Latest articles by Barry Plummer
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Dan Bradbury Golf Tips: 5 Fundamentals To Work On In 2025
Golf tips from a two-time DP World tour winner don't come around everyday, but Dan Bradbury's expert advice will help you to shoot better scores in 2025...
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Short Putts... Dead-Weight Or Firm? Our Experts Debate This Common Conundrum
Standing over a short putt with the match on the line is enough to make even the best putter feel a little uneasy. But, is it best to hit dead-weight or firm?
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Driver Backswing – I'm Certain This Simple Guide Will Help You To Generate More Power
The driver backswing is an opportunity to fill up our power store, ready to unleash it later in the golf swing. Our PGA Master professional shares his best tips
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Putting Technique Explained: Posture, Stroke And Strike Tips
The putting technique is something many amateurs neglect when practicing, but it has a huge impact on your scores. These tips will help you putt like a pro...
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How To Hit A Driver: Expert Advice From 3 PGA Professionals
Knowing how to hit a driver is fundamental to becoming a better golfer and lowering your handicap. These expert tips will transform your performance off the tee
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My Unpopular Golf Opinion: It's Time To Outlaw Four-Balls
Being stuck behind a series of four-balls on the course is one of my biggest golfing gripes, and a number of factors make me think it's time for them to go!
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Driver Setup Position: Use These 5 Fundamental Checkpoints To Hit Your Best Ever Tee Shots
The driver setup position heavily influences our chance of success later in the swing, so improving your fundamentals is crucial to hitting powerful drives...
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Matt Fitzpatrick Helped Me Play Better Golf With These 6 Insightful Strategy Tips
Amateur golfers rarely get chance to peak inside the mind of a Major Champion, but in this article and video, Matt Fitzpatrick shares his winning strategy...
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Bunker Play... The Lowry Way! 3 Simple Tips To Sharpen Up Your Short Game From The Sand
Shane Lowry is a short game wizard, consistently producing magical shots around the green, so we asked Top 50 Coach Tom Motley To Analyse His Majestic Technique
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The 10 Best Golf Shots Of 2024... and 4 Moments That Players Would Rather Forget!
It's been another bumper year for golf and, in 2024, we have seen plenty of quality shots. Here, we share our ten favourites and a few that weren't so good...
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12 Practical Winter Golf Hacks To Help You Shoot Lower Scores In 2025
Presented by PING
Getting ready for the 2025 golf season this winter couldn't be easier thanks to these expert winter golf hacks from Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Adam Harnett...
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How Far Does The Average PGA Tour Player Hit His 4-Iron?
The trusty 4-iron can be a PGA Tour player's secret weapon when playing a second shot into a par-5 or pin-seeking on a long par-3, but how far do they hit it?
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I Failed To Reach My Target Of Becoming A 20-Handicapper By The End Of 2024 – But I Managed To Do Something Even Better...
Setting golfing goals at the start of every year can help you to track your progress, but not meeting your targets isn't necessarily the end of the world...
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How Far Does The Average 50-Year-Old Male Amateur Hit Their Driver?
Golf is an individual sport, but the urge to compare yourself against others is too strong to ignore. So, how far does the average 50-year-old drive the ball?
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How To Read Greens: 4 Expert Drills From Top PGA Professionals
Learning how to read greens on a golf course is one of the most important skills an amateur golfer can learn. These 4 drills can show you how to putt like a pro
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'Most Club Golfers Would Be Blacklisted For Taking This Long To Complete 18 Holes' – Is Slow Play Worse On Tour Than In The Amateur Game?
Amateur golfers are often heavily scrutinised for their pace of play, so why do some tour professionals get away with playing painfully slow rounds of golf?
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What To Work On This Winter: Golf Fitness Or Technical Tuning?
We ask two of our esteemed experts, Jeremy Ellwood and Fergus Bisset, how they will be investing their time over the winter in their pursuit of golf improvement
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Does A 15-Handicap 30-Year-Old Hit The Golf Ball Further Than A Scratch 50-Year-Old?
The influence that driving distance has on a player's handicap index is well documented, but how much does age impact the long game battle between two golfers?
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Jack Nicklaus Golf Tips: 5 Timeless Lessons From The Golden Bear
As one of the greatest players in golf's history, Jack Nicklaus possesses a wealth of experience and wisdom. Here, we share five of his invaluable golf lessons
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How To Start The Downswing In Golf
Learning how to start the downswing in golf will not only drastically improve your ball striking, but will also lead to increased consistency on the course...
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Peter Uihlein Golf Swing Tips: How To Maximise Distance By Balancing Power And Control
Hitting long tee shots is a crucial skill for amateur golfers, but control is key, so we asked big-hitter Peter Uihlein to share his tips to maximise distance
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Data Reveals This Once Popular Club Is Dying Out... But What Are Amateurs Opting For Instead?
There have been plenty of moments in golf's history where the game has subtly shifted in a different direction, and we could be witnessing one right now...
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We Put Your Handicap Questions To Those In Charge – Read Their Answers Here...
Most golfers have an opinion on the World Handicap System (WHS), but they rarely get a chance to directly voice this to those in power – so we did it for you...
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'It Was So Embarrassing... I Would Just Hack Away At The Sand Despairingly' – This Fail-Safe Bunker Shot Technique Is A Game-Changer For Amateur Golfers
The number of shots amateur golfers lose due to poorly executed bunker shots is criminal, but all that can change with PGA Pro Joe Ferguson's fail-safe solution
