Laura or Suzann? Does It Matter?
No surprise Catriona Matthew doesn’t want to captain the European Solheim Cup team for a third straight time. Smart woman. She’s the...
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Alistair Tait
Sep 7, 2021
Is Europe's Best Yet To Come?
The European Team nursing hangovers after celebrating victory in the 17th Solheim Cup was the strongest yet. European golf fans might...
Alistair Tait
Sep 6, 2021
Money Doesn’t Always Matter
Sometimes money just doesn’t matter. That’s certainly been the case over the last two days. The Tour Championship or the Solheim Cup? Put...
Alistair Tait
Sep 5, 2021
Doing Golf No Favours
Well, we learned one thing from the 17th Solheim Cup: rules of golf officials working the match do carry stop watches. More to the point,...
Alistair Tait
Sep 4, 2021
No Solheim Strops Please
Annika Sorenstam, Kelly Robbins and Pat Bradley; mass concession in Sweden; Dottie drops the f-bomb; Ciganda gets out of jail; Suzzan...
Alistair Tait
Sep 3, 2021
Golf Greed Or Glory?
Two big tournaments are being staged in America this weekend. One is for glory, the other is all about pure greed. One comes with a...
Alistair Tait
Sep 2, 2021
Haste Ye Back, Francesco
Moliwood seems like a dream. Is it really just one Ryder Cup, three years, since Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood provided the back...
Alistair Tait
Sep 1, 2021
Monahan Late To Golf Etiquette Party
You have to wonder why PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan took so long to see the light. You’d think someone on an enlarged seven-figure...
Alistair Tait
Aug 31, 2021
A Game We're Not Familiar With
Call me old fashioned, but perhaps it’s time the PGA Tour adopted Bobby Jones’s wisdom when it comes to advice to some golf fans. Bryson...
Alistair Tait
Aug 30, 2021
Who's Your Ryder Cup Pick?
Who’s your choice for Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup wild card pick when he names his team after the BMW PGA Championship? One wild...
Alistair Tait
Aug 29, 2021
Singular American Success
Simple question: why do American golfers seem so much better than British and Irish players in singles match play in Curtis and Walker...
Alistair Tait
Aug 28, 2021
Sunningdale Splendour
Great championships, amateur or professional, should go to great courses. So news that the 2024 Curtis Cup is to go to Sunningdale Golf...
Alistair Tait
Aug 27, 2021
Can GB&I Dare To Dream?
Elaine Ratcliffe was right to sound a note of caution after Great Britain & Ireland ended the opening day of the 41st Curtis Cup ahead of...
Alistair Tait
Aug 26, 2021
GB&I Can't Win Curtis Cup
The Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team has no chance of winning this week’s match at Conwy Golf Club, which starts today. It’s a...
Alistair Tait
Aug 25, 2021
Has the Covid-19 Golf Bubble Burst?
Interesting story in today’s The Golf Business on a drop off in golf participation numbers following the unexpected silver lining the...
Alistair Tait
Aug 24, 2021
An Honesty Box? Only in Scotland
Two things happened while I was on holiday last week that reminded me, yet again, why golf is the greatest of all sports. One took place...
Alistair Tait
Aug 23, 2021
We All Get The Madsen Blues
Denmark is still waiting for its first major golf champion. How many of us would cheer if Nanna Madsen (pictured) were to do Danish golf...
Alistair Tait
Aug 13, 2021
My Heart’s Back In The Highlands
I’ve cleaned and waterproofed my climbing boots. Got the map and compass ready. Knapsack is packed with fleece, woolly hat, gloves, rain...
Alistair Tait
Aug 13, 2021
All Talent Needs Is A Chance To Shine
Great to see Michele Thomson’s name at the top of the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open leaderboard, especially when you think it’s not...
Alistair Tait
Aug 12, 2021
Still Talking About Golf Snails
It’s 2021 and we’re still talking about slow play in professional golf. Sigh… I’m guessing we’ll still be talking about slow play in...
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