What Else Would Old Golfers Do?
Walk along the practice range at Sunningdale Golf Club in this week’s Senior Open Championship and you’ll probably see a lot of 50+ plus...
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Alistair Tait
Jul 21, 2021
Major Madness
There are just 258 days to go until The Masters. Anyone else find it madness that we have to wait so long for the next men’s major...
Alistair Tait
Jul 20, 2021
Time for Golf To Leg It
Would the world have reacted in horror if Collin Morikawa had won the 149th Open at Royal St George’s dressed in a pair of tailored...
Alistair Tait
Jul 19, 2021
The Open: More Proof Golf is Fickle
Another major championship and yet again this grand auld game leaves us marvelling at just how unpredictable it is. Perhaps that old...
Alistair Tait
Jul 18, 2021
This Funny Old Game Of Golf
Hands up if you thought Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy would each possess just one claret jug at this point in golf history? Thought so....
Alistair Tait
Jul 17, 2021
When Rickie Scorched St George’s
There are blue skies over Royal St George’s today. The sun is out, there’s a wee breeze but nothing to scare the world’s top golfers. The...
Alistair Tait
Jul 16, 2021
How about Bryson DeCharlatan?
A good worker never blames his tools. I don’t know how many times my father told me this. Clearly, Bryson DeChambeau’s dad didn’t say the...
Alistair Tait
Jul 15, 2021
England Expects at Royal St George’s
Royal St George’s has a special place in golf history, particularly British golf history, and specifically English golf and Open...
Alistair Tait
Jul 14, 2021
Quintessential Links Golf
Stand on the hill to the left of the par-3, 6th hole, The Maiden, at Royal St George’s and behold. Stretched before you, seemingly as far...
Alistair Tait
Jul 13, 2021
When Bradshaw bottled The Open
The entire island of Ireland celebrated Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory at Royal Portrush two years ago. Quite right too. He...
Alistair Tait
Jul 12, 2021
No Open Lottery Please!
If you thought deciding a major football tournament by penalties was a lottery, how about deciding the Open Championship based on what...
Alistair Tait
Jul 11, 2021
Talking Golf Is Good For The Soul
The scene outside the Ganton Golf Club clubhouse after each round of the Senior Amateur Championship spoke volumes about why we play this...
Alistair Tait
Jul 10, 2021
Persistence Pays Off For Elliott
GANTON, England – Gene Elliott proved yet again that you should never give up in this great game of golf. The likeable American finally...
Alistair Tait
Jul 9, 2021
Glorious Ganton
GANTON, England – Call me nostalgic, but I long for the days when European Tour events were held on classic courses like Ganton Golf...
Alistair Tait
Jul 8, 2021
The Selling Out of Golf Tournaments
Good article by James Corrigan in today’s Daily Telegraph on the ludicrous name change for this week's Scottish Open, now the abrdn...
Alistair Tait
Jul 7, 2021
Never Too Late For Golf Goals
Paul Moultrie is living proof it’s never too late to set golf goals. If that was the case then the 56-year-old Scotsman wouldn’t be...
Alistair Tait
Jul 6, 2021
Senior Golf’s Time To Shine
American golfers have cleaned up at the Senior Amateur Championship through the years. Odds on an American winner at Ganton Golf Club...
Alistair Tait
Jul 5, 2021
That Dream 54 Might Just Be Possible
Urban golf myth says Ben Hogan had a recurring dream. The Hawk would play 17 holes in his sleep and birdie every one of them. He’d reach...
Alistair Tait
Jul 4, 2021
Golf’s Chrysalis Moment
The silver lining for golf as a result of Covid-19 has seen a large influx of people taking up the game, either trying it for the first...
Alistair Tait
Jul 3, 2021
Who’d be a Caddie?
Who knows why Bryson DeChambeau and caddie Tim Tucker parted ways after three years and eight PGA Tour wins together, including last...
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