Can Pelley Secure His Golfing Legacy?
You have to wonder when Keith Pelley’s Road to Damascus moment occurred. That’s one thought after reading the outgoing European Tour...
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Alistair Tait
Dec 14, 2023
The Height Of Golf Hypocrisy
It’s hard not to shake your head and laugh at the sheer hypocrisy surrounding Jon Rahm’s move to LIV Golf. Fred Couples is the latest...
Alistair Tait
Aug 19, 2023
Contrived, Complicated, Convoluted?
Remember the European Tour’s Final Series? No? Let me jog your memory. Former European Tour chief executive George O’Grady unveiled the...
Alistair Tait
Jun 12, 2023
The Height of Golf Hypocrisy
“Where money is concerned, I'm afraid you don't know anyone.” That line certainly applies to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. It also...
Alistair Tait
Jun 6, 2023
Common Sense Prevails
This blog appeared on 18 July last year. After today's surprising joint announcement from the PGA Tour, European Tour and LIV Golf , it...
Alistair Tait
May 5, 2023
European Tour Shame
Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald expressed the right word after Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter tendered their European Tour...
Alistair Tait
Mar 31, 2023
A LIV v the World Masters? Yes Please!
Anyone else hoping a LIV player wins the Masters? Wouldn't that turn the genteel world of golf upside down? Not sure the Green Jackets...
Alistair Tait
Mar 2, 2023
Now What For the Strategic Alliance?
Where does the PGA Tour’s strategic alliance partner, the European Tour, feature in its planned schedule changes for 2024? Afterthought...
Alistair Tait
Jan 19, 2023
A Crux Year For The European Tour?
How will the 2023 European Tour season be remembered by golf historians 100 years from now? As the year the tour grew to bigger heights...
Alistair Tait
Jan 10, 2023
Can Hero Cup Provide Ryder Reality?
I hope this week’s Seve Trophy, sorry, Hero Cup provides inspiration for Europe to go on and win the Ryder Cup in September. I’m not so...
Alistair Tait
Nov 1, 2022
Has Valderrama Said A Sad Adios?
Remember when LIV Golf had no players, no tournaments, no courses, and seemingly no hope – that didn’t age well, did it? Now, as I hinted...
Alistair Tait
Oct 6, 2022
Selling Off European Golf's Future?
Here’s a thought: Imagine Sir Alex Ferguson when he was Manchester United manager agreeing to reward some of his best young players by...
Alistair Tait
Sep 22, 2022
Fanciful French Open Feelings
Italian golf officials luxuriating in the success of last week’s Italian Open might want to check out this week’s French Open. It might...
Alistair Tait
Aug 25, 2022
Yet Another Strategic Alliance Setback?
There surely has to a collective shaking of heads from European golf fans following Jay Monahan’s press conference ahead of this week’s...
Alistair Tait
Aug 15, 2022
Maybe Sergio Garcia is right
Maybe Sergio Garcia is right: Perhaps the European Tour, now the DP World Tour, is becoming the world’s fifth best circuit. Evidence from...
Alistair Tait
Jul 26, 2022
Why The Saudi Double Standard?
Maybe LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan should be put in charge of all of professional golf. There might be less toxicity and more...
Alistair Tait
Jun 23, 2022
More Arms Race Misery for Euro Tour?
Do you think PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan consulted “strategic alliance” partner Keith Pelley when he announced plans to splash even...
Alistair Tait
Jun 13, 2022
Big Questions for Strategic Alliance
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has laid his cards on the table. No PGA Tour play for the rebels who’ve jumped to the LIV Tour. Do not...
Alistair Tait
Jun 2, 2022
Strategic Alliance Joy Needed Now
If ever there was a time for the “strategic alliance” between the European Tour and PGA Tour to kick into high gear, now is the time. The...
Alistair Tait
May 30, 2022
The Seeds of Euro Tour Destruction?
The elephant has finally arrived in the golf room. Or perhaps the planting of the Fiddleleaf fig tree (above) would be more appropriate....
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