Another 59 – Ho hum…..
The R&A didn’t have to worry about sub 60 scores over the first three rounds of the AIG Women’s Open. Conditions were so tough it was...
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Alistair Tait
Aug 22, 2020
Golf's basic rule: Play the ball as it lies
I accepted every lie I was given on Woburn’s devilish Duchess course yesterday, and I had some shockers. I obviously didn’t witness every...
Alistair Tait
Aug 21, 2020
Don't return Postage Stamp to sender
The world’s best women didn’t tear Royal Troon’s shortest hole asunder in the opening round of the AIG Women’s Open. The Postage Stamp...
Alistair Tait
Aug 19, 2020
Carpe diem time for golf clubs
Golf clubs need to take advantage of the current boom the game is enjoying post the coronavirus lockdown to help grow the game, says R&A...
Alistair Tait
Aug 19, 2020
Remembering Kate Wright
Kate Wright’s familiar, infectious cackle rang out as my 40-yard pitch shot travelled all of four yards. It’s not nice to laugh at the...
Alistair Tait
Aug 18, 2020
Laura Davies finally gets her wish
Laura Davies has been waiting at least 10 years to play a Women’s Open Championship at Royal Troon. That’s why it’s fitting she’ll hit...
Alistair Tait
Aug 17, 2020
Why are the snails still calling the shots?
The final group in the Aberdeen Standards Investments Scottish Ladies Open at the Renaissance Club took five hours and 16 minutes to...
Alistair Tait
Aug 16, 2020
The problem golf just can't solve
Charles Osborne probably wasn’t facing the same challenge in the U.S. Amateur final as Stacy Lewis was as she prepared for in the final...
Alistair Tait
Aug 15, 2020
Women’s best still drawing a blank
Can you imagine a men’s major champion from two years ago without a major sponsor’s name emblazoned on the front of his cap? Thought so....
Alistair Tait
Aug 14, 2020
What really happened at the Ryder Cup?
Two years ago, Brooks Koepka stared straight at the world’s press and denied he and Dustin Johnson had to be separated after an argument...
Alistair Tait
Aug 13, 2020
World’s best women deserve centre stage
Royal Troon will stage a women’s major championship next week for the first time in the same year Royal St George’s staged its first...
Alistair Tait
Aug 12, 2020
R.I.P. Gordon J Brand
Seve Ballesteros’s idea of the European Tour as one big family wasn’t a concept I bought into earlier in my career. The older I get, the...
Alistair Tait
Aug 10, 2020
This fickle game of golf
If ever you needed a reminder of this fickle game of golf then this weekend’s action provided it in spades. Fickle, capricious,...
Alistair Tait
Aug 9, 2020
McIlroy exemplifies spirit of golf
Perhaps Rory McIlroy should have a wee conversation with Bryson DeChambeau about the spirt of golf. He might want to have a chat with...
Alistair Tait
Aug 8, 2020
Another nail in golf journalism’s coffin
So much for golf being an essential part of the fabric of Scottish life. The Herald newspaper obviously doesn’t believe that. Otherwise...
Alistair Tait
Aug 7, 2020
Will the PGA champion be a one major wonder?
If this week’s PGA Championship at Harding Park produces a first-time major winner then the champion should celebrate long and hard....
Alistair Tait
Aug 6, 2020
It only takes one!
What on earth were John Catlin and his caddie Nathan Mulrooney thinking about when they decided to breach the Covid-19 protocols before...
Alistair Tait
Aug 5, 2020
European Tour owes PGA Championship debt of gratitude
Sam Torrance was in ebullient mood when he stepped off the Royal Birkdale’s 18th green after the final round of the 1991 Open...
Alistair Tait
Aug 4, 2020
The PGA Championship deserves more respect
If there’s one major that struggles to gain the respect it deserves, it’s the PGA Championship. Most polls would probably rate it number...
Alistair Tait
Aug 3, 2020
Horsfield fulfils Poulter's promise
Sam Horsfield is a European Tour winner, just as Ian Poulter predicted. Horsfield’s one-shot victory over Thomas Detry in the Hero Open...
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