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Golf Magazine is the number one source for golf instruction, equipment and travel, including: exclusive instruction from our Top 100 Teachers in America, introspective interviews with the game’s rising stars and old masters, and short-game tips from guru David Pelz. Plus, you’ll get the latest in gear, including ClubTest equipment reviews, and private lessons, tips personalized for your game.

Golf Magazine

Lessons Learned

A Shore Bet

KJUS Ike Shorts

Clubhouse • GOLF.COM / SMART GOLF STARTS HERE/ JULY-AUGUST 2021

This Golfing Life • In high school, Cathy Marino helped Jordan Spieth believe in his gifts. A decade later, she’s still spreading the gospel of feeling good.

Breakfast of Champions • The traditional English “fry up” at Royal St. George’s is a feast of major proportions

Ask The Rules Guy • This year, I’ve played in 40 mph winds, downpours and on courses nearly under water, but the new “playing conditions calculation” hasn’t applied to any score. If these situations don’t trigger a score adjustment, can you tell me what does?

Rory McIlroy • The four-time major winner, now 32, remains one of the most impressive drivers of the ball in the game today Analysis by Top 100 Teacher Dave Phillips

Bryson Explains… • Three things to think about this summer: a simpler setup, how cool the Ryder Cup’s going to be and—yep!—alternative life-forms

Deep Focus • In an excerpt from Best Seat in the House, Jack Nicklaus II remembers a challenging—and teachable—moment from the ’81 Open Championship

Throwback • GOLF X NICKLAUS MONOGRAMMED CAPS ARE VINTAGE-INSPIRED, GOLDEN BEAR DAD HATS FOR REAL JACK FANS

Seasons in the Sun • The PGA Tour Champions has extended the professional lives of some of golf’s greatest players. And when they get hot? They burn brightly.

Gin It to Win It • Talk about your royal and ancient! The juniper-based spirit has been slaking thirsts—and opening minds—for the better part of a millennium. Bring on the Open!

Swing Cleaning • When it comes to fixing your swing, don’t scrub it all, just lose the junk, says new GOLF Top 100 Teacher Nick Clearwater

Money Game with Paul Sullivan • Kings for a Day For recreational golfers, pro-ams are a rollicking (and nerve-racking!) good time. But the fun will cost you—on average, in the tens of thousands.

My Favorite Instructors • One step at a time. Is there better advice? For over a century, knowledge has been passed from coach to player and, as instruction HOF-er Mike Adams knows, from coach to coach. There are legends in the making in GOLF’s latest Top 100 Teachers list (p. 87), but according to the Swing Dr., here are the ones who’ve mattered most.

CHOOSE WISELY • The TaylorMade TP5 ball is a Tour favorite. Just ask Sergio García, who got back to the winner’s circle this year with a veteran’s eye for finding the right gear.

SHADES OF SUMMER

A PERFECT “10”

VIKTOR HOVLAND • An elite ball striker and the world’s 13th ranked player relies on a bag loaded with PINGs and plenty of school spirit

BADD TO GOOD

QUALITY CONTROL • How much different are range balls than those fresh out of a premium $15 sleeve? Different. Very different.

POLO GROUNDS

WONDER WEDGES

Viktor Hovland Is More Than Just OK. (And, Hey, He Loves It There!) • The Norwegian-born superstar-to-be has been stepping out on the world golf stage while living near his beloved Oklahoma State. It seems that campus life and the Cowboy way still suit him—as long as he can bring the noise.

OUT OF THIS WORLD • When the Open Championship comes to Royal St. George’s for the 15th time, it will mark a return to one of the rota’s best links, the endlessly quirky medieval town around it and the moment when...