Golf Monthly August 2014 edition

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THE GAME
ALL-NEW SECTION!

We talk to Edoardo Molinari, play La Reserva in Spain, uncover some new gear, ask if we’re doing enough to encourage women and children into golf, and more

FEATURES

Open Review
Bill Elliott looks back on a pulsating week at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and gives his thoughts on Rory McIlroy’s impressive victory

Tom Lewis
We sit down with the talented Englishman to discuss an up-and-down start to life on Tour

The Future’s Bright
Neil Tappin heads to Bearwood Lakes to meet three former GB&I Walker Cup players at the start of their professional journey

USPGA Special
We ask if the season’s fourth and final Major is in terminal decline?

OPINION

Tony Jacklin – on The Open
Wayne Riley – on dealing with the press
Andy Sullivan – on embracing variation

INSTRUCTION

Justin Rose
The 2013 US Open champion explains how to split the fairway, hit more greens in regulation and convert more putts

Range Time
Improve your bunker play with the help of GM Top 25 Coach Paul Foston

Tour Masterclass
GM’s playing Editor Andy Sullivan explains how to play the punch shot

Victor Dubuisson
Shore-game tips from one of the European Tour’s most exciting prospects

Fault Fixer
Kevin Craggs demonstrates how to stop duffing chip shots

Swing Sequence
A look at the languid action of four-time Major Champion, Ernie Els

Play Better
Quickfire game-improvement tips from Golf Monthly’s Top 25 Coaches

I Did It!
Lewis Scott, 18, has dropped from a 4 to a 1 handicap in the space of nine months

EQUIPMENT

Gear News
We round up the latest equipment releases, including Stewart Golf’s R1 Push trolley

Tested
We sample new offerings from Titleist, TaylorMade, Cobra and others

Gear Talk
Behind the scenes at Ping’s G30 launch

Gear Focus
Find the right fairway woods for your game

Tech Explained
A look at modern wedge-groove designs

Reader Fitting
Three Golf Monthly readers test out Galvin Green’s summer apparel range

COURSES AND TRAVEL

Play It – The Oxfordshire
Golfer’s Guide – Derbyshire
Special Feature – Nevill GC centenary
Travel Special – Life through a lense

REGULARS

Your View
Reader letters and emails to hit the Golf Monthly offices this month

Rules
What happened when Hunter Mahan and Jamie Donaldson played each other’s ball?

Great Prizes!
You could win IJP Design vouchers and a GolfBuddy PT4 GPS rangefinder