Irish eyes aren’t smiling
You have to feel for golfers in the Republic of Ireland. The news that fell at 4:45pm yesterday was the last thing they wanted to hear....
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Alistair Tait
Oct 21, 2020
Golf and mental health? Vital!
I’d probably be a basket case right now if not for golf. I expect I’m not alone. Taking the opportunity to spend three-four hours in...
Alistair Tait
Oct 20, 2020
What’s in a golf name? Everything
Would Tiger Woods have won 15 majors if he’d gone by his real name of Eldrick? Maybe not. Bet the late Dan Jenkins would have subscribed...
Alistair Tait
Oct 19, 2020
Porteous was meant for the big stage
It was hard not pull for England’s Garrick Porteous in the final round of the Scottish Championship in St Andrews. When he tied for the...
Alistair Tait
Oct 18, 2020
A dogged victim of inexorable fate
My ball came to rest 18 inches from the flag on the eighth hole of the Dukes Course at Woburn. That’s when I committed a sin I once told...
Alistair Tait
Oct 17, 2020
Can Broadhurst follow Wallace’s way?
How many of those who came through Final Stage of this week’s PGA EuroPro Tour Qualifying School will go on to do a Matt Wallace? Not...
Alistair Tait
Oct 16, 2020
Golf’s sartorial squad strikes again
Last week it was hoodies; this week it’s black socks. Golf’s sartorial squad has struck again. In another episode of “You couldn’t make...
Alistair Tait
Oct 15, 2020
The death of par 5s?
Are par 5s obsolete? Perhaps not to you or I, but what about at the highest level of the game? Seems so according to Golf Digest’s Jerry...
Alistair Tait
Oct 14, 2020
Scotland’s time to shine
The Scottish Golf Union must look across the border with envy when it totes up English victories on the European Tour. Englishmen winning...
Alistair Tait
Oct 13, 2020
More match play please
Sounds as if European Tour pros are about to re-enact an old west shoot out when they gather at Aphrodite Hills for the Cyprus Showdown....
Alistair Tait
Oct 12, 2020
Rose's prophecy comes true
Anyone else have a feeling of déjà vu at the number of Englishmen winning on the European Tour? I certainly have. It feels like 2016. I...
Alistair Tait
Oct 11, 2020
Time to hug a golf hoodie
Golf's dress code debate is back with a bang. This time we’re talking about golfers wearing hoodies, instead of shooting 69s. Where’s...
Alistair Tait
Oct 10, 2020
European Tour loses vast local knowledge
John Paramor stood in front of 60 attendees at the Rules of Golf and Refereeing exam at St Andrews. The European Tour’s Chief Referee...
Alistair Tait
Oct 9, 2020
The class of Annika Sorenstam
One moment in Annika Sorenstam’s career stands out for me. It paints a perfect picture of the type of person Sorenstam is as she...
Alistair Tait
Oct 8, 2020
Wentworth's East is best
The BMW PGA Championship is being held on Wentworth’s worst course. The West Course isn’t a patch on the East, the first course Harry...
Alistair Tait
Oct 7, 2020
A blow for Latin American golf
Amateur golf doesn’t get as much coverage as it once did. Not in an age when every move Tiger Woods makes has to be tracked, even if he’s...
Alistair Tait
Oct 6, 2020
Where dreams are nurtured or destroyed
An interesting contrast is being played out this week in the world of European professional golf. While Europe’s elite play for pots of...
Alistair Tait
Oct 5, 2020
Good things happen to good people
The late Calvin Peete once said something latest LPGA Tour winner Mel Reid can probably relate to. Peete, who died aged 71 in 2015,...
Alistair Tait
Oct 4, 2020
A lesson in perseverance
Every aspiring tour professional should watch the third round of the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. They’d learn an...
Alistair Tait
Oct 3, 2020
Arise Sir Paul Lawrie
Sir Paul Lawrie has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Sky Sports golf commentator Ewen Murray certainly thinks so. I do too. No doubt many...
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