Alistair Tait24 hours agoHow 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 TaitJun 27Time For A Golf Shot Clock Lexi Thompson and Hye-Jin Choi were reportedly fined $2,000 for impersonating snails in the KPMG Women’s PGA final round at Congressional...
Alistair TaitJun 23More Arms Race Misery for Euro Tour?Do you think PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan consulted “strategic alliance” partner Keith Pelley when he announced plans to splash even...
Alistair TaitJun 13Big Questions for Strategic AlliancePGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has laid his cards on the table. No PGA Tour play for the rebels who’ve jumped to the LIV Tour. Do not...
Alistair TaitJun 9Of Course It’s About The Money!It usually/always is about money when it comes to professional golf. Why can’t many see that in relation to LIV Golf, which kicks off its...
Alistair TaitJun 6Ryder Cup Rejects? Surely Not?Growing up, my mother would often tell me “never cut your nose off to spite your face” whenever I wanted to lash out at someone who had...
Alistair TaitJun 2Strategic Alliance Joy Needed NowIf ever there was a time for the “strategic alliance” between the European Tour and PGA Tour to kick into high gear, now is the time. The...
Alistair TaitMay 30The Seeds of Euro Tour Destruction? The elephant has finally arrived in the golf room. Or perhaps the planting of the Fiddleleaf fig tree (above) would be more appropriate....
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 25No Brave New Golf WorldOne 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 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...