Surprizeshop Blog
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We Need A Charley Hull Effect!
Alison discusses the ‘Caitlin Clark Effect’ on women's basketball - boosting TV ratings, attendance, merch sales, and endorsement deals. Much like in golf, her rise has also sparked conversations about the...
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Rebel Rule Breakers!
Alison Root, Women's Editor at Golf Monthly, Chips & Chats the minefield of Rules and the debate of tradition versus elitism on course and in the Clubhouse. This can particularly be difficult...
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Let's Make Golf Courses Fair
I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel like we’ve had much run on the ball for long! It was a wet spring and now we’re already heading into...
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Aces All Round!
Did you see the news from the Aramco Team Series event at Mission Hills Golf Club in China? There were two holes-in-one on the 126-yard par-3 8th hole! When you...
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Roll On 2026!
Once again the match didn’t disappoint when the European players put up a valiant fight in the singles matches for an exciting climax, but sadly it was too little, too...
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Simply Sensational!
Congratulations to the GB&I team, beating the USA 10.5-9.5 in the Curtis Cup last weekend at Sunningdale Golf Club. Incredible golf was played by the players on both teams and,...
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Golden Moments
Congratulations to Lydia Ko on winning the gold medal at the Olympics. Of course, it would have been fabulous if Charley Hull or Georgia Hall had won for team GB,...
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It's Olympics Time!
I was off last week because I needed some time to recharge before a very busy period of women’s golf - the Olympics, AIG Women’s Open and Solheim Cup. I...
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The Best is Yet to Come!
What’s happened to our British summer? I even missed the mini heatwave as I was in Italy for the duration, and you wouldn’t believe it, it was raining there! I’m...
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It's all about Community - Alison Root Chips and Chats
Nelly Korda has only gone and won again! That’s now six titles out of seven starts this season, which is absolutely incredible. She’s definitely made it into the history books...
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Stay In The Moment!
I was on holiday last week, I didn’t go away, I just booked some time off to catch up on life, and I couldn’t have picked a better week, the...
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Do You Know The Rules?
Last week I went to Tandridge Golf Club in Surrey to help out with a rules shoot for Golf Monthly. We arrived at 7am and didn’t leave until late afternoon...
