Alex Ballinger

Alex Ballinger is a freelance journalist and writer who has been contributing to Golf Monthly since August 2023.

With seven years' experience as a reporter and editor, Alex has covered a range of topics from environmental issues to the Tour de France.

Alex is a new golfer who has been playing since 2020, when he needed a new Covid-safe outdoor hobby. As a new golfer, Alex is well placed to write about golf from the perspective of the many thousands of new players who took up the sport during the pandemic. 

After starting out on the nine-hole course at Bromley Golf Centre in South East London with a single 7 iron, drawing judgemental looks from the staff, he is currently pursuing that ever-elusive goal of breaking 100, while trying to ensure he still enjoys the game.

A left handed golfer, Alex still can't bring himself to calculate his handicap.

He lives in Berkshire.