
Mark Townsend
Mark has worked in golf for over 20 years having started off his journalistic life at the Press Association and BBC Sport before moving to Sky Sports where he became their golf editor on skysports.com. He then worked at National Club Golfer and Lady Golfer where he was the deputy editor and he has interviewed many of the leading names in the game, both male and female, ghosted columns for the likes of Robert Rock, Charley Hull and Dame Laura Davies, as well as playing the vast majority of our Top 100 GB&I courses. He loves links golf with a particular love of Royal Dornoch and Kingsbarns. He is now a freelance, also working for the PGA and Robert Rock. Loves tour golf, both men and women and he remains the long-standing owner of an horrific short game. He plays at Moortown with a handicap of 6.
Latest articles by Mark Townsend
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12 Of The Most Standout Seasons In LPGA HistoryWe celebrate some of the most memorable years and superstar players in the women's game
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'If You Can't Enjoy Playing In The Yorkshire Challenge Then I'd Consider Hanging The Sticks Up'The Yorkshire Challenge offers the chance to play three Ryder Cup courses in three days. We sent a team to try and land the most unlikely of wins
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'I Think We Would Be World No.1' - Alex Fitzpatrick Explains Why He And Brother Matt Would Be Formidable If They Combined Their GamesWhich parts of Alex and Matt's games would be combined to make the perfect composite Fitzpatrick golfer?
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‘Players Today Are Too Much Into Technique’ – Lorena Ochoa On The Lessons Learnt From Her Incredible CareerFormer World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa looks back on her time at the top of the women's game and why she decided to retire at the age of 28
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'I Thought It Would Be Fantastic To Win One Major' – Annika Sorenstam On Her Incredible Career, Her Love Of Links Golf And Her Dislike Of PuttingHall of Famer Annika Sorenstam looks back on the lessons learned from a fantastic career which gave her 10 Majors
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32 Of The Most Heartbreaking Moments In Golf HistoryWe look back at some of the game's most poignant and tragic moments, from the 19th century to the modern day
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32 Iconic Seve Ballesteros MomentsWe remember and celebrate some of the stand-out moments from the Spanish legend's career
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'The One Thing I Love About Golf Is You Strive For Perfection But It's Never Going To Happen' – Inside The Mind Of A Misunderstood Dustin JohnsonDustin Johnson is one of the best golfers of the last 20 years and a future Hall of Famer, but he's actually quite different to how he's perceived
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32 Best Golfer NicknamesWe look at out favourite nicknames and how some of golf's greatest players received their famous monikers
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Best Current Women Golfers Yet To Win A MajorWe profile the stars of the women's game who appear to be on the verge of making their Major breakthrough
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The Best Women's Golf TrophiesWe highlight some of the most glittering and eye-catching bits of silverware in the women's game
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32 Best Golfers Of The 80sWe recall a decade that saw many of the game's iconic names dazzle at their brilliant best and the Ryder Cup come to life
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10 Incredible Women’s Golf Records That Will Never Be BrokenRecords are there to be broken but we try to decipher which great achievements are now set in stone in the women’s game
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32 Surprising Major WinnersWe look at the men and women who have upset the odds to land one of the big four (or five for women) trophies in the game
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The Best Threeball Formats For GolfThree is often seen as an awkward number for golf but it doesn't have to be...
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32 Most Stylish Golfers Of The 80sWe take a look at the players who decorated the 80s with their colourful outfits and personalities
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‘I’d Love To Do It’ - Dustin Johnson Keen On US Ryder Cup CaptaincyA perhaps unexpected name has thrown his hat into the ring to captain Team USA in a future edition of the Ryder Cup
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How The TV Coverage Got It Wrong In The Early Exchanges Of The Ryder CupWith only four matches on the course there's no excuse not to see every shot in the first hour of a Ryder Cup
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Why LIV Golf Played A Part In Ludvig Aberg’s Rapid Rise To Ryder Cup StardomPart of the Swede's sensational progress is down to a new PGA Tour programme brought on by the advent of LIV Golf
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Who Is Brooks Koepka’s Caddie?Northern Irishman Ricky Elliott has been Brooks Koepka's bagman during all five of his Major wins
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How Stacy Lewis Got It Right With Bold Solheim Cup StrategyStacy Lewis might be the youngest skipper in Solheim history but she's already showing maturity beyond her years
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Suzann Pettersen Leaves Out Solheim Cup Veteran On Day One At Finca CortesinTwenty three of the 24 players featured on the opening day with Sweden's Caroline Hedwall having to wait until Saturday
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‘I Had A Feeling Yesterday’ - Why Stacy Lewis Made Last-Minute Lexi Thompson CallStacy Lewis revealed that Lexi Thompson's stellar play in the practice rounds saw her elevated to leading America off in the foursomes
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PGA Of America React To Lewis' 'Missed Opportunity' Solheim Cup CommentsThe PGA of America have defended their efforts in promoting the Solheim Cup after criticism from the US skipper Stacy Lewis
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