Unpopular golf opinions
As any trip to the clubhouse bar will tell you, golfers can be an opinionated bunch. Here, six GM writers give their slightly left-field thoughts on the game. Do any of their views resonate with you?
If at first you don’t SUCCEED
At 69 years of age, Graham Laing qualified to play in this year’s Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale, a fitting exclamation mark on a fine professional career
COMETH THE HOUR
Rory McIlroy is Europe’s top-ranked player heading into the Ryder Cup. Can he be a talisman once again, and has he now established himself as the best male player the continenthas ever produced?
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS
Bill Elliott looks ahead to the biennial showdown at Bethpage Black, reflects on Ryder Cups past and highlights the important role both captains will play in deciding the eventual outcome
100 GREATEST EVER GOLF TIPS!
With the help of GM’s Top 50 Coaches (below), we have compiled a list of the best quick tips to ever appear in the pages of Golf Monthly
IS THIS… the BUSIEST man in golf?
Dumbarnie Links’ general manager David Scott is also captain of The PGA of GB&I in 2025 and the latest honorary professional for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Bill Elliott looks ahead to the third Open Championship at Royal Portrush in his homeland and wonders who, if anyone, can stop Scottie Scheffler adding the Claret Jug to his bulging trophy cabinet
TIME TO SHINE
With strong recent form on the PGA Tour and a runner-up finish to his name last time at Portrush, could Tommy Fleetwood finally add the Claret Jug to his CV this July?
Unpopular golf opinions
As any trip to the clubhouse bar will tell you, golfers can be an opinionated bunch. Here, six GM writers give their slightly left-field thoughts on the game. Do any of their views resonate with you?
If at first you don’t SUCCEED
At 69 years of age, Graham Laing qualified to play in this year’s Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale, a fitting exclamation mark on a fine professional career
COMETH THE HOUR
Rory McIlroy is Europe’s top-ranked player heading into the Ryder Cup. Can he be a talisman once again, and has he now established himself as the best male player the continenthas ever produced?
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS
Bill Elliott looks ahead to the biennial showdown at Bethpage Black, reflects on Ryder Cups past and highlights the important role both captains will play in deciding the eventual outcome
100 GREATEST EVER GOLF TIPS!
With the help of GM’s Top 50 Coaches (below), we have compiled a list of the best quick tips to ever appear in the pages of Golf Monthly
IS THIS… the BUSIEST man in golf?
Dumbarnie Links’ general manager David Scott is also captain of The PGA of GB&I in 2025 and the latest honorary professional for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Bill Elliott looks ahead to the third Open Championship at Royal Portrush in his homeland and wonders who, if anyone, can stop Scottie Scheffler adding the Claret Jug to his bulging trophy cabinet
TIME TO SHINE
With strong recent form on the PGA Tour and a runner-up finish to his name last time at Portrush, could Tommy Fleetwood finally add the Claret Jug to his CV this July?