?

Ripping off loyal fans

Your View • Contact us and get involved… editorial@todaysgolfer.co.uk

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Get UP& DOWN …from any lie • Learn how to escape from five nightmare scenarios

When MAJORS go bad • Shinnecock Hills is renowned for hosting controversial US Opens (notably 2004 and 2018). Could the same happen again in June?

I played 652 rounds in a year • Josh Simpson broke the world record for the most amount of golf played in 12 months. He told Ben Parsons about his biggest challenges, favourite courses and why he might even be tempted to exceed the milestone…

David Howell • With 726 European Tour starts on his CV, along with a top-10 World Ranking and two Ryder Cups, Howell has seen the highest of highs (like beating vintage Tiger) and the lowest of lows during his 30-year career

PLAY BETTER

HOW DO I PLAY… The punch under branches?

Improve your sand contact

Shoulders too fast, club too slow

Build a better takeaway

Free your swing from the top down

How to crack the 90 barrier

The true meaning of control • You can’t boss golf… but you can take charge of what it tries to do to you

If you take just four things… • Key thoughts for the course and range this month

More speed… at the right time

EQUIPMENT • THE HOTTEST NEW GEAR TESTED AND REVIEWED

TaylorMade SYSTM2 putters • Five head shapes, precision-milled faces and game-changing tech – all at a great price

TaylorMade SYSTM2

The five models in detail

Latest launches

PXG Stick’em forged wedges • PXG’s funky new wedges are 100% forged and combine tour-inspired shaping with tech designed to improve consistency and spin around the green

What’s new?

Lightweight stand bags

Best HYBRIDS of 2026 • Every brand has at least one, and they’ve never...