Haste ye Back Humble Bunker Rake
Amazing how we've taken the humble bunker rake for granted all these years. Other than wishing some golfers would take a crash course on...
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Alistair Tait
Jul 1, 2021
Olympic No Shows Deserve Free Pass
It’s a sign of these toxic times that a minority of golf fans have criticised Charley Hull for her decision to withdraw from this year’s...
Alistair Tait
Jun 30, 2021
Open Golf Dreams Can Come True
You only have to read Nicholas Poppleton’s tweet today to realise why so many enter Regional and Final Qualifying for the Open...
Alistair Tait
Jun 29, 2021
Here’s to Glass Half Full Golfers
The boundless optimism of players going through Open championship Regional and Final Qualifying has always been an equal source of...
Alistair Tait
Jun 28, 2021
Enjoy Hovland while you can
Well done Viktor Hovland on becoming the first Norwegian to win on the European Tour. The optimist in me would like to think the BMW...
Alistair Tait
Jun 20, 2021
Where How Many Doesn't Matter
One of the beauties of my other passion is there is no need to count strokes or stableford points. I don’t even have to worry about a...
Alistair Tait
Jun 19, 2021
Still Waiting for a Home Winner
Have to admit a wee part of me was secretly hoping for Calum Scott to win the Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club. It's been a long...
Alistair Tait
Jun 18, 2021
Hurray: No more library trips!
Expect TV viewing figures for PGA Tour events to shoot up when the Player Advisory Council ratifies the banning of green reading books...
Alistair Tait
Jun 17, 2021
Don't Doom Don Valley
Don Valley Golf Course was just seven stops on the Toronto Subway system from where I lived on Asquith Avenue near the busy intersection...
Alistair Tait
Jun 16, 2021
What Would Old Tom Morris Think of Golf Today?
You have to wonder what Old Tom Morris would make of golf as it is today if he could be magically reincarnated and transported from his...
Alistair Tait
Jun 15, 2021
Strange Things Happen in The Amateur
Whoever takes medallist honours in the Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club today might just want to dampen their expectations....
Alistair Tait
Jun 14, 2021
Johnny Comes Marching Home
Another week, another heart-warming story about why it pays to never give up in this game of golf. Jonathan Caldwell could have been...
Alistair Tait
Jun 13, 2021
Time for Scottish Golf to Shine
Louise Duncan wasn’t even born the last time a Scottish player won the Women’s Amateur Championship. No wonder the Ayrshire native was...
Alistair Tait
Jun 12, 2021
Bring on Bifurcation
When Peter Dawson was chief executive of the R&A, he asked for a show of hands from the assembled press on whether we thought the time...
Alistair Tait
Jun 11, 2021
The world hasn't come to an end
Austria's Christine Wolf may have made history yesterday. As far as I can tell, she's the first woman to hold or share the lead in a...
Alistair Tait
Jun 10, 2021
Mixed Golf Events Need Star Names
Don’t know about you, but I’m excited about this week’s Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik and Annika near Gothenburg. I just wish there...
Alistair Tait
Jun 9, 2021
Why does golf fear the PGL?
You’d think the Premier Golf League was the devil incarnate considering the reaction in some quarters to the proposed new golf tour. Why...
Alistair Tait
Jun 8, 2021
No Masterplan for Success
The woman was looking for a response to a question I couldn’t answer. She was lost. She wanted to know the best route for her 16-year-old...
Alistair Tait
Jun 4, 2021
The Lewis & Carroll U.S. Women’s Open
Betsy Rawls didn’t really win the 1957 U.S. Women’s Open. She won it by default. Jackie Pung was the actual champion. Pung lost it on a...
Alistair Tait
Jun 3, 2021
Six Simple Birthday Golf Wishes
Today’s my birthday. Yes, I’m playing golf. If you can’t play golf on your birthday then when can you play? It should be an automatic...
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