Jonny Leighfield
Staff Writer at Golf Monthly
News writer for @GolfMonthly. All views my own, not those of my employer. Rubbish golfer, and only a little bit better at writing.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
The 2025 Memorial Tournament is the penultimate PGA Tour Signature Event of the season and falls right in between the PGA Championship and US Open. It is one of the final chances for some of the biggest players on the historic US circuit to pick up enhanced prize money and FedEx Cup points before the year's final two men's Majors and the sprint toward the Playoffs.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
In 2024, it was unlucky 13 for Lydia Ko as the New Zealander missed the cut for the first time ever at a US Women's Open. In a bid to win her first US Women's Open 12 months later, at the 14th attempt, Ko has been trying out a new method of preparation. And it's one that a lot of amateurs have used for a while - watching golf content creators on YouTube.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
18-time Major winner and esteemed course designer, Jack Nicklaus has stated he is very much backing a golf ball rollback in the coming years in order to protect the limited number of US courses which remain capable of hosting significant tournaments. The USGA and R&A's decision to officially announce plans for a golf ball rollback arrived in December 2023 after it became apparent the long-term sustainability of the game - and consequently the planet - was under threat.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
While his dad rests up following Achilles surgery, Charlie Woods has been putting on a show during the first two days of the American Junior Golf Association's Team TaylorMade Invitational this week. The son of 15-time Major winner, Tiger Woods has been carding birdies like they are going out of fashion at Streamsong Resort's Black Course, notching 17 solo gains and an eagle during Monday and Tuesday's play on his way to carding the joint-lowest round of the tournament so far.
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golfmonthly.com | Jonny Leighfield
Immediately off the back of a fantastic playoff at the Soudal Open in Belgium, won by Kristoffer Reitan, the DP World Tour is straight into the next leg of its European Swing at the Austrian Alpine Open. An event making its comeback on the calendar, the Austrian Open was last seen in 2021 and was won by John Catlin who returns four years later. He is not among the favorites, however, and neither are four of the other five former champions in the field.
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