They Can’t All Be Ryder Cup Captain
Lee Westwood will captain the next European Ryder Cup team in Rome. I didn’t make this statement up. It seems to be accepted fact. Here’s...
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Alistair Tait
Sep 27, 2021
Ryder Cups Are All About Putting
Europe shouldn’t push the panic button after losing the Ryder Cup, even if it was the heaviest defeat in the modern era. Europe just...
Alistair Tait
Sep 25, 2021
What Would Bobby Jones Think?
Well done Jordan Spieth for taking some American fans to task for booing Europe’s Ryder Cup men yesterday. Sadly, it won’t stop the same...
Alistair Tait
Sep 24, 2021
The Man Behind The Ryder Cup
The world of golf should rejoice that Samuel Ryder wasn’t the healthiest man in England around the turn of 20th century. Had he been a...
Alistair Tait
Sep 23, 2021
Out Of The Shadows Come Heroes
Who’ll live up to Sam Torrance’s 2002 proclamation and shine for Europe in this year’s Ryder Cup? Will there be a Phillip Price...
Alistair Tait
Sep 22, 2021
Tony Jacklin’s Ryder Cup Legacy
The spirit of Seve Ballesteros is in evidence in every Ryder Cup Europe now plays. Images of the great man are never far away. Quite...
Alistair Tait
Sep 21, 2021
Golf’s Greatest Shot?
There is no plaque to commemorate probably the best shot ever hit in the Ryder Cup, arguably the greatest shot in golf. No television...
Alistair Tait
Sep 19, 2021
Broberg Ends Six Years of Hell
Six years ago, a friend and I were walking around Woburn Golf Club’s Marquess course during the 2015 British Masters Matt Fitzpatrick...
Alistair Tait
Sep 19, 2021
Spraying It Off The Tee
With so much on my mind and so many possible subjects to write about ahead of the Ryder Cup, I’ve decided on a scatter gun approach this...
Alistair Tait
Sep 12, 2021
What The Ryder Cup Means to Europe
How much does the Ryder Cup mean to European golfers? Shane Lowry’s above tweet upon receiving Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup pick...
Alistair Tait
Sep 11, 2021
A Simple Ryder Cup Solution
Can you imagine telling Sir Alex Ferguson who his starting 11 was going to be when he was Manchester United manager? It just wouldn’t...
Alistair Tait
Sep 10, 2021
Points Matter, Not Personalities
Let’s hope Steve Stricker knows what’s he’s doing by leaving Patrick Reed out of the United States Ryder Cup team. Stricker must be...
Alistair Tait
Sep 4, 2021
No Solheim Strops Please
Annika Sorenstam, Kelly Robbins and Pat Bradley; mass concession in Sweden; Dottie drops the f-bomb; Ciganda gets out of jail; Suzzan...
Alistair Tait
Sep 2, 2021
Haste Ye Back, Francesco
Moliwood seems like a dream. Is it really just one Ryder Cup, three years, since Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood provided the back...
Alistair Tait
Sep 1, 2021
Monahan Late To Golf Etiquette Party
You have to wonder why PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan took so long to see the light. You’d think someone on an enlarged seven-figure...
Alistair Tait
Aug 31, 2021
A Game We're Not Familiar With
Call me old fashioned, but perhaps it’s time the PGA Tour adopted Bobby Jones’s wisdom when it comes to advice to some golf fans. Bryson...
Alistair Tait
Aug 30, 2021
Who's Your Ryder Cup Pick?
Who’s your choice for Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup wild card pick when he names his team after the BMW PGA Championship? One wild...
Alistair Tait
Jul 29, 2021
McIlroy Can Inspire New Golf Dreams
Rory McIlroy never stood over a putt as a child and thought this is to win an Olympic gold medal. Future generations might do just that,...
Alistair Tait
Jul 28, 2021
Golf Can Relate To Biles’ Demons
Tour golfers won’t be piling in to criticise Simone Biles for scaling back her Olympic schedule to focus on her mental health. Unlike...
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...
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