Welcome to the madhouse, Rory
Good friend Tony Johnstone once told me he had stopped reading instruction in golf magazines. Said it was making him try things with his...
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Alistair Tait
Mar 12, 2021
Golf is what’s wrong with Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy’s opening 79 in the Players Championship will cue the inevitable “what’s wrong with Rory” questions. Even from golf...
Alistair Tait
Mar 11, 2021
Players shouldn’t take Players for granted
Robert MacIntyre is one of 23 Europeans playing in this week’s Players Championship. The Scot is making his debut in the PGA Tour’s...
Alistair Tait
Mar 10, 2021
Olympic golf still far from ideal for some
It’s that time of the golf calendar again, when the world’s top men start demurring about golf in the Olympics. Webb Simpson has started...
Alistair Tait
Mar 9, 2021
“Aye, there’s the rub”
Twenty-seventh February 1991 and Ian Woosnam and Peter Baker are grinding it out on Golf D’Esterel’s practice range in Latitudes Saint...
Alistair Tait
Mar 8, 2021
Still a long road for European women golfers
It’s International Women’s Day today. The fact we have to have one day of the year to celebrate half the population tells us how far...
Alistair Tait
Mar 7, 2021
A world of lasting golf friendships
It was with a certain degree of nostalgia mixed with a few tears that I wrote yesterday’s blog about the late great Dougie Lowe. There...
Alistair Tait
Mar 6, 2021
Thanks for the memories Dougie
There were cheers all round when Douglas “Dougie” Lowe won the 2009 R&A Media Day golf competition at Turnberry ahead of that year's Open...
Alistair Tait
Mar 5, 2021
What would Herb Warren Wind think?
I have to admit to being a bit surprised to discover Roger McStravick had won the Herbert Warren Wind Award for his book St Andrews: The...
Alistair Tait
Mar 4, 2021
Arnold Palmer deserves more respect
Lot of talk this week about Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer for obvious reasons. Woods would love to be playing in the Arnold Palmer...
Alistair Tait
Mar 3, 2021
The age of the semi pro golfer
There must have been much clinking of glasses in celebration by members of the R&A’s amateur status committee in the big room in the...
Alistair Tait
Mar 2, 2021
Slaughter at Seminole?
Should we prepare for “Slaughter at Seminole” headlines from the 48th Walker Cup after the announcement of the United States team, and no...
Alistair Tait
Mar 1, 2021
No library trips please
Can you imagine how many friends you’d have left to play golf with if you had to make a trip to the library before every putt? Not many....
Alistair Tait
Feb 28, 2021
Remembering Max Faulkner
I’ve been fortunate to interview many players over the years, but none has given me as much pleasure as the chat I had with Max Faulkner...
Alistair Tait
Feb 27, 2021
Meet the new golf rules boss Annika...
Of course the penalty shot wrongly applied to Annika Sorenstam couldn’t be rescinded. Not under the new, easier to read, simplified rules...
Alistair Tait
Feb 26, 2021
No banter in the Broadacre – again
The WhatsApp conversation finally took a turn for the worse yesterday at precisely 18:52, snuffing out vague hopes of getting back to a...
Alistair Tait
Feb 25, 2021
Class isn’t always permanent
Annika Sorenstam isn’t the only one making a comeback in this week’s Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona. Another multiple major winner is...
Alistair Tait
Feb 24, 2021
Battling the fairways of life
Maybe we’re too fixated on trophies, major victories, tournament wins, Ryder and Solheim Cup appearances when it comes to golf's biggest...
Alistair Tait
Feb 23, 2021
The bravery of Madelene Sagström
Brave is an overused word in sport. We talk about players hitting brave tee shots that find the centre of the fairway when they’re in...
Alistair Tait
Feb 22, 2021
Who’ll suffer Walker Cup woe this year?
Hard to believe Sam Burns nearly overcame a stellar field to win the Genesis Invitational yesterday yet wasn’t considered good enough for...
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