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The 19th Hole

The lighter side of golf: the funniest moments from around the game, the shots we have all hit and the things only golfers understand.

A 1920s newspaper cartoon of golf club members in plus fours complaining in the locker room about the handicaps their committee has postedHumour · Club golf

The round of your life, and what the World Handicap System does next

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Matt Fitzpatrick in a white and yellow Team Europe shirt and cap at the 2025 Ryder Cup, with another player standing behind himRoundup · Pros

The 19th Hole: Sue Fitzpatrick outshoots her sons, a tree keeps an umbrella

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Golfers hitting balls from mats in a row of driving range bays under a blue sky with large white cloudsHumour · Club golf

The driving range field guide: nine golfers you'll find on the mats

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The black Old Course Hotel sheds and a stone wall beside the 17th tee of the Old Course at St Andrews, with the hotel building on the rightRoundup · Pros

The 19th Hole: a Road Hole scare, a cart-path pick and a 130-ft putt

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Trees turning gold and green beside a fairway scattered with fallen leaves, with a heather-covered hillside behindHumour · Club golf

An autumn golf glossary, from the leaf lottery to the temporary green

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A large, freshly raked greenside bunker, waiting patientlyHumour · Golf life

Golf excuses, ranked from almost believable to the wind changed direction twice

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