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...
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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 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
- 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 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 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
- Jan 19
A Crux Year For The European Tour?
How will the 2023 European Tour season be remembered by golf historians 100 years from now? As the year the tour grew to bigger heights...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 10
Can Hero Cup Provide Ryder Reality?
I hope this week’s Seve Trophy, sorry, Hero Cup provides inspiration for Europe to go on and win the Ryder Cup in September. I’m not so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 2
RIP Baz Lane – One of The Good Guys
Barry Lane climbed up on to the disused shed and walk along the single beam that was the apex of the small building at Downshire Golf...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 30, 2022
Golf's Misnomer Of The Year?
Stand at the top of Ben Hope on a sunny day and the 360 degree view is a glorious vista of seeming nothingness. Bogs, lochans, rivers,...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 21, 2022
Rory Takes The Road Less Travelled
You won’t get many golf fans unhappy at Rory McIlroy ending the season as European number one, winning the Harry Vardon Trophy for a...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 16, 2022
Where Golf Dreams Die?
The former Ryder Cup player played the 18th hole at San Roque the way I might have played it. Badly. Obviously not because of lack of...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 1, 2022
Has Valderrama Said A Sad Adios?
Remember when LIV Golf had no players, no tournaments, no courses, and seemingly no hope – that didn’t age well, did it? Now, as I hinted...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 22, 2022
Why Mini-Tour Golf Matters
So farewell PGA EuroPro Tour. After 20 years it is no more. Now what for future aspiring tour professionals hoping to gain a footing on...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 14, 2022
If One DP World Tour Domino Falls...
I wonder if European Tour sponsors are currently checking contracts, thinking it might be a good idea to jump ship and dump the old world...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 6, 2022
Selling Off European Golf's Future?
Here’s a thought: Imagine Sir Alex Ferguson when he was Manchester United manager agreeing to reward some of his best young players by...
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