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...
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Alistair Tait
- May 23, 2022
Will We See Tiger’s Like Again?
There’s something sad about watching a golfer past his prime trying to play as if he is still in his halcyon days. I’m sure I wasn’t the...
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...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 21, 2021
Major Madness
There are just 258 days to go until The Masters. Anyone else find it madness that we have to wait so long for the next men’s major...
Alistair Tait
- May 26, 2021
The crushing weight of expectation
How much does the weight of expectation frustrate players to the point where they can’t perform to the best of their abilities? Where one...
Alistair Tait
- May 25, 2021
Golf for the aged?
Never again let it be said such and such a player is running out of time to make his or her mark in this game. Phil Mickelson’s PGA...
Alistair Tait
- May 24, 2021
Why Phil's worth his weight in gold
Phil Mickelson wasn’t going to speak to me. I could feel it deep down in my water. He’d just shot 64. Everybody wanted to talk to Phil....
Alistair Tait
- May 23, 2021
Golf keeps the heart young
Can you imagine Jim Courier taking on Raphael Nadal in a grand slam tennis final? Courier won four grand slam titles but, at age 50, it’s...
Alistair Tait
- May 22, 2021
One bad golf swing from madness
Finally, proof of what some of us have thought for a long time: many of those who play golf at the highest level are “psychopaths.”...
Alistair Tait
- May 21, 2021
A token gesture on slow play?
What do Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Guan Tianlang and John Catlin have in common? They’re the only three players in the last eight...
Alistair Tait
- May 20, 2021
Golf experience often means diddley
Padraig Harrington probably didn’t have Matteo Manassero in mind went he went deep into the philosophical corners of this game of golf...
Alistair Tait
- May 19, 2021
One and done for PGA winner?
There’s a good chance whoever wins this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island may never win another major. Of the men’s marquee...
Alistair Tait
- May 18, 2021
Is golf's latest slow play remedy doomed?
The PGA of America makes history this week at Kiawah Island in the 103rd PGA Championship when it becomes the first major championship to...
Alistair Tait
- May 17, 2021
When "Wild Thing" shook golf to its core
Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since a good old American country boy took the game of golf by the scruff of the neck, shook it to its...
Alistair Tait
- May 12, 2021
When will golf hit the 8,000 yard mark?
Considering the PGA of America has just announced Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course will measure 7,876 yards for next week’s PGA...
Alistair Tait
- May 4, 2021
2,824 days and Rory’s still counting
Hands up if you thought we’d reach this day and Rory McIlroy would still be looking for his fifth major championship victory? Thought so....
Alistair Tait
- Apr 28, 2021
Golf is becoming a popularity contest
If you didn’t think professional golf is becoming a popularity contest following the announcement of the PGA Tour’s obscene $40 million...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 18, 2021
The road less travelled to golf success
What was it Robert Frost said about taking the road less travelled making all the difference? American John Catlin has done just that and...
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