Does Oman spell trouble for Euro Tour?
Anyone seen next week’s fields for the Asian Tour’s International Tour Series Oman and the European Tour’s Singapore Classic? Both are...
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Alistair Tait
- Nov 21, 2022
Rory Takes The Road Less Travelled
You won’t get many golf fans unhappy at Rory McIlroy ending the season as European number one, winning the Harry Vardon Trophy for a...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 22, 2022
Fanciful French Open Feelings
Italian golf officials luxuriating in the success of last week’s Italian Open might want to check out this week’s French Open. It might...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 12, 2022
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
- Aug 25, 2022
Yet Another Strategic Alliance Setback?
There surely has to a collective shaking of heads from European golf fans following Jay Monahan’s press conference ahead of this week’s...
Alistair Tait
- Jun 9, 2022
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 2, 2022
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 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
- Mar 30, 2022
The Weight Of Expectation
Most of us have never experienced the weight of expectation, not to the extent gifted athletes, gifted golfers, deal with it on a...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 7, 2022
Goldilocks Golfers
Is there another sport like golf, where its adherents resemble Goldielocks? I think not. This golf course is too hard, this one too soft...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 3, 2022
Matching Obscenity With Obscenity
Imagine earning a seven-figure cheque just for being popular. How about earning $8 million even though you only worked one week of the...
Alistair Tait
- Feb 25, 2022
No Brave New Golf World
One 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 Tait
- Jan 23, 2022
Is 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 Tait
- Jan 19, 2022
The 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 Tait
- Jan 7, 2022
What 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 Tait
- Nov 27, 2021
What 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 Tait
- Nov 16, 2021
Second 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 Tait
- Nov 1, 2021
Even Great Putters Fade Away
It was, perhaps still is, a putting stroke to die for. Colin Montgomerie called it a “million dollar putting stroke,” a silky action that...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 28, 2021
Learn From Langer’s Longevity
If 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 Tait
- Oct 27, 2021
Amateur In Name Only
Future journeymen/women tour professionals may look on in envy at amateur playing companions, especially those destined for greatness in...
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