Alistair TaitApr 23Golf History Can’t Compete With CashFair play to European Tour Chief Executive Keith Pelley for playing the history card to try to persuade his members to say no to the vast...
Alistair TaitApr 14Will Envy Encourage A Euro Exodus?What are a rank and file European Tour members going to be thinking on the 12th of June when they look at the final leaderboard of the...
Alistair TaitMar 21The Lost Art of Match Play Golf?Who’s the best match play golfer that ever lived? The question popped up on Sky Sports Golf last night, as Messrs Rob Lee, Mark Roe and...
Alistair TaitMar 16Has Pelley Backed The Wrong Pony?So now we know the details of the new Saudi Golf Super League thanks to The Daily Telegraph’s excellent golf reporter James Corrigan...
Alistair TaitFeb 21Golf’s Unedifying Power Struggle“Unedifying.” That’s the word that springs to mind surrounding the power struggle currently taking place in professional golf. And many...
Alistair TaitFeb 16Bland Deserves Honourable MentionLet’s be clear, Jon Rahm is a far better golf than Richard Bland. The Spaniard is certainly worthy of the 2021 Seve Ballesteros Award as...
Alistair TaitFeb 10Europe's Toughest Golf Course?The late Robert Trent Jones Snr must have been in a bad mood when he designed Tróia Golf Resort on the Tróia Peninsula south of...
Alistair TaitFeb 3Golf Only Has Itself To BlameWhat a mess the world of professional golf seems to be in right now. All because of the worst of all evils: money. And the professional...
Alistair TaitJan 31London Calling For Asian Tour?There’s a fair chance Keith Pelley probably didn’t think he’d have to deal with the ramifications of the Asian Tour holding a tournament...
Alistair TaitJan 29Wanted: Strong Ryder Cup CaptainPeter Dawson mooted an interesting proposal when he was R&A Chief Executive. Facing a dearth of future Walker Cup captains because most...
Alistair TaitJan 23Is Pieters Back To His Best?As reappearing acts go, Thomas Pieters’s return to the limelight has been pretty good. Two wins in his last three tournaments suggests...
Alistair TaitJan 19The Race To Nowhere?How many of Europe’s top players start this week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship dreaming of ending the season as European number one?...
Alistair TaitJan 12One Giant Leap For Women, One…If you filled in the words “giant leap for womenkind” in the headline then you’re wrong. The words you should have used is “giant leap...
Alistair TaitJan 7What 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 TaitDec 31, 2021The 12 golfers of Christmas – The VolcanoWelcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair TaitDec 21, 2021Brewerton Back Where She BelongsThere have been many heart-warming golf stories these last 12 months. Becky Brewerton regaining her Ladies European Tour card at the LET...
Alistair TaitDec 17, 2021The Best of European Golf in 2021I put the European Solheim Cup team number one in the Association of Golf Writers’ poll for the 2021 Association of Golf Writers Trophy....
Alistair TaitDec 13, 2021The School of Broken DreamsThere’s a popular belief that the ultimate pressure in professional golf comes in the major championships. Rubbish! The greatest pressure...
Alistair TaitDec 11, 2021Go West Young WomanIf you ever wondered why Europe needs a thriving women’s professional tour, then a look at the list of players currently competing for...
Alistair TaitDec 8, 2021Mixed Fortunes for Euro Rookies Add Matti Schmid’s name to a list of European Tour Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year winners that includes Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka,...