Robertson A Perfect Walker Cup Fit
Dean Robertson is standing at the EasyJet Bag Drop at Glasgow Airport at 5am on a Tuesday morning in January. He’s counting heads, making...
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Alistair Tait
Aug 31, 2023
Walker Cups Aren't Won On Paper
According to the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team might as well not show up for the 49th Walker...
Alistair Tait
Jul 4, 2023
Harking Back To Opens Past
Amazing to think there’s a series of 36-hole tournaments taking place across Great Britain today with arguably stronger fields than last...
Alistair Tait
Mar 23, 2023
Will Padraig Follow Catriona?
Great move by the R&A in appointing Catriona Matthew to captain the 2024 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team to face the United...
Alistair Tait
Feb 10, 2023
The Crushing Weight of Expectation
You have to marvel at elite professionals such as Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, Jack Nicklaus, Inbee Park, Ben Hogan, Juli...
Alistair Tait
Jul 8, 2022
When Par Has No Meaning
DORNOCH, Scotland: Bobby Jones always claimed his main opponent in any round of golf wasn’t the player standing opposite him on the tee,...
Alistair Tait
Jul 6, 2022
How Did Golf Become So Toxic?
So much for golf being the honourable game, the royal and ancient pastime, a game for gentlemen and gentlewomen played by gentlemen and...
Alistair Tait
Jul 1, 2022
Open Glory, Not Filthy Lucre
There wasn’t much talk of the current state/mess of men’s professional golf in Open Championship Final Qualifying at Hollinwell (Notts...
Alistair Tait
Jun 20, 2022
Fitzpatrick Aces Sir Henry Cotton's Test
Was Matthew Fitzpatrick up to the Sir Henry Cotton’s test? That was the question I asked myself 10 years ago when I watched him win the...
Alistair Tait
Apr 7, 2022
Hoping Shepherd Can Tame Augusta
Laird Shepherd had to dig deep to win last year’s Amateur Championship. He ran out an unlikely winner at Nairn Golf Club, coming from...
Alistair Tait
Apr 4, 2022
A Women’s Masters At Last?
What are the odds on Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley announcing a Women’s Masters when he holds his traditional press conference on...
Alistair Tait
Mar 30, 2022
The Weight Of Expectation
Most of us have never experienced the weight of expectation, not to the extent gifted athletes, gifted golfers, deal with it on a...
Alistair Tait
Mar 14, 2022
McClymont Deserves Curtis Cup Call
If Scotland’s Lorna McClymont represents Great Britain & Ireland in this year’s Curtis Cup, which she has an excellent chance of doing,...
Alistair Tait
Mar 12, 2022
Student Tour Series Fills Important Gap
The R&A couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the R&A Student Tour Series – Spain. Playoffs were need to determine the men’s and...
Alistair Tait
Feb 18, 2022
Golf Journal Or Horrible Histories?
Interesting suggestion in Gary Nicol and Karl Morris’ excellent book The Lost Art of the Short Game. However, you’ll have to go a bit old...
Alistair Tait
Feb 12, 2022
Top Marks For R&A Student Tour Series
Very few playing the R&A Student Tour Series will make it to the European Tour or Ladies European Tour. That could change in future if...
Alistair Tait
Jan 26, 2022
It’s Still Called Golf If There’s A Flag
I had to query a couple of youngish golfers last week as I made my way to the first tee on the Duke’s Course at Woburn Golf Club, my home...
Alistair Tait
Jan 21, 2022
The Cack-handed Golf Tour
Ever played with anyone who hits a golf ball cack handed. Thought so. Me too. So are there enough cack-handed golfers to fill out an...
Alistair Tait
Jan 14, 2022
Can We Change Our Golf Story?
If Bryson DeChambeau can change his spots, why can’t this leopard do so too? Or am I trapped inside the body and mind I was born with and...
Alistair Tait
Jan 7, 2022
What to Bank on in 2022
Tis the season to be making predictions if a trawl through the most popular golf websites is anything to go by. Seems every Thomas,...
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