No Open Lottery Please!
If you thought deciding a major football tournament by penalties was a lottery, how about deciding the Open Championship based on what...
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Alistair Tait
Jul 7, 2021
Never Too Late For Golf Goals
Paul Moultrie is living proof it’s never too late to set golf goals. If that was the case then the 56-year-old Scotsman wouldn’t be...
Alistair Tait
Jul 1, 2021
Olympic No Shows Deserve Free Pass
It’s a sign of these toxic times that a minority of golf fans have criticised Charley Hull for her decision to withdraw from this year’s...
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 14, 2021
Johnny Comes Marching Home
Another week, another heart-warming story about why it pays to never give up in this game of golf. Jonathan Caldwell could have been...
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
May 25, 2021
Golf for the aged?
Never again let it be said such and such a player is running out of time to make his or her mark in this game. Phil Mickelson’s PGA...
Alistair Tait
May 14, 2021
Golf was never meant to be fair
Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are getting much publicity after recent wins to end long, winless droughts. Good for them, but for every...
Alistair Tait
May 11, 2021
Who’ll excel from the class of ‘21?
Ask many who’ve appeared in the Walker Cup and they’ll tell you it was the pinnacle of their time in amateur golf. Truth is, for many it...
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
May 3, 2021
The (almost) invisible side of golf
How many ordinary golf fans are aware the greatest team match in men’s amateur golf is taking place this week? How many actually care?...
Alistair Tait
Apr 21, 2021
Is there no end to golf’s obsession with money?
Amazing that football’s proposed European Super League was on the verge of collapse on the same day news leaked the PGA Tour has created...
Alistair Tait
Apr 15, 2021
Can literature improve your golf?
A wee internet search of the life and times of Saul Bellow doesn’t unearth any predilection for golf. Same goes for John Banville, Terry...
Alistair Tait
Apr 10, 2021
Will Rory McIlroy win the Masters?
Hard to believe Rory McIlroy won’t even get the chance at winning this year’s Masters, that we’re still waiting for him to slip on a...
Alistair Tait
Mar 27, 2021
Winning isn’t the only measure of success
Scotland’s Callum Hill was left frustrated with a third place finish in the Kenya Savannah Classic. Imagine how David Drysdale felt as he...
Alistair Tait
Mar 24, 2021
Ian Poulter's way: "Be respectful but ruthless"
Charley Hull and Lauren Taylor once received a valuable lesson on the art of match play from Ian Poulter that goes a long way to...
Alistair Tait
Mar 13, 2021
Welcome to the madhouse, Rory
Good friend Tony Johnstone once told me he had stopped reading instruction in golf magazines. Said it was making him try things with his...
Alistair Tait
Mar 12, 2021
Golf is what’s wrong with Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy’s opening 79 in the Players Championship will cue the inevitable “what’s wrong with Rory” questions. Even from golf...
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