Who’ll excel from the class of ‘21?
Ask many who’ve appeared in the Walker Cup and they’ll tell you it was the pinnacle of their time in amateur golf. Truth is, for many it...
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Alistair Tait
May 10, 2021
A Walker Cup What If.....
What an impressive performance by Great Britain & Ireland in the 48th Walker Cup. Let’s take nothing away from the United States....
Alistair Tait
May 9, 2021
Short and sweet and truly unique
Don’t you wish there were more golf tournaments like the Walker Cup? Two days of intense competition instead of the usual moribund fare...
Alistair Tait
May 7, 2021
Walker Cup miracles can come true, but…
I hope Stuart Wilson is right. I want to believe in miracles. Wilson leads Great Britain & Ireland’s 10-man Walker Cup team at Seminole...
Alistair Tait
May 3, 2021
The (almost) invisible side of golf
How many ordinary golf fans are aware the greatest team match in men’s amateur golf is taking place this week? How many actually care?...
Alistair Tait
Apr 22, 2021
Route 60s to professional success
Will Zalatoris’s runner-up in the Masters was touted as part of the youth movement taking over golf, despite the recent success of near...
Alistair Tait
Apr 16, 2021
Educate to accumulate
England Golf’s decision to run overseas squads to support players who choose to study in American colleges is welcome news and long...
Alistair Tait
Apr 8, 2021
Can Long break Amateur Masters jinx?
You have to feel for England’s Joe Long as he prepares to realise a lifelong dream of teeing it up in the Masters. Long isn’t even close...
Alistair Tait
Apr 6, 2021
Weaver’s Masters tears
Drew Weaver broke down as soon as he stepped out of the scorer’s hut. He did something he’d never done on a golf course before – he...
Alistair Tait
Apr 4, 2021
Thanks for the memories Jock
Jock MacVicar never married. There was no room in his life for a wife. He was wedded to the game of golf. Angus Jock MacVicar passed away...
Alistair Tait
Mar 31, 2021
Does nature or nurture create golf champions?
An excellent article in this week’s edition of Global Golf Post has me wondering if nature or nurture is what it takes to create a...
Alistair Tait
Mar 30, 2021
Mission impossible for GB&I?
Alex Fitzpatrick and Sandy Scott will spearhead Great Britain & Ireland’s hopes of winning the Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club 8-9 of...
Alistair Tait
Mar 24, 2021
Ian Poulter's way: "Be respectful but ruthless"
Charley Hull and Lauren Taylor once received a valuable lesson on the art of match play from Ian Poulter that goes a long way to...
Alistair Tait
Mar 24, 2021
Old fashioned match play golf please
Match play tournaments are normally fairly simple. Unless it’s a team competition like the Ryder, Solheim, Curtis or Walker Cup, you...
Alistair Tait
Mar 20, 2021
A golden age for Irish golf?
Hands up if you can name an Irish major winner? That didn’t take long. Even non-golf fans could have come up with Rory McIlroy in the...
Alistair Tait
Mar 3, 2021
The age of the semi pro golfer
There must have been much clinking of glasses in celebration by members of the R&A’s amateur status committee in the big room in the...
Alistair Tait
Mar 2, 2021
Slaughter at Seminole?
Should we prepare for “Slaughter at Seminole” headlines from the 48th Walker Cup after the announcement of the United States team, and no...
Alistair Tait
Feb 26, 2021
No banter in the Broadacre – again
The WhatsApp conversation finally took a turn for the worse yesterday at precisely 18:52, snuffing out vague hopes of getting back to a...
Alistair Tait
Feb 22, 2021
Who’ll suffer Walker Cup woe this year?
Hard to believe Sam Burns nearly overcame a stellar field to win the Genesis Invitational yesterday yet wasn’t considered good enough for...
Alistair Tait
Feb 20, 2021
Yet another fight for municipal golf
Four thousand, two hundred and seventy-three people had signed the petition when I started this blog. One Ryder Cup hero had signed, with...
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