The European Dis-Union
Shane Lowry won the BMW PGA Championship, pipping Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to the title. They weren’t the real losers of the European...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 18
Time For Dialogue Not Diatribe
Perhaps Champion Golfer of the Year Cameron Smith and European Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson’s alleged moves to the LIV Tour will...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 6
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
- Jun 13
Big Questions for Strategic Alliance
PGA 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 Tait
- Jun 9
Of 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 Tait
- Jun 6
Ryder 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 Tait
- Jun 2
Strategic Alliance Joy Needed Now
If 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 Tait
- May 30
The 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 Tait
- Apr 14
Will 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 Tait
- Mar 21
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...
Alistair Tait
- Dec 19, 2021
Another Kicking For Women's Golf
You must be wondering how the England football team won BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year, and Gareth Southgate coach of the year,...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 29, 2021
Over to you Messrs Monahan & Pelley
If PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and European Tour boss Keith Pelley had hoped members of the organisations they head were going to...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 12, 2021
All Set For A Saudi Showdown?
The first week in February should make for interesting times in the world of men’s professional golf. The European, PGA Tour and Asian...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 3, 2021
Europe’s Ryder Cup Imbalance
Math isn’t my strong point, but I come up with 11–4. That’s soon to reach 13–4 by the 2025 Ryder Cup, and perhaps 14-4 by 2027, if the...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 30, 2021
No Hiding Places For Harrington
In time honoured tradition, Steve Stricker is being hailed as a great Ryder Cup captain while aspersions are being cast on Padraig...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 29, 2021
Predict Ryder Cups at Your Peril
There seems to be no point playing the 2023 Ryder Cup. Listen to prognosticators who’ve stared into their crystal balls and the United...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 28, 2021
They Can’t All Be Ryder Cup Captain
Lee Westwood will captain the next European Ryder Cup team in Rome. I didn’t make this statement up. It seems to be accepted fact. Here’s...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 27, 2021
Ryder Cups Are All About Putting
Europe shouldn’t push the panic button after losing the Ryder Cup, even if it was the heaviest defeat in the modern era. Europe just...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 19, 2021
Spraying It Off The Tee
With so much on my mind and so many possible subjects to write about ahead of the Ryder Cup, I’ve decided on a scatter gun approach this...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 12, 2021
What The Ryder Cup Means to Europe
How much does the Ryder Cup mean to European golfers? Shane Lowry’s above tweet upon receiving Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup pick...