Bring the old golf rules back
Patrick Reed would have been penalised for lifting his ball just off Torrey Pines’ 10th fairway under the old Rules of Golf. Not now. Oh,...
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Alistair Tait
Jan 30, 2021
The simple route to golf success
A touching vignette took place on the practice ground after the third round of the 1995 Dubai Desert Classic that spoke volumes for golf...
Alistair Tait
Jan 29, 2021
Tiger Woods’s last golf tournament
One thought hovered in the air four years ago as Tiger Woods hobbled away from the Dubai Desert Classic: would he ever play again?...
Alistair Tait
Jan 28, 2021
Can Niall Horan save junior golf?
Attractive young women asking me for advice at golf tournaments hasn't been a common occurrence during my golf writing career. So I was a...
Alistair Tait
Jan 27, 2021
This will help your golf – honestly!
The elderly couple spent 20 minutes trying to convince me their revolutionary new invention was going to take the golf world by storm. It...
Alistair Tait
Jan 26, 2021
Euro Tour mines rich Dubai gold seam
The European Tour probably wouldn’t have a Desert Swing if it wasn’t for the Dubai Desert Classic, where Europe’s best compete this week....
Alistair Tait
Jan 25, 2021
My heart's in the highlands
No surprise my heart's in the highlands on this day of all days. Like all Scots, I'll be celebrating Burns Night tonight, albeit a wee...
Alistair Tait
Jan 24, 2021
The frustrations of being a Rory fan
Maybe we expect too much from our golf heroes. That’s certainly true with Rory McIlroy. Watching Rory play the final round of the $8...
Alistair Tait
Jan 23, 2021
Where the banter never stops
Want to know where that huge intangible called team spirit comes from that’s helped Europe win nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups despite...
Alistair Tait
Jan 22, 2021
Golf rules knowledge can be dangerous
The full extent of today’s just saying quote at the bottom of this blog slammed into me eight years ago today like a skulled iron shot...
Alistair Tait
Jan 21, 2021
Kirk already has his major victory
Brian Barnes shot a 4-under-par 68 in the third round of the 1992 Dubai Desert Classic. Not bad for a 47 year old in a field of young...
Alistair Tait
Jan 20, 2021
Who’ll fight for public golf courses?
Interesting piece in Global Golf Post’s International edition this week on a stushie taking place in Australia over public golf courses....
Alistair Tait
Jan 19, 2021
MacIntyre has perfect Ryder Cup attitude
Judging players by their golf swings isn’t the best barometer of future achievement when watching elite amateurs. Far better to look at...
Alistair Tait
Jan 18, 2021
The strange case of Kaymer's collapse
Anything can happen in 18-hole match play and probably will is a popular golf saying. The same can be said for 72-hole stroke play. The...
Alistair Tait
Jan 17, 2021
A changing of the Ryder Cup guard?
Wouldn’t you love to see Robert MacIntyre in a European Ryder Cup uniform this September? How about Rasmus Hojgaard? Viktor Hovland?...
Alistair Tait
Jan 16, 2021
RIP Dave “Scoop” Birtill
Many of you reading this have probably never heard of Dave Birtill, who has died at the age of 79. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who...
Alistair Tait
Jan 15, 2021
Municipal golf still matters
Interesting article by Martin Dempster in today’s Scotsman which bodes well for our game. New figures seem to reinforce the theory that...
Alistair Tait
Jan 14, 2021
No place for sore losers in golf
Can you imagine losing a golf match and not having the decency to shake your opponent’s hand. Can you imagine finishing second in, say,...
Alistair Tait
Jan 13, 2021
365 not out!
Perhaps the headline should be 365 knocked out, as in 365 consecutive days of blogs written since I launched alistairtaitgolf.com. Allow...
Alistair Tait
Jan 12, 2021
Turnberry can wait for The Open
Well done Martin Slumbers and the R&A for not making a knee-jerk reaction to remove Turnberry from the Open Championship rota after the...
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