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Author: Steve Carroll

Steve Carroll

Steve Carroll

A journalist for 25 years, Steve has been immersed in club golf for almost as long. A former club captain, he has passed the Level 3 Rules of Golf exam with distinction having attended the R&A's prestigious Tournament Administrators and Referees Seminar.

Steve has officiated at a host of high-profile tournaments, including Open Regional Qualifying, PGA Fourball Championship, English Men's Senior Amateur, and the North of England Amateur Championship. In 2023, he made his international debut as part of the team that refereed England vs Switzerland U16 girls.

A part of NCG's Top 100s panel, Steve has a particular love of links golf and is frantically trying to restore his single-figure handicap. He currently floats at around 11.

Steve plays at Close House, in Newcastle, and York GC, where he is a member of the club's matches and competitions committee and referees the annual 36-hole scratch York Rose Bowl.

Having studied history at Newcastle University, he became a journalist having passed his NTCJ exams at Darlington College of Technology.

What's in Steve's bag: TaylorMade Stealth 2 driver, 3-wood, and hybrids; Caley 01T irons 4-PW; TaylorMade Hi-Toe wedges, Ping ChipR, Sik Putter.

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World Handicap System

Is the World Handicap System giving high handicappers an unfair edge or just levelling the playing field?

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Rules of Golf

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5 unwritten etiquette rules everyone should follow

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Rules of Golf

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World Handicap System

Is the World Handicap System giving high handicappers an unfair edge or just levelling the playing field?

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Rules of Golf

Golf’s most brutal rule? It’s time to change stroke-and-distance

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Rules of Golf

What can you use as a ball marker?

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LPGA

LPGA Tour 2024 schedule and results

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LPGA

AIG Women’s Open round 3 tee times: When does Charley Hull tee off?

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Rules of Golf

Golfer DQ’d from AIG Women’s Open after caddie uses DMD

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Rules of Golf

My ball is embedded in the face of a bunker – can I take relief?

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LPGA

The best ball score from Charley Hull’s group is just insane!

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Features

Are you IN or OUT? Where’s the best place to leave a bunker rake?

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LPGA

Carnage at the Old Course! ‘A lot of us were thinking, how are we going to play?’

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Rules of Golf

What happens if my putt hits the nearest the pin marker?

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Take a walk! It’s time to ban the golf cart

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LPGA

Kerching! The AIG Women’s Open prize fund is massive

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Nominations open for 2024 Women in Golf Awards

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LPGA

2024 AIG Women’s Open tee times: Round 2 groups

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LPGA

2024 AIG Women’s Open tee times: Round 1 groups

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Want to play in club competitions? You should be made to pass an exam first

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LPGA

How did Lottie Woad get to World No. 1? “She worked her backside off”

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World Handicap System

Do you love or loath the World Handicap System? It’s time to have your say

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A cheat’s charter – or has general play made golf more accessible?

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PGA Tour

PGA Tour releases 2025 schedule: When are the Signature Events and Playoffs?

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Can you deliberately manufacture a drop to get a better lie?

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Features

What’s the problem with changing your golf shoes in the car park?

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LIV Golf

Is retirement on the horizon for Phil Mickelson? LIV Golfer says he’ll “step aside” to let new blood “take the HyFlyers to new levels” if decline persists

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Trump’s eye-watering increase to play historic Turnberry – how much is it after the latest price rises?

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Olympic Games

Olympic Golf women’s tee times for Round Four

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Nice drive! This shot landed a 17-handicapper a £40,000 car

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Rules of Golf

Our expert answers your golf rules questions!

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Rules of Golf

Does the clock stop on a ball search if I let a group through?

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LIV Golf

5 things we learned from watching LIV Golf UK

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The Open round 4 tee times and pairings

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The Open

The Open round 3 tee times and pairings

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The Open

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Rules of Golf

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Rules of Golf

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The Open

The Open tee times and pairings 2024: Round one

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The Open

The Open: Everything you need to know about the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon

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PGA Tour

PGA Tour announce massive change to scorecard rules

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US Open

2024 US Open Round 4 tee times: Sunday’s groupings

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US Open

Check out the big names to miss the US Open cut

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US Open

His last US Open? Tiger Woods says “it may or may not be”

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US Open

Francesco Molinari might have made the greatest ace ever seen at the US Open

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US Open

Of course Bryson DeChambeau has names for his clubs

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US Open

What is the Pinehurst rough that’s making the world’s best look stupid?

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US Open

Rory McIlroy: ‘I’d love if we played more golf courses like Pinehurst’

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US Open

Formidable but fair: This is exactly what we want from a US Open test

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US Open

It can’t go on like this – Tiger Woods needs to find a new way

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US Open

How many? You won’t believe the shots you’d get at Pinehurst No. 2

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Features

iGolf scheme hailed as huge numbers of players join golf clubs

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The NCG Podcast

More tees please! How your club could get courses rated quicker

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Royal St George’s and Nairn to host R&A amateur championships

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Features

Respect in Golf: ‘It’s just the right thing to do’

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The NCG Podcast

Does your club ban general play scores? Here’s why they have to STOP

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Features

How much does it cost to run a golf course?

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Features

Sky Sports presenter Sarah Stirk: “We’re making progress, but more needs to be done”

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The NCG Podcast

Slow play nightmares: Can a simple checkpoint end your club’s traffic jams?

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US Women's Open

LPGA

We’ve got a showdown! Three-way tie at US Women’s Open summit

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LPGA

Fair or foul? Did the US Women’s Open course set up cross a line?

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