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Author: Mark Townsend

Mark Townsend

Been watching and playing golf since the early 80s and generally still stuck in this period. Huge fan of all things Robert Rock, less so white belts. Handicap of 8, fragile mind and short game

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Features

The weird and wonderful characters who make up the driving range

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‘If you built that course today you’d be sued’: Alliss and his love-hate relationship with St Andrews

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‘If you built that course today you’d be sued’: Alliss and his love-hate relationship with St Andrews

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Ryder Cup

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Features

The weird and wonderful characters who make up the driving range

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‘If you built that course today you’d be sued’: Alliss and his love-hate relationship with St Andrews

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‘If you built that course today you’d be sued’: Alliss and his love-hate relationship with St Andrews

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Gordon J Brand

Ryder Cup

From the archives: Gordon J Brand

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Ryder Cup A-Z

Ryder Cup

I was there when Europe brought the Ryder Cup home for the first time

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Bernhard Langer

Fitness

Bernhard Langer’s 10-step fitness programme

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Doug Sanders

The Open

The incredible life of Doug Sanders

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Doug Sanders

The Open

‘It was just bad thinking’: Sanders and that missed putt at St Andrews

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Rookies to win the Masters

The Masters

The story of the first ever Masters

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Nick Faldo

The Masters

‘I had to double-check the numbers on the leaderboard to realise I had won’

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Alfred Dunhill Championship preview: TV times and betting tips

The Masters

‘I had to double-check the numbers on the leaderboard to realise I had won’

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lockdown

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Tour stars on lockdown: Whisky, Joe Wicks and Stranger Things

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Phil Mickelson

The Masters

The inside story of ‘the greatest shot of Mickelson’s career’ – by those who were there

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Larry Mize

The Masters

‘People can think what they want – it wasn’t a fluke’

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billy foster masters

The Masters

‘Everybody loved him’ – but what was it really like to caddie for Seve?

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Craig Perks

The 50th Players

Rewind: Perks, Players, and ‘the three greatest hole-outs I’ve ever seen’

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Lee Westwood and Pete Cowen

Tour

‘I wouldn’t wish it on anyone’: Coach Cowen battling coronavirus after Sawgrass return

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scratch golfer

Club

Self isolating? Seven tips to make the best of playing golf on your own

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What happened when Fowler took on JT left-handed?

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What happened when Fowler took on JT left-handed?

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Tour

Golf not on Rahm’s radar, his family in Spain is

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Ballesteros

19th hole

Rewind: Seve completes his PGA Tour hat-trick

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Tour

European Tour suspends ticket sales ‘until further notice’

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Augusta National

The Masters

Nicklaus: There will be no Masters this year

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ryder cup injury replacement

19th hole

How Fowler spent Sunday of the Players on 59 watch

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Alice Hewson

Tour

Hewson wins on LET debut: ‘It was definitely the right decision to continue playing’

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caddies

Tour

‘I’ll be down the pub trying to get some work’: How the caddies are feeling the pinch

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Sawgrass

The 50th Players

What it’s like to work on the most dramatic hole in golf

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17th at Sawgrass

19th hole

How do you come to take an unplayable at the 17th?

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TPC Sawgrass

The 50th Players

‘We fish out 65,000 balls a year at the 17th!’

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Tyrrell Hatton witb 2024

Tour

Why appearances are deceiving with hothead Hatton

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Norman

The 50th Players

The Players week that will never be repeated

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golf prizes

19th hole

What’s the best thing you can get as a winner on tour?

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Langasque

19th hole

Where does this rank in the all-time bunker shots?

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Hal Sutton

The 50th Players

‘Be the right club today!’ How golf’s most quotable quote was born

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Tiger

19th hole

Tiger’s greatest shot that you’ve never heard about

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Francesco Molinari

Tour

What on earth has happened to Francesco Molinari?

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Feherty

19th hole

Why it’s best not to soil yourself before interviewing Tiger

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Feherty

19th hole

Why it’s best not to soil yourself before interviewing Tiger

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Laporta

Tour

Italian golfer sent home from Qatar due to coronavirus

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Gamez

Tour

The story behind the most iconic shot ever played at Bay Hill

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Gamez

Tour

The story behind the most iconic shot ever played at Bay Hill

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Patrick Reed

19th hole

How do you try and restore Patrick Reed’s reputation?

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Dustin Johnson

Tour

We have our first official Olympics withdrawal

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Fleetwood

Tour

Fleetwood speaks out about Honda heckle

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Azinger

Tour

Azinger takes cheap shot at Europeans: ‘You have to win on the PGA Tour’

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Ian Woosnam

Tour

Ian Woosnam: From teenage prodigy to Masters champion

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Shinkwin

19th hole

Another week, another contender for luckiest shot of the year

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Tour

Koepka: ‘Playing with Trump was one of the coolest moments of my life’

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Tiger hero challenge

The Masters

Tiger Woods and the changing face of Augusta

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The Open

What’s your favourite Open venue and why?

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brooks koepka

Tour

‘I’ve got enough friends – I don’t even have Rory’s phone number’

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Andrew Wilson

The NCG Podcast

The NCG Podcast: This one’s about life as an up-and-coming tour star

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Viktor Hovland

Tour

Rookie Hovland breaks through in sensational style

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Mike Lorenzo-Vera slow play

Tour

‘I had almost €400,000 of debt because of bad decisions and partying’

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Patrick Reed

Tour

What about the man who actually played with Reed at the Hero?

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Royal Liverpool making major changes ahead of 2022 Open

The Open

Royal Liverpool making major changes ahead of 2022 Open

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Patrick Reed

Tour

‘I’ve seen Reed improve his lie four times now’

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DeChambeau

Tour

‘I drove it 397 yards – it makes me happy’

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Mickey Wright

Tour

‘She was the best ever – man or woman’: Remembering Mickey Wright

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broken golf club

Tour

Why so many players are avoiding the WGC in Mexico

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Rory McIlroy

Tour

What does McIlroy have to do to lose the choker tag?

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JB Holmes

‘I was hitting it 300 yards when I was 13’

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best drivable par 4

Courses and Travel

How the pros tackle the best short par 4 in the world

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Was DeChambeau's behaviour in Detroit out of line?

Tour

DeChambeau predicts Happy Gilmore future in driving distances

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Rory McIlroy the open 2023 betting tips

The Open

‘I didn’t choke at Portrush’: McIlroy fronts up on Open failure

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Phil Mickelson

Tour

Welcome to another of Mickelson’s weird weekends

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The story behind the Finau song that’s taken the internet by storm

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Would you use a tournament ball if bifurcation comes in?

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Dustin Johnson WITB 2020

Tour

‘I didn’t even try to read it’: Not everyone’s interested in the distance report

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RSM Classic betting tips

Tour

When Harry got Rory: How Diamond earned the most sought-after bag in golf

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Graeme McDowell

Tour

‘On some courses you feel like you are two shots behind standing on the 1st tee’

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slow play

Tour

‘Why are we forced to play with these guys?’ Harding fumes at slow players

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Tour

McIlroy on why he sacked his caddie: ‘I was very hard on him – really angry’

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Graeme McDowell

Tour

‘I always tell my kids we live in a nice house because daddy can putt’

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Victor Perez WITB

Tour

How some advice from an unlikely source catapulted Perez into the Ryder Cup picture

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David Feherty

19th hole

‘These days you can mark your ball with an elephant turd’

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Meghan MacLaren

Tour

‘It’s a huge tournament but this is about more than golf’

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Tour

Is Lewis finally set to make it to Augusta National?

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Sebastian Soderberg

19th hole

Golfers playing quickly: A bit of fun or complete nonsense?

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Dean Burmester

Tour

Burmester ‘just happy to be here’ after Dubai car crash

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Miguel Angel Jimenez WITB 2020

Tour

Like father, like son: Meet the Mini Mechanic

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