Time to Overhaul World Golf Ranking?
A wee look at the contrasting strength of fields for this week’s DP World Tour Championship and the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic will be grist...
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Alistair Tait
- Oct 20
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
- Sep 25
Nothing Wrong With Honours Even
The only thing that spoiled the conclusion of the 18th Solheim Cup was the suggestion that somehow the 14-14 result wasn’t satisfying....
Alistair Tait
- Aug 31
Walker Cups Aren't Won On Paper
According to the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team might as well not show up for the 49th Walker...
Alistair Tait
- Aug 19
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
- Aug 10
On The Road To Major Golf Parity?
Will we ever see the day when women receive the same prize money for winning golf majors as men get for winning grand slam tournaments?...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 17
It Shouldn't Even Be OPEN To Debate
Most serious American golf fans get it. Those that don't are being heavily influenced by popular American golf media sites which insist...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 4
Harking Back To Opens Past
Amazing to think there’s a series of 36-hole tournaments taking place across Great Britain today with arguably stronger fields than last...
Alistair Tait
- Jun 12
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
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
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 24
What Would Sam Ryder Think?
There was a time when the PGA champion was given an automatic spot on the United States Ryder Cup team. Howard Twitty was denied an...
Alistair Tait
- May 11
80 Stories Of Struggle And Resilience
Lachlan Wood thought he might never walk again. Kipp Popert (pictured) spent much of his childhood wondering if he’d ever be able to put...
Alistair Tait
- May 5
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
- Apr 25
It’s A Young Women’s Game
Lilia Vu (pictured) was due her first major win when she triumphed in a playoff over Angel Yin to win the Chevron Championship. Twenty...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 11
A Major Benefit Of Golf's Civil War
Wasn’t it great seeing all the top golfers teeing it up at The Masters? Not just the ones the PGA Tour thinks should be in action. Brooks...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 31
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 23
Will Padraig Follow Catriona?
Great move by the R&A in appointing Catriona Matthew to captain the 2024 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team to face the United...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 15
Hallelujah Moment For Golf’s 99%
Yesterday’s R&A and USGA roll back the golf ball announcement spells good news for the vast majority of the world’s golfers. The proposal...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 2
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
- Feb 23
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 18
“Quite simply, JP was the Tour.”
European golf has lost one of its all-time greats. John Paramor (pictured above right) has gone to that great rules office in the sky....
Alistair Tait
- Feb 10
The Crushing Weight of Expectation
You have to marvel at elite professionals such as Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam, Jack Nicklaus, Inbee Park, Ben Hogan, Juli...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 2
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...
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