Winter chipping in Britain: links, heathland or clay parkland, frost and temporary greens
A British winter gives you two courses around the green: iron-hard at nine, greasy by lunchtime, and on a clay parkland soft all the…
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Playing the calendar: winter greens and mats, spring rust, the height of the season, and the trips that fill the months when the course is at its wettest.
A putting mat, a stick and a mirror: winter practice at home while British courses go to mats
Twenty minutes on three dark evenings with a putting mat, an alignment stick and a wardrobe mirror, plus what the British winter really does…
Golf in the heat, British edition: Met Office warnings, UKHSA alerts and winter-sun rounds
A golf trip to Málaga or Antalya this autumn, or the next British heatwave, can undo a good round somewhere around the 13th hole.…
One British course, four seasons: soft springs, running Augusts, leafy Octobers and winter mats
The same parkland course plays like a different game in March and August. Plan around the clocks changing, take more club on soft spring…
Clocks back, mats out: closing the British golf season without neglecting the winter
Most British golfers slide from summer medals into winter Stablefords without closing anything. A fortnight of small jobs after the last summer competition protects…
Counting down to the clocks going forward: a six-week plan for the British golf season
With the clocks going forward on 28 March 2027, the six weeks that matter start in the middle of February. Loosen up first, sharpen…
The winter golf trip: Algarve, Costa del Sol, Turkey, Morocco
The Southeast runs on an inverted calendar: peak in winter, cheapest in summer, and best value in the shoulders. The detail that ruins trips…
Wet-weather golf: how to play, and enjoy, a round in the rain
Wet golf in Britain is not an exception to be endured; it is a large share of the season. The players who score in…