Alistair TaitApr 9The 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 TaitFeb 24Another Call To Curb The Golf BallPatrick Cantlay doesn’t look like the sort of person you’d want to sit down and have a blether with over a libation. The six-time PGA...
Alistair TaitFeb 14The Open To Go Full Phoenix?The R&A is said to be considering radical changes to this year’s 150th Open Championship over the Old Course at St Andrews following the...
Alistair TaitDec 8, 2021Mixed Fortunes for Euro Rookies Add Matti Schmid’s name to a list of European Tour Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year winners that includes Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka,...
Alistair TaitNov 20, 2021More 33% Returns PleaseEvery investor knows any time you get a 33% return on an investment it’s a good deal. So news that the 2022 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish...
Alistair TaitNov 5, 2021The Meaning of (Professional) GolfWhat are the men of the European Tour doing in Portugal this week? Why are the women of the Ladies European Tour teeing it up in Saudi...
Alistair TaitOct 12, 2021What Golf Is All AboutNews that Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School has won the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association Golf Championship...
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...
Alistair TaitSep 9, 2021Portrush Return A No BrainerNo one inside the game of golf was surprised yesterday when the R&A announced The Open would return to Royal Portrush in 2025, just six...
Alistair TaitAug 31, 2021A Game We're Not Familiar WithCall me old fashioned, but perhaps it’s time the PGA Tour adopted Bobby Jones’s wisdom when it comes to advice to some golf fans. Bryson...
Alistair TaitJul 30, 2021Maurice Flitcroft's Lasting LegacyHere’s a question that’s been on my mind since hearing Maurice Flitcroft’s life story is about to be celebrated in a feature length film:...
Alistair TaitJul 21, 2021Major MadnessThere are just 258 days to go until The Masters. Anyone else find it madness that we have to wait so long for the next men’s major...
Alistair TaitJul 20, 2021Time for Golf To Leg ItWould the world have reacted in horror if Collin Morikawa had won the 149th Open at Royal St George’s dressed in a pair of tailored...
Alistair TaitJul 19, 2021The Open: More Proof Golf is FickleAnother major championship and yet again this grand auld game leaves us marvelling at just how unpredictable it is. Perhaps that old...
Alistair TaitJul 18, 2021This Funny Old Game Of GolfHands up if you thought Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy would each possess just one claret jug at this point in golf history? Thought so....
Alistair TaitJul 17, 2021When Rickie Scorched St George’sThere are blue skies over Royal St George’s today. The sun is out, there’s a wee breeze but nothing to scare the world’s top golfers. The...
Alistair TaitJul 16, 2021How about Bryson DeCharlatan?A good worker never blames his tools. I don’t know how many times my father told me this. Clearly, Bryson DeChambeau’s dad didn’t say the...
Alistair TaitJul 15, 2021England Expects at Royal St George’sRoyal St George’s has a special place in golf history, particularly British golf history, and specifically English golf and Open...
Alistair TaitJul 14, 2021Quintessential Links GolfStand on the hill to the left of the par-3, 6th hole, The Maiden, at Royal St George’s and behold. Stretched before you, seemingly as far...
Alistair TaitJul 13, 2021When Bradshaw bottled The OpenThe entire island of Ireland celebrated Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory at Royal Portrush two years ago. Quite right too. He...