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...
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Alistair Tait
- Jul 8, 2022
When Par Has No Meaning
DORNOCH, Scotland: Bobby Jones always claimed his main opponent in any round of golf wasn’t the player standing opposite him on the tee,...
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...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 1, 2022
Open Glory, Not Filthy Lucre
There wasn’t much talk of the current state/mess of men’s professional golf in Open Championship Final Qualifying at Hollinwell (Notts...
Alistair Tait
- Jun 20, 2022
Fitzpatrick Aces Sir Henry Cotton's Test
Was Matthew Fitzpatrick up to the Sir Henry Cotton’s test? That was the question I asked myself 10 years ago when I watched him win the...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 7, 2022
Hoping Shepherd Can Tame Augusta
Laird Shepherd had to dig deep to win last year’s Amateur Championship. He ran out an unlikely winner at Nairn Golf Club, coming from...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 4, 2022
A Women’s Masters At Last?
What are the odds on Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley announcing a Women’s Masters when he holds his traditional press conference on...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 30, 2022
The Weight Of Expectation
Most of us have never experienced the weight of expectation, not to the extent gifted athletes, gifted golfers, deal with it on a...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 14, 2022
McClymont Deserves Curtis Cup Call
If Scotland’s Lorna McClymont represents Great Britain & Ireland in this year’s Curtis Cup, which she has an excellent chance of doing,...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 12, 2022
Student Tour Series Fills Important Gap
The R&A couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the R&A Student Tour Series – Spain. Playoffs were need to determine the men’s and...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 18, 2022
Golf Journal Or Horrible Histories?
Interesting suggestion in Gary Nicol and Karl Morris’ excellent book The Lost Art of the Short Game. However, you’ll have to go a bit old...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 12, 2022
Top Marks For R&A Student Tour Series
Very few playing the R&A Student Tour Series will make it to the European Tour or Ladies European Tour. That could change in future if...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 26, 2022
It’s Still Called Golf If There’s A Flag
I had to query a couple of youngish golfers last week as I made my way to the first tee on the Duke’s Course at Woburn Golf Club, my home...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 21, 2022
The Cack-handed Golf Tour
Ever played with anyone who hits a golf ball cack handed. Thought so. Me too. So are there enough cack-handed golfers to fill out an...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 14, 2022
Can We Change Our Golf Story?
If Bryson DeChambeau can change his spots, why can’t this leopard do so too? Or am I trapped inside the body and mind I was born with and...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 7, 2022
What to Bank on in 2022
Tis the season to be making predictions if a trawl through the most popular golf websites is anything to go by. Seems every Thomas,...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 5, 2022
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Addict
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 4, 2022
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Selfish Git
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 3, 2022
The 12 Golfers of Christmas – The Commentator
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 1, 2022
The 12 golfers of Christmas – Bomb Scare
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
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