Alistair Tait23 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 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 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 TaitDec 19, 2021Another Kicking For Women's GolfYou must be wondering how the England football team won BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year, and Gareth Southgate coach of the year,...
Alistair TaitNov 29, 2021Over to you Messrs Monahan & PelleyIf PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and European Tour boss Keith Pelley had hoped members of the organisations they head were going to...
Alistair TaitNov 12, 2021All 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 TaitOct 3, 2021Europe’s Ryder Cup ImbalanceMath 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 TaitSep 30, 2021No Hiding Places For HarringtonIn time honoured tradition, Steve Stricker is being hailed as a great Ryder Cup captain while aspersions are being cast on Padraig...
Alistair TaitSep 29, 2021Predict Ryder Cups at Your PerilThere seems to be no point playing the 2023 Ryder Cup. Listen to prognosticators who’ve stared into their crystal balls and the United...
Alistair TaitSep 28, 2021They Can’t All Be Ryder Cup CaptainLee 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 TaitSep 27, 2021Ryder Cups Are All About PuttingEurope 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 TaitSep 19, 2021Spraying It Off The TeeWith 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 TaitSep 12, 2021What The Ryder Cup Means to EuropeHow much does the Ryder Cup mean to European golfers? Shane Lowry’s above tweet upon receiving Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup pick...
Alistair TaitAug 30, 2021Who's Your Ryder Cup Pick?Who’s your choice for Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup wild card pick when he names his team after the BMW PGA Championship? One wild...
Alistair TaitAug 6, 2021Pedigree CountsThe golf on display this week at Woodhall Spa is a reminder that pedigree counts in this game. The best amateur junior boys and junior...