The 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...
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Alistair Tait
- Mar 16, 2022
Has 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 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
- Mar 7, 2022
Goldilocks Golfers
Is there another sport like golf, where its adherents resemble Goldielocks? I think not. This golf course is too hard, this one too soft...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 3, 2022
Matching Obscenity With Obscenity
Imagine earning a seven-figure cheque just for being popular. How about earning $8 million even though you only worked one week of the...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 2, 2022
No Way Back For Phil? Think Again
I had to laugh after reading a recent article asking how/if Phil Mickelson can make a successful return to the game from his latest...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 25, 2022
No Brave New Golf World
One thing seems self-evident from the PGA Tour’s decision to ban players from joining a proposed new golf league: there won’t be a world...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 24, 2022
Another Call To Curb The Golf Ball
Patrick Cantlay doesn’t look like the sort of person you’d want to sit down and have a blether with over a libation. The six-time PGA...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 21, 2022
Golf’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 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 16, 2022
Bland Deserves Honourable Mention
Let’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 Tait
- Feb 14, 2022
The Open To Go Full Phoenix?
The R&A is said to be considering radical changes to this year’s 150th Open Championship over the Old Course at St Andrews following the...
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
- Feb 10, 2022
Europe'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 Tait
- Feb 8, 2022
Good Things Come To Those Who...
The traditional ending to the headline is obviously “wait,” but the words work hard, persevere and keep believing apply too. That’s...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 3, 2022
Golf Only Has Itself To Blame
What 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 Tait
- Jan 31, 2022
London 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 Tait
- Jan 29, 2022
Wanted: Strong Ryder Cup Captain
Peter Dawson mooted an interesting proposal when he was R&A Chief Executive. Facing a dearth of future Walker Cup captains because most...
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 23, 2022
Is 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 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 19, 2022
The 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 Tait
- Jan 17, 2022
It’s A Snail’s Life
Step forward Grayson Murray, my Golfer of the Month of January award winner. And he never even hit a shot. Murray clearly isn’t...
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