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The McLaren Golf website today. A logo, a button, and a launch date. That's it. 29 April can't come soon enough. One of motorsport's most iconic brands just announced it's making golf clubs. History says be sceptical. Instinct says pay attention. On 2 March, McLaren — yes, that McLaren — announced it's entering the golf equipment market. Full launch on 29 April. No products revealed yet, no prices, no tour player names. Just the papaya logo, a lot of language about "high-perf

I came to golf properly in June 2024 when my friend Caroun, up from London for the weekend, suggested a round on a par 3 course after he'd had a batch of beginner lessons. I hadn't swung a club in 25 years but said yes anyway — and that was that. What followed was enthusiasm and, as it turned out, a fairly unhealthy obsession with a small white ball that has absolutely no intention of going where you tell it — one that my wife has been remarkably tolerant of. Seventeen months