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Michael A. Weston

Liverpool

Content Editor at Freelance

Contributing Editor at Golf Monthly

Contributing editor @golfmonthly Horse racing fan and part-time Southampton supporter. Snooker loopy.

Articles

  • 12 hours ago | golfmonthly.com | Michael A. Weston |Matt Cradock |Jonny Leighfield

    The 107th PGA Championship is upon us and it's set to be a fascinating one with a number of the game's top stars in good form. Rory McIlroy enters the week as a career grand slam champion and will try to win back-to-back Majors at a venue where he has won four PGA Tour events, including his first in 2010. McIlroy also holds the Quail Hollow course record, while the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Xander Schauffele.

  • 15 hours ago | golfmonthly.com | Michael A. Weston

    It's one of those strange statistics in the game that is hard to get your head around - no English player has won the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes claimed victory at the first two tournaments in 1916 and 1919. In total, that's 104 tournaments without an English winner.

  • 1 day ago | golfmonthly.com | Michael A. Weston

    Some weeks are better than others for golf club professionals. One day you might be outside teaching in the cold; on another day you might be playing in a tournament in front of one man and a dog; and then you just might find yourself on the biggest stage of all. One of the great traditions of the PGA Championship is that club professionals from across America get to compete against the best golfers in the world for a Major Championship title.

  • 1 day ago | golfmonthly.com | Michael A. Weston

    The two best golfers of all time barely ever changed their equipment. Tiger Woods had the same specs for all those years when he was at the peak of his powers and his bag set-up was rarely disturbed. Jack Nicklaus, meanwhile, played with the same 3-wood for 37 years. His MacGregor 693 was in the bag for all 18 of his Major victories. What’s equally remarkable is that between 1958 and 1995 he only had it regripped once.

  • 1 day ago | golfmonthly.com | Michael A. Weston

    Scottie Scheffler might have racked up seven official victories last year, but it doesn't mean he's totally satisfied with his game. Perhaps this is what makes the great players so great - a constant thirst and determination to improve wherever they can. Prior to this week's PGA Championship, Scheffler let us all in on a few secrets - he's always watching and learning from his fellow competitors.

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