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
- Jun 9
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
- Mar 21
The 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 Tait
- Feb 16
Bland Deserves Honourable Mention
Let’s be clear, Jon Rahm is a far better golf than Richard Bland. The Spaniard is certainly worthy of the 2021 Seve Ballesteros Award as...
Alistair Tait
- Jan 26
It’s Still Called Golf If There’s A Flag
I had to query a couple of youngish golfers last week as I made my way to the first tee on the Duke’s Course at Woburn Golf Club, my home...
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 13, 2021
Norman The Conqueror?
Say what you want about Greg Norman, but he’s certainly done his fair share to shake up the often staid world of professional golf. He’s...
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 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 24, 2021
Se Ri Pak’s Enduring Legacy
Here’s a question to mull over: Who’s been the most influential golfer ever to wield a mashie niblick? Tiger Woods? Arnold Palmer? Seve...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 7, 2021
The Spanish Open Deserves Better
Well done Jon Rahm for turning up to play in his home open, this week’s Spanish Open, or the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid...
Alistair Tait
- Oct 3, 2021
Europe’s Ryder Cup Imbalance
Math 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 Tait
- Oct 1, 2021
Living Up To A Legend
You have to feel a wee bit for Javier Ballesteros playing in this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. No doubt the young man is...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 22, 2021
Tony Jacklin’s Ryder Cup Legacy
The spirit of Seve Ballesteros is in evidence in every Ryder Cup Europe now plays. Images of the great man are never far away. Quite...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 21, 2021
Golf’s Greatest Shot?
There is no plaque to commemorate probably the best shot ever hit in the Ryder Cup, arguably the greatest shot in golf. No television...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 12, 2021
What The Ryder Cup Means to Europe
How much does the Ryder Cup mean to European golfers? Shane Lowry’s above tweet upon receiving Padraig Harrington’s one Ryder Cup pick...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 11, 2021
The pride that drives José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal seemed to stand six inches taller. The look of defiance on his face was the mother of all don’t mess with me stares....
Alistair Tait
- Mar 21, 2021
Rebooting the golfing brain
This blog is being written on a brand-new laptop. After 11 years, my faithful old MacBook Pro has been consigned to that great computer...
Alistair Tait
- Mar 17, 2021
And you think caddying is easy…
Imagine losing your dream golf job for the mere slip of a towel. Or your boss makes a colossal cock up and you get the sack. Welcome to...