Nick Bonfield

1 week ago | golfmonthly.com | Nick Bonfield

At a recent GM testing day – where the best golf clubs and designer clothing were put through their paces – a Stableford competition also took place. Afterwards, a number of players strolled into the clubhouse with scores in the high 30s, including a couple with mid-single-digit handicaps. It wasn’t the hardest golf course in the world and the conditions were favourable. However, they were all trumped by a 47-point outing from GM production editor David Taylor.

2 weeks ago | golfmonthly.com | Nick Bonfield

Rory McIlroy stirred up a debate at the PGA Championship by declining to speak to the media after all four of his rounds at Quail Hollow. While some have suggested it was in response to a pre-tournament USGA test that deemed his driver non-conforming, and a desire to remove himself from the inevitable Masters-related questions, it wasn’t the first time he’d skipped media. He didn’t talk to reporters after the first round of this year’s Masters or after the final round of the 2025 US Open.

2 weeks ago | golfmonthly.com | Nick Bonfield

There’s a concerning trend developing in the realm of men’s professional golf and it mirrors a worrying paradigm shift in the real world – people putting themselves first. Instagram constantly propagates messaging around doing what makes you happy and what suits you. We’re constantly told to be the stars of our own story and to cast aside things that don’t please us, even if that has knock-on effects. People are increasingly overlooking the bigger picture as a ‘why should I?’ mindset takes hold.

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Nick Bonfield

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

4 weeks ago | golfmonthly.com | Nick Bonfield

We’ve all played with someone who turns up on the first tee and responds to the question about their handicap with something along the lines of: “I’m not sure really, I don’t have an official index. I’ll just play off 18.”If you’re playing four-ball better-ball, any sort of match play game or a stableford with drinks or money on the line, it can be frustrating and unfair when a playing partner plucks a handicap index out of thin air and then proceeds to play the first three holes in level par.