Time For A Golf Shot Clock
Lexi Thompson and Hye-Jin Choi were reportedly fined $2,000 for impersonating snails in the KPMG Women’s PGA final round at Congressional...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 18
Seeking Acronym For Frittelli Farce
It took me a while to pluck up the courage to ask what the letters SMH stood for. My nephew was sending them so often in WhatsApp...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 9
The Worst Ruling In Golf History?
Tiger Woods is naturally hogging all the headlines in this week’s Masters. It was the same nine years ago when arguably the worst ruling...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 31
Rule Change Will Make Golf Easier
Paul Casey has done golf aficionados the world over a huge favour thanks to his freak incident in the final round of the Players...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 24
A Simple Call for Golf Equity
It hasn’t taken long this season for this great game of golf to throw up Rules of Golf incidents that have players, caddies, spectators...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 2
No Way Back For Phil? Think Again
I had to laugh after reading a recent article asking how/if Phil Mickelson can make a successful return to the game from his latest...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 7
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
- Jan 4
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Selfish Git
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 3
The 12 Golfers of Christmas – The Commentator
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 2
The 12 golfers of Christmas – The Rules Official
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Dec 28, 2021
The 12 Golfers of Christmas – The Cheat
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Dec 2, 2021
Putting Skill & Artistry Back Into Golf
Well done to the R&A and USGA for introducing a new Model Local Rule to ban players at the highest level from making several library...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 24, 2021
A Handicap Head Scratcher
The Rules of Golf are crystal clear when it comes to holing out in stroke play competitions. Rule 3.3c, Failure to Hole Out, states: “A...
Alistair Tait
- Nov 8, 2021
Does Golf Really Need A Spirit Level?
Here’s an interesting thought following the PGA Tour’s decision to ban green reading books as proposed from 1st January next year. How...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 29, 2021
Time for Golf Course Lessons?
The above photo, which appeared in a tweet from Accrington Golf Club, makes for uncomfortable viewing, especially for Accrington...
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...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 22, 2021
No Excuse For Poor Bunker Play
There’s only one problem with the above picture. The rake is on the wrong place. Most of us would rather that than it not being used at...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 5, 2021
Doing Golf No Favours
Well, we learned one thing from the 17th Solheim Cup: rules of golf officials working the match do carry stop watches. More to the point,...
Alistair Tait
- Aug 24, 2021
An Honesty Box? Only in Scotland
Two things happened while I was on holiday last week that reminded me, yet again, why golf is the greatest of all sports. One took place...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 2, 2021
Haste ye Back Humble Bunker Rake
Amazing how we've taken the humble bunker rake for granted all these years. Other than wishing some golfers would take a crash course on...