It really is a man’s golf world
Seems incongruous just a day after International Women’s Golf Day to think this week’s U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic club features a...
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Alistair Tait
Jun 1, 2021
11 Golf Clubs? Yes Please!
Moe Norman would have won quite a few tournaments if the Rules of Golf dictated just three clubs never mind 14. Or even 11. All Moe would...
Alistair Tait
May 31, 2021
Still waiting for women’s golf firsts
Christina McAnea’s words should ring true for all golf lovers. In a week in which we celebrate International Women’s Golf Day, her...
Alistair Tait
May 30, 2021
500 Not Out
I felt a bit like Steve McQueen as I wrote my 500th consecutive blog yesterday – yes, 500, I’m expecting a congratulatory letter from the...
Alistair Tait
May 29, 2021
Silence is Golden
Couldn't resist the headline after yesterday’s round of golf reminded me there are some things that shouldn’t be said on a golf course....
Alistair Tait
May 28, 2021
Golf can soothe the soul
It’s official: golf can have a positive impact on your well being. That’s the takeaway from the R&A’s Post Covid Opportunity Research as...
Alistair Tait
May 27, 2021
Golf can’t blow it this time
The numbers are staggering, but will they hold? Will golf take advantage of the unexpected increased interest in the game because of...
Alistair Tait
May 26, 2021
The crushing weight of expectation
How much does the weight of expectation frustrate players to the point where they can’t perform to the best of their abilities? Where one...
Alistair Tait
May 25, 2021
Golf for the aged?
Never again let it be said such and such a player is running out of time to make his or her mark in this game. Phil Mickelson’s PGA...
Alistair Tait
May 24, 2021
Why Phil's worth his weight in gold
Phil Mickelson wasn’t going to speak to me. I could feel it deep down in my water. He’d just shot 64. Everybody wanted to talk to Phil....
Alistair Tait
May 23, 2021
Golf keeps the heart young
Can you imagine Jim Courier taking on Raphael Nadal in a grand slam tennis final? Courier won four grand slam titles but, at age 50, it’s...
Alistair Tait
May 22, 2021
One bad golf swing from madness
Finally, proof of what some of us have thought for a long time: many of those who play golf at the highest level are “psychopaths.”...
Alistair Tait
May 21, 2021
A token gesture on slow play?
What do Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Guan Tianlang and John Catlin have in common? They’re the only three players in the last eight...
Alistair Tait
May 20, 2021
Golf experience often means diddley
Padraig Harrington probably didn’t have Matteo Manassero in mind went he went deep into the philosophical corners of this game of golf...
Alistair Tait
May 19, 2021
One and done for PGA winner?
There’s a good chance whoever wins this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island may never win another major. Of the men’s marquee...
Alistair Tait
May 18, 2021
Is golf's latest slow play remedy doomed?
The PGA of America makes history this week at Kiawah Island in the 103rd PGA Championship when it becomes the first major championship to...
Alistair Tait
May 17, 2021
When "Wild Thing" shook golf to its core
Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since a good old American country boy took the game of golf by the scruff of the neck, shook it to its...
Alistair Tait
May 16, 2021
Here's to the golf grinders
Would Richard Bland have been considered a failure if he hadn’t won yesterday’s Betfred British Masters at The Belfry in his 478th start,...
Alistair Tait
May 15, 2021
When Harrington forgot to sign his autograph
There are times when it’s difficult to explain how great this game of golf is to those who don’t play it. What happened before the final...
Alistair Tait
May 14, 2021
Golf was never meant to be fair
Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are getting much publicity after recent wins to end long, winless droughts. Good for them, but for every...
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