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Towards the end of 2025’s long, hot summer, the Golf Monthly Forum fundraising day for Help For Heroes took place at Blackmoor Golf Club in Hampshire
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The Superb Hotel Right On The Very Doorstep Of One Of Scotland's Most Revered Links
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The Front Nine No Longer Lives In The Shadow Of The Much-lauded Back Nine At This Top-class Links
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