LET season opener a cause for celebration
The British Masters at The Belfry is getting a decent amount of publicity this week. No surprise since it’s the first golf tournament of...
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Alistair Tait
May 12, 2021
When will golf hit the 8,000 yard mark?
Considering the PGA of America has just announced Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course will measure 7,876 yards for next week’s PGA...
Alistair Tait
May 11, 2021
Who’ll excel from the class of ‘21?
Ask many who’ve appeared in the Walker Cup and they’ll tell you it was the pinnacle of their time in amateur golf. Truth is, for many it...
Alistair Tait
May 10, 2021
A Walker Cup What If.....
What an impressive performance by Great Britain & Ireland in the 48th Walker Cup. Let’s take nothing away from the United States....
Alistair Tait
May 9, 2021
Short and sweet and truly unique
Don’t you wish there were more golf tournaments like the Walker Cup? Two days of intense competition instead of the usual moribund fare...
Alistair Tait
May 8, 2021
The height of golf hypocrisy Part II?
I can’t believe I didn’t note the obvious example of hypocrisy in my piece a few days ago, The height of golf hypocrisy? It wasn’t until...
Alistair Tait
May 7, 2021
Walker Cup miracles can come true, but…
I hope Stuart Wilson is right. I want to believe in miracles. Wilson leads Great Britain & Ireland’s 10-man Walker Cup team at Seminole...
Alistair Tait
May 6, 2021
The height of golf hypocrisy?
Does anyone else see the sheer hypocrisy in the response from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan (above) and European Tour chief executive...
Alistair Tait
May 5, 2021
Who will win golf’s high stakes poker game?
Would PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan really ban Tiger Woods from the PGA Tour if golf’s biggest draw decided he wanted to make an...
Alistair Tait
May 4, 2021
2,824 days and Rory’s still counting
Hands up if you thought we’d reach this day and Rory McIlroy would still be looking for his fifth major championship victory? Thought so....
Alistair Tait
May 3, 2021
The (almost) invisible side of golf
How many ordinary golf fans are aware the greatest team match in men’s amateur golf is taking place this week? How many actually care?...
Alistair Tait
May 2, 2021
Golf hell has begun to freeze over
Is it any wonder outsiders look at this auld game of golf and think it’s still stuck in the Middle Ages when they see headlines like:...
Alistair Tait
May 1, 2021
Bob MacIntyre’s selfless act of class
It’s 96 miles from Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban to Dunaverty Golf Club on the tip of the Mull of Kintyre. According to Google Maps, the...
Alistair Tait
Apr 30, 2021
The Euro talent drain continues
As if Keith Pelley and the European Tour weren’t facing enough problems right now, the news of another major star considering a move to...
Alistair Tait
Apr 29, 2021
The school of hard knocks
I’m not usually a sucker for tearjerker golf stories – there are far too many of those in this game for my liking – but I admit Michael...
Alistair Tait
Apr 28, 2021
Golf is becoming a popularity contest
If you didn’t think professional golf is becoming a popularity contest following the announcement of the PGA Tour’s obscene $40 million...
Alistair Tait
Apr 27, 2021
Death to the golf gnaff!
The wee golf gnaff that sits on my right shoulder suddenly woke up on the fourth tee yesterday. It had obviously decided on a lie in...
Alistair Tait
Apr 26, 2021
Make golf predictions at your peril
Brandon Stone is a seminal lesson that success can be fleeting for all but golf’s elite. He also serves as a reminder that it often...
Alistair Tait
Apr 24, 2021
Golf's defining factors
Former European Tour Chief Referee John Paramor might not have had to hand out so many basic rulings during his long, illustrious career...
Alistair Tait
Apr 23, 2021
A radical Rules of Golf idea
Here’s a radical idea: Maybe anyone who wants to become a member of a professional golf tour should have to pass a Rules of Golf test....
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