Amateur angst at Augusta
Amateur champion James Sugrue should enjoy the first two days of the Masters. There’s a good chance he won’t be around for the final two...
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Alistair Tait
Nov 10, 2020
Will a dunter win this Masters?
Webb Simpson will win this week’s Masters. Or Graeme McDowell. Ian Poulter. Chez Reevie. Kevin Kisner. Brandt Snedeker. Maybe Marc...
Alistair Tait
Nov 8, 2020
MacIntyre gets his just reward
Robert MacIntyre looked like a winner even though he lost the 2016 Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl to England’s Scott Gregory. He...
Alistair Tait
Nov 8, 2020
Thank you, Seve Ballesteros
Rafa Cabrera Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Wallace, Bernd Wiesberger, Victor Perez and other Europeans should say a...
Alistair Tait
Nov 7, 2020
The surprise Masters
All eyes will be on Tiger Woods, Bryson DeChambeau, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy, John Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson...
Alistair Tait
Nov 6, 2020
The golf boom continues
The first tee at Hunstanton Golf Club was busy the penultimate day before lockdown number two. It was the same at most golf clubs. My own...
Alistair Tait
Nov 5, 2020
Triple aces at Hunstanton
Have you heard the one about the guy who made three holes in one on the same hole in three successive days? I hadn't either. It seems...
Alistair Tait
Nov 4, 2020
Humbled at Hunstanton
Links golf finds you out more than the inland game, especially if your ball striking isn’t strong enough. Hunstanton found me out...
Alistair Tait
Nov 3, 2020
New handicap, same old game
So much for the new World Handicap System revolutionising golf. It didn’t feel that way yesterday as I played my first round at Woburn...
Alistair Tait
Nov 1, 2020
It only takes one good week
Andrew Murray still doesn’t know what it was about the week of the 1989 European Open that saw him win his only European Tour title....
Alistair Tait
Nov 1, 2020
To sign or not to sign - that is the question
The petition to keep golf courses open during this second lockdown stands at 78,701 signatures as I write. Oops, make that 78,855. No,...
Alistair Tait
Oct 31, 2020
Golf and politics don’t mix
Stephen Gallacher had much to deal with when he played in the 2014 Ryder Cup. Not only was he making his debut in the biennial match, he...
Alistair Tait
Oct 30, 2020
Lawrie and Matthew can spearhead Scottish success
Give Scottish Golf a round of 66 for its decision to appoint two of Scotland’s most successful golfers to help develop the next...
Alistair Tait
Oct 29, 2020
Can Canter call on golf’s intangibles?
Carl Mason spent 20 winless years on the European Tour. The man from Buxton, England probably thought he’d never get the victory that...
Alistair Tait
Oct 28, 2020
King’s course makes welcome return
Senior Tour players will be able to snub their noses up at their junior counterparts two years from now with the news that Gleneagles is...
Alistair Tait
Oct 27, 2020
Should golf follow the javelin’s flight?
Uwe Hohn set a new world distance record for javelin throwing in 1984 with a throw of 104.8 metres. The German athlete was the first, and...
Alistair Tait
Oct 25, 2020
Nice guys can finish first
Who says nice guys don’t finish first? Not Ross McGowan, that’s for sure. The 38-year-old Englishman is a winner again after an 11-year...
Alistair Tait
Oct 25, 2020
Is Bryson baiting golf’s rule makers?
Bryson DeChambeau must have been that kid in the playground who stood and sneered “nah, nah, nah, nah” whenever he bettered his peers. He...
Alistair Tait
Oct 24, 2020
Handicap heaven
There was joy and consternation in the clubhouse of Woburn Golf Club yesterday as fellow members discovered their predicted handicap on...
Alistair Tait
Oct 23, 2020
Golf’s traditional balancing act
Cars sometimes have to stop at the bottom of the street I live on to let the Tour de France pass. Okay, not the actual Tour de France,...
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