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What to give a golfer who has everything, by budgetFor a golfer who already has the kit, look for something they use often, an experience they will enjoy or a piece in their size. Our ideas, budget by budget.Read the articleWhat to give a child who plays golfThe one they can use the very next day: something that fits in a pocket, or a garment in the size they are now. What misses is what you buy for next year.Read the articleWhat is a divot in golf, and how do you replace it?The piece of turf the clubhead takes at impact. What to do with it, in what order, and why it is settled in the seconds that follow.Read the articleWhy do golfers wear only one glove?To improve the hold of the top hand while keeping the other hand in direct contact with the grip. Both hands work, only one is gloved.Read the articleWhat to put in your golf bagEnough to last hours outdoors, enough to play properly, and enough to take whatever the weather does. The rest is weight you carry for nothing.Read the articleWhat is a links golf course?A strip of sandy ground between the sea and the fields: firm turf, close-cropped grass, almost no trees, and nothing to stop the wind. Everything follows from that.Read the articleCan you wear a hoodie for golf?Yes, if the club allows it. The knit, the cut and what you wear underneath matter for comfort and for how it looks, but they do not replace the rules.Read the articleHow to dress for golf in the mountainsThin layers you open as you walk, a collar you can close when the wind comes up, and enough cover from the sun even when the air is cool.Read the articleHow to choose golf trousersBy trying them in the positions the course puts you in, not standing in front of a mirror: crouched, turning, and at the fifth hour. Waist, fabric and pockets.Read the articleWhat is a golf skort?A skirt with shorts sewn inside, on the same waistband. What it settles in the wind and every time you crouch down, and how to choose the length.Read the articleWhat size golf polo should you choose?Start from your measurements and the model’s size guide. The three numbers to compare, what the fit advice says, and how to check a size against your swing.Read the articleWhat is a golf quarter zip?A high-necked sweater whose zip stops around the top of the chest. It regulates temperature without opening the garment, and that is its whole point.Read the articleWool, cashmere or polyester: what to wear to play golfFabric is chosen by the job it does in the outfit: a polo that handles sweat, a knit for warmth. What each fibre does well, and what it does badly.Read the articleWhat is a dogleg in golf?A dogleg is a hole whose fairway does not run straight: it turns between the tee and the green. What that changes on the tee, and why we carry the name.Read the articleHow to dress for golf in autumnTwo or three thin layers you peel off one at a time, rather than one thick sweater: dressing for autumn golf, from the tee to noon.Read the articleWhat is a driver?What the longest club in the bag is for, when to pull it out, why it is the most demanding — and why it gets damaged in the bag rather than on the course.Read the articleWhat is a golf towel?Clearing the grooves, drying the grip in the rain, one damp side and one dry side: the most useful accessory in the bag, and the least looked at.Read the articleTaking your dog to the golf course: permission, etiquette and safetyClub permission, the places that are always off limits, etiquette and heatstroke: what to know before taking your dog onto a golf course.Read the articleWhat is a ball marker?What a ball marker is for, the sequence in the right order, the courtesy of the green — and the only method that stops you losing one every third round.Read the articleHow to care for your golf clothes: washing, drying, stains and storageGolf clothes wear out in the machine, not on the course: cold washes, no fabric softener, drying in the shade, and what to do about mud, grass and sunscreen.Read the articleWhat is a golf cap?Following the ball, reading a slope without letting go of the putter, covering up: what the peak really does for your game, and the four shapes that exist.Read the articleHow to dress a child starting golfA collared top and a bottom that is neither denim nor tracksuit: what a club really expects from a child starting out, and how to dress them without buying everything twice.Read the articleBorn on a fairway, carried by a familyThe story of Dogleg: a golf brand born in French-speaking Switzerland, carried by a family and designed for every generation on the course.Read the articleWhat is a golf glove?Which hand, how tight, whether to take it off on the green — and why most gloves die at the bottom of a bag rather than from use.Read the articleHow to choose a golf polo: what to check before you buyThe armhole, the fabric’s recovery, the collar test: the three checks that decide a golf polo, and the vocabulary that means nothing at all.Read the articleWhat is a golf tee?What a tee is for, how high to set it for each club, and why the height is the only thing that really matters on a teeing ground.Read the articleGolf dress code: what is genuinely forbidden, what is merely frowned uponCollars, jeans, shorts, spikes: what clubs really forbid on the course, what they tolerate in the clubhouse, and the outfit that works everywhere.Read the article