Mike Harris
Mike has been a journalist all his working life, starting out as a football writer with Goal magazine in the 1990s before moving into men’s and women’s lifestyle magazines including Men's Health, In 2003 he joined Golf Monthly and in 2006 he became only the eighth editor in Golf Monthly’s 100-plus year history leading the brand until July 2023. He is now Content Director overseeing Golf Monthly and two other iconic sports brands, FourFourTwo and Rugby World.
His three main passions in golf are courses (he's played over 500 worldwide), equipment (he's always in search of something shiny to give him an edge) and shoes (he owns more pairs than he cares to mention!).
Mike’s handicap index hovers at around 10 and he is a member of six golf clubs: Hartley Wintney, Royal Liverpool, Royal North Devon, Prince's, Royal Norton and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Mike's current What's In The Bag?
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 10° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 5S - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grip
Fairway woods: TaylorMade Sim Max 3/15° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 6S & TaylorMade Stealth 7/20° - Fujikura Ventus Red 6S - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips
Utility Iron: TaylorMade Stealth UDI 3/21° - Aldila Ascent 90HY - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grip
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (5-PW) - Fujikura Axiom 75R - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 50°, 54° and 58° - KBS Tour Hi-Rev 2.0 shafts - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips
Putter: Evnroll ER2B - Gravity Grip
Ball: TaylorMade - Tour Response (Yellow)
Latest articles by Mike Harris
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Editor's Blog: Must do better
Mike finally emerges from his editorial hibernation to tell you about an exciting signing for Golf Monthly, his first foray into the world of 'PowerPlay Golf' and the instruction editor's novelty handicap.
By Mike Harris Published
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Editor's Blog: Chipping concerns
Article features meetings with two Ryder Cup stars and the production of countless cups of tea
By Mike Harris Published
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Editor's Blog: Tartan Adventures
A trip north of the border for two of the Golf Monthly team - warning article contains a double hit by the editor
By Mike Harris Published
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Editor's blog: Winter warmers
Golf Monthly's editor Michael Harris gives readers an insight into the workings of the Golf Monthly team in the first edition of his new blog.
By Mike Harris Published
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Golf Monthly at the 2006 Ryder Cup
By Mike Harris Published
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Ardglass GC
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Bearwood Lakes GC
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Royal North Devon GC
It’s an experience you won’t forget in a hurry
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Devon
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Royal Portrush GC
For most club members one outstanding course is golfing heaven, but for the lucky blighters at Royal Portrush, they have two
By Mike Harris Published
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Celtic Manor Wentood Hills Course
A great course with some outstanding holes - the stretch from 13 through 16 is simply jaw-dropping
By Mike Harris Published
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Porthmadog GC
Porthmadog is a course that mixes links and inland holes and it’s all the better for that.
By Mike Harris Published
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Clwb Golff Pwllheli
Pwllheli is the oldest club on the Llyn Penninsula. Founded in 1900 as a 9-hole course, it’s a game of two halves Brian
By Mike Harris Published
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Abersoch GC
Great beaches, perfect sailing waters, beautiful scenery and a relatively mild year-round climate courtesy of the warming Gulf Stream keeps people coming back to Abersoch year after year. And, as if all that wasn’t enough, there’s also Abersoch Golf Club.
By Mike Harris Published
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Nefyn and District GC
Nefyn is not a links but rather a cliff-top course with lush fairways where the ball sits up begging to be hit
By Mike Harris Published
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Royal St. Davids GC
With the wind whipping off Tremadog Bay, there’s an added premium on accurate iron play
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18 Things You Must Do in Your Golfing Career 3
Your golfing career is a true odyssey. A collection of highs and lows that combine to make golf such a fantastic game. Everyone dreams of playing like a god but golf is about so much more than the score on your card.
By Mike Harris Published
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18 Things You Must Do In Your Golfing Career 2
Your golfing career is a true odyssey. A collection of highs and lows that combine to make golf such a fantastic game. Everyone dreams of playing like a god but golf is about so much more than the score on your card.
By Mike Harris Published
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18 Things You Must Do In Your Golfing Career
Your golfing career is a true odyssey. A collection of highs and lows that combine to make golf such a fantastic game. Everyone dreams of playing like a god but golf is about so much more than the score on your card.
By Mike Harris Published
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Dartmouth GC
Beautiful part of the world with a golf course to match
By Mike Harris Published
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Trevose Golf & Country Club
Sat across Constantine Bay from the better known, but much less welcoming, St Enedoc GC, Trevose is arguably Cornwall's top course.
By Mike Harris Published
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Bull Bay GC
Value for money for all levels of golfers - though try and bring your 'A' game
By Mike Harris Published
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Donnington Valley GC
Set among some absolutely breathtaking Berkshire countryside, and less than an hour's drive from London
By Mike Harris Published
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Cawder GC
A 6297-yard course that is regarded as one of the toughest inland challenges in the west of Scotland
By Mike Harris Published