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 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 23Will 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 TaitMar 30The Weight Of ExpectationMost of us have never experienced the weight of expectation, not to the extent gifted athletes, gifted golfers, deal with it on a...
Alistair TaitMar 7Goldilocks GolfersIs there another sport like golf, where its adherents resemble Goldielocks? I think not. This golf course is too hard, this one too soft...
Alistair TaitMar 3Matching Obscenity With ObscenityImagine earning a seven-figure cheque just for being popular. How about earning $8 million even though you only worked one week of the...
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 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...
Alistair TaitJan 19The Race To Nowhere?How many of Europe’s top players start this week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship dreaming of ending the season as European number one?...
Alistair TaitJan 7What to Bank on in 2022 Tis the season to be making predictions if a trawl through the most popular golf websites is anything to go by. Seems every Thomas,...
Alistair TaitNov 27, 2021What Is The Point?A close friend is famous within the swindle group we belong to for uttering the headline phrase during frustrating rounds of golf. Often...
Alistair TaitNov 16, 2021Second Thoughts For DP World?How do you say, can we have our money back in Arabic? You have to wonder if DP World executives are having doubts about the significant...
Alistair TaitNov 1, 2021Even Great Putters Fade AwayIt was, perhaps still is, a putting stroke to die for. Colin Montgomerie called it a “million dollar putting stroke,” a silky action that...
Alistair TaitOct 28, 2021Learn From Langer’s LongevityIf you were going to advise a youngster to model their approach to golf on one player, who would it be? Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin...
Alistair TaitOct 27, 2021Amateur In Name OnlyFuture journeymen/women tour professionals may look on in envy at amateur playing companions, especially those destined for greatness in...
Alistair TaitOct 15, 2021How Would Arnie Have Acted, Phil?Bet the USGA now wish they’d disqualified Phil Mickelson after he hit a moving ball on Shinnecock's 13th green during the third round of...
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 25, 2021What Would Bobby Jones Think?Well done Jordan Spieth for taking some American fans to task for booing Europe’s Ryder Cup men yesterday. Sadly, it won’t stop the same...