An Honesty Box? Only in Scotland
Two things happened while I was on holiday last week that reminded me, yet again, why golf is the greatest of all sports. One took place...
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Alistair Tait
Aug 11, 2021
Is Professional Golf About To Get Ugly?
Looks like a select few are about to get extremely rich over the next few years from this game of golf. Unfortunately, not all will be...
Alistair Tait
Aug 10, 2021
When Euro No 1 Meant Something
Add Abraham Ancer’s name to the contest to end the year as European number one. Victory in the WGC–FedEx St Jude Invitational moves Ancer...
Alistair Tait
Aug 3, 2021
No Brave New Dawn For Global Golf
Underwhelming. That’s one word to describe today’s “strategic alliance” announcement from the European Tour and PGA Tour. If this is the...
Alistair Tait
Jul 27, 2021
Still Waiting For Strategic Alliance Joy
November 27, 2020 was a “landmark“ moment for world golf. The game’s two biggest professional tours announced a “strategic alliance”...
Alistair Tait
Jul 24, 2021
"And They're All Good Golfers"
Ian Poulter made the game of golf look ridiculously easy yesterday over the Marquess Course at Woburn Golf Club. Nine birdies in 12 holes...
Alistair Tait
Jul 22, 2021
What Else Would Old Golfers Do?
Walk along the practice range at Sunningdale Golf Club in this week’s Senior Open Championship and you’ll probably see a lot of 50+ plus...
Alistair Tait
Jul 5, 2021
That Dream 54 Might Just Be Possible
Urban golf myth says Ben Hogan had a recurring dream. The Hawk would play 17 holes in his sleep and birdie every one of them. He’d reach...
Alistair Tait
Jul 3, 2021
Who’d be a Caddie?
Who knows why Bryson DeChambeau and caddie Tim Tucker parted ways after three years and eight PGA Tour wins together, including last...
Alistair Tait
Jun 28, 2021
Enjoy Hovland while you can
Well done Viktor Hovland on becoming the first Norwegian to win on the European Tour. The optimist in me would like to think the BMW...
Alistair Tait
Jun 18, 2021
Hurray: No more library trips!
Expect TV viewing figures for PGA Tour events to shoot up when the Player Advisory Council ratifies the banning of green reading books...
Alistair Tait
Jun 9, 2021
Why does golf fear the PGL?
You’d think the Premier Golf League was the devil incarnate considering the reaction in some quarters to the proposed new golf tour. Why...
Alistair Tait
Jun 2, 2021
It really is a man’s golf world
Seems incongruous just a day after International Women’s Golf Day to think this week’s U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic club features a...
Alistair Tait
May 31, 2021
Still waiting for women’s golf firsts
Christina McAnea’s words should ring true for all golf lovers. In a week in which we celebrate International Women’s Golf Day, her...
Alistair Tait
May 8, 2021
The height of golf hypocrisy Part II?
I can’t believe I didn’t note the obvious example of hypocrisy in my piece a few days ago, The height of golf hypocrisy? It wasn’t until...
Alistair Tait
May 5, 2021
Who will win golf’s high stakes poker game?
Would PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan really ban Tiger Woods from the PGA Tour if golf’s biggest draw decided he wanted to make an...
Alistair Tait
May 4, 2021
2,824 days and Rory’s still counting
Hands up if you thought we’d reach this day and Rory McIlroy would still be looking for his fifth major championship victory? Thought so....
Alistair Tait
Apr 30, 2021
The Euro talent drain continues
As if Keith Pelley and the European Tour weren’t facing enough problems right now, the news of another major star considering a move to...
Alistair Tait
Apr 29, 2021
The school of hard knocks
I’m not usually a sucker for tearjerker golf stories – there are far too many of those in this game for my liking – but I admit Michael...
Alistair Tait
Apr 28, 2021
Golf is becoming a popularity contest
If you didn’t think professional golf is becoming a popularity contest following the announcement of the PGA Tour’s obscene $40 million...
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