Thanks to the keepers of the greens
Who on earth would want to be a greenkeeper? Imagine having to deal with members who want Augusta-like conditions 365 days a year, green...
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Alistair Tait
Sep 18, 2020
An amateur major victory is nigh
I made a bold statement on Open Golf Radio in 2013. I said we weren’t too far away from an amateur winning a major championship. Former...
Alistair Tait
Sep 13, 2020
Underwhelming? Give me a break!
A popular golf website has listed the top 10 most underwhelming U.S. Open winners of all time. I disagree. All were overwhelming. Any...
Alistair Tait
Sep 11, 2020
The modern lure of professional golf
Interesting read from Mike Clayton on the Golf Australia website about a subject dear to my heart: the lure modern professional golf has...
Alistair Tait
Aug 30, 2020
What now for the Amateur champion?
Joe Long sounds like the sort of name marketing people could do a thing or three with should the new Amateur champion go on to success in...
Alistair Tait
Aug 30, 2020
The unorthodox Amateur final
John Gallagher did nothing for golf instruction by fighting his way through to the 2005 British Amateur Championship final at Royal...
Alistair Tait
Aug 29, 2020
Let players settle Popov problem
That noise you hear from LPGA headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida is the sound of a can being kicked down the road. It has Sophia...
Alistair Tait
Aug 27, 2020
Rory belongs to popular Amateur club
Those who lose their opening matches in the Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale today should take heart: better players have fallen at...
Alistair Tait
Aug 26, 2020
Amateur Championship has no respect for card game
Avoiding Nick Dougherty’s fate will be a key goal for whoever tops today’s qualifying for the Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale....
Alistair Tait
Aug 25, 2020
Amateur Championships robbed of talent
There might never be a better time for a male amateur to earn a spot in the Open Championship and a Masters invitation than this week’s...
Alistair Tait
Aug 2, 2020
Prudent role models in troubled times
Take a wee bow Padraig Harrington and Branden Grace. Oh, and feel free to join in Lee Westwood, Shugo Imahira, Eddie Pepperell, Thomas...
Alistair Tait
Jul 30, 2020
Who will follow in Faldo's footsteps
Will the winners of the respective men’s and women’s English Amateur Championships taking place this week at Woodhall Spa go on to...
Alistair Tait
Jul 28, 2020
Finau's frustration
Just as well Tony Finau’s a nice guy, but his character is getting severely tested right now. It’ll be that way until he finally adds...
Alistair Tait
Jul 20, 2020
The Covid-19 silver lining
Maybe that old saying about behind every dark cloud…. is true. Even a cloud as dark as Covid-19. Sports Marketing Survey’s report, “How...
Alistair Tait
Jul 16, 2020
Curtis Cup common sense
Call it the Charley Hull clause. The R&A and USGA invoked it yesterday in a victory for common sense. Young women from the United States...
Alistair Tait
Jul 1, 2020
The strange Curtis Cup conundrum
The game's top women amateurs are facing a nightmare choice after the strange decision to stage the Curtis Cup against the Solheim Cup in...
Alistair Tait
Jun 28, 2020
Will we see two “British” Amateur Championships?
Thirty four flags flew over Portmarnock last year as the 124th Amateur Championship got underway. There were 26 at Royal County Down when...
Alistair Tait
Jun 25, 2020
Women winning battle of sexes in Amateur Championships
Last year’s victorious European Solheim Cup team featured five players who all had one thing in common: they were all recent winners of...
Alistair Tait
Jun 21, 2020
Amateur pedigree no basis for professional success
Golf is littered with players who were supposed to go on to future stardom in the professional game only to fizzle and burn for unknown...
Alistair Tait
Jun 20, 2020
Amateur champions need a Plan B
What do Tommy Fleetwood (above), Robert MacIntyre, Zander Lombard, Matthias Schwab, and Bradley Dredge have in common aside from losing...
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