Remembering James Achenbach
There’s a good chance James Achenbach is still standing at the Pearly Gates talking to St Peter about the shaft he has in his driver. If...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 11
Blasphemy Or Brutal Honesty?
Tyrrell Hatton’s verbal tirade on the course that Bobby Jones and Dr Alister MacKenzie built needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. He’d...
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
- Apr 7
Hoping Shepherd Can Tame Augusta
Laird Shepherd had to dig deep to win last year’s Amateur Championship. He ran out an unlikely winner at Nairn Golf Club, coming from...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 4
A Women’s Masters At Last?
What are the odds on Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley announcing a Women’s Masters when he holds his traditional press conference on...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 25, 2021
What 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...
Alistair Tait
- Aug 3, 2021
It's A Dodd's Life
Good article in this week’s Global Golf Post by Lewine Mair on recent Senior Open Champion Stephen Dodd. If you think the stereotype of...
Alistair Tait
- Jun 18, 2021
Hurray: No more library trips!
Expect TV viewing figures for PGA Tour events to shoot up when the Player Advisory Council ratifies the banning of green reading books...
Alistair Tait
- Jun 12, 2021
Bring on Bifurcation
When Peter Dawson was chief executive of the R&A, he asked for a show of hands from the assembled press on whether we thought the time...
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 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 1, 2021
Bob MacIntyre’s selfless act of class
It’s 96 miles from Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban to Dunaverty Golf Club on the tip of the Mull of Kintyre. According to Google Maps, the...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 15, 2021
Can literature improve your golf?
A wee internet search of the life and times of Saul Bellow doesn’t unearth any predilection for golf. Same goes for John Banville, Terry...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 14, 2021
Facts matter in battle for golf equality
Woman & Golf editor Emma Ballard hits the nail right on its proverbial head with her first editorial for the publication: facts matter in...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 13, 2021
How low would you go?
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by the controversy surrounding Wayne Player’s gratuitous use of Lee Elder’s historic honorary starter...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 12, 2021
MacIntyre must go west after Masters magic
Robert MacIntyre’s first serious stint at competing in the United States didn’t go well. The Scot has made a fantastic fist of his second...
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
- Apr 10, 2021
Will Rory McIlroy win the Masters?
Hard to believe Rory McIlroy won’t even get the chance at winning this year’s Masters, that we’re still waiting for him to slip on a...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 9, 2021
Golf's distance debate at crucial crossroads
When the green jackets of Augusta National talk, the governing bodies listen. You can bet the R&A and USGA were listening intently to...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 8, 2021
Can Long break Amateur Masters jinx?
You have to feel for England’s Joe Long as he prepares to realise a lifelong dream of teeing it up in the Masters. Long isn’t even close...