It Pays To Listen To A Good Caddie
There were times reading The Secret Tour Caddie when I wondered if those running men’s professional golf should be replaced by people who...
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Alistair Tait
Jan 18
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...
Alistair Tait
Nov 29, 2023
Falling Out Of Love With (Pro) Golf
Eddie Pepperell spoke for many golf fans with his recent opinion of the world of professional golf. The erudite European Tour player...
Alistair Tait
Oct 20, 2023
Mind the Major Golf Rankings Gap
Will the 2024 men’s major championships truly feature all the best players in the world, or just a selection of the world’s best players....
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
Jun 1, 2023
Where’s The Ryder Cup Logic Rory?
I’m confused. Not because Rory McIlroy said he was done talking about LIV Golf to focus on his own game, only to opine on LIV the first...
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
Feb 23, 2023
Full Swing or Full PR?
You have to wonder if PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was the real director of the eight-part Netflix Series “Full Swing”. As a public...
Alistair Tait
Feb 2, 2023
Does Oman spell trouble for Euro Tour?
Anyone seen next week’s fields for the Asian Tour’s International Tour Series Oman and the European Tour’s Singapore Classic? Both are...
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
Nov 30, 2022
Golf's Misnomer Of The Year?
Stand at the top of Ben Hope on a sunny day and the 360 degree view is a glorious vista of seeming nothingness. Bogs, lochans, rivers,...
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 14, 2022
If One DP World Tour Domino Falls...
I wonder if European Tour sponsors are currently checking contracts, thinking it might be a good idea to jump ship and dump the old world...
Alistair Tait
Sep 12, 2022
The European Dis-Union
Shane Lowry won the BMW PGA Championship, pipping Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to the title. They weren’t the real losers of the European...
Alistair Tait
Sep 3, 2022
Time To Right A Rankings Wrong
The strongest men's professional tournament being contested this weekend features 12 major champions with 22 trophies from the...
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
Jul 6, 2022
How Did Golf Become So Toxic?
So much for golf being the honourable game, the royal and ancient pastime, a game for gentlemen and gentlewomen played by gentlemen and...
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