No Walkover Cup please
Get ready for the return of the Walkover Cup. That’s what the 48th biennial match between the United States and Great Britain & Ireland,...
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Alistair Tait
Feb 17, 2021
Will Whan work more wonders?
New golf administrator stories aren’t usually exciting to write about, but Mike Whan’s appointment as chief executive of the United...
Alistair Tait
Feb 14, 2021
Enthusiastic golf lovers only, please
The success or failure of the R&A’s proposed community golf facility at Lethamhill in Glasgow rests on many things, much of it measurable...
Alistair Tait
Feb 12, 2021
Creating Cotton's dream?
Sir Henry Cotton must be smiling in that great clubhouse in the sky following the R&A’s decision to go ahead with a new community golf...
Alistair Tait
Feb 6, 2021
Who cares about the .1%?
Meghan MacLaren asks an interesting question in her latest blog, one that’s very easy to answer. “When we talk about ‘golf’, do we refer...
Alistair Tait
Jan 16, 2021
RIP Dave “Scoop” Birtill
Many of you reading this have probably never heard of Dave Birtill, who has died at the age of 79. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who...
Alistair Tait
Jan 7, 2021
Not another petition!
So many people in our game Just. Don’t. Get. It. Yet another petition is circulating to try to make golf an exception to the stay at home...
Alistair Tait
Jan 5, 2021
Just when you thought it was safe to play golf again….
A line from the trailer to the sequel to Jaws keeps running through my head today: just when you thought it was safe to go back in the...
Alistair Tait
Jan 4, 2021
Nowt as queer as golfers
There’s nowt as queer as folk, goes the old saying. I wonder if whoever penned that line had golfers in mind. It would certainly seem so...
Alistair Tait
Jan 3, 2021
The 12 golfers of Christmas – Friends
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Jan 2, 2021
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Organiser
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Jan 1, 2021
The 12 golfers of Christmas - The Sponge
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 31, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Hare
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 30, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Snail
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 29, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Weasel
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 28, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Bore
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 27, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas - The Moaner
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 26, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Coach
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting a few characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. This game is played by a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 25, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Optimist
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people with a...
Alistair Tait
Dec 24, 2020
The 12 golfers of Christmas - The Natural
Welcome to my Christmas series highlighting a few characterisations of golfers I’ve played with over the years. A wide variety of people...
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