Davies’ Dream Comes True
There was a time when Laura Davies probably thought playing the AIG Women’s Open at Muirfield was just a pipe dream. That dream comes...
A good walk unspoilt
Alistair Tait
- Jul 13
Waxing Lyrical About The Old Course
Ah, it’s that time of the golfing calendar again. An Open at St Andrews, when the plaudits roll thick and fast from the world’s top...
Alistair Tait
- Jul 8
When Par Has No Meaning
DORNOCH, Scotland: Bobby Jones always claimed his main opponent in any round of golf wasn’t the player standing opposite him on the tee,...
Alistair Tait
- Apr 24
Littlestone Awaits Golf Stamina Test
I’ve booked a round of golf on Woburn Golf Club’s delightful Duchess course at 12:20 pm on Tuesday. Not sure it’s the best idea...
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
- Feb 24
Another Call To Curb The Golf Ball
Patrick 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 Tait
- Feb 10
Europe's Toughest Golf Course?
The late Robert Trent Jones Snr must have been in a bad mood when he designed Tróia Golf Resort on the Tróia Peninsula south of...
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
- Jan 10
Oh Gods of Golf Blow Over The Old
I wonder if R&A Chief Executive Martin Slumbers and Championship Committee members were out looking at the Old Course at St Andrews today...
Alistair Tait
- Dec 26, 2021
The 12 Golfers of Christmas – The Greenkeeper
Welcome to another Christmas series highlighting characterisations of golfers we’ve all played with over the years. The series proved so...
Alistair Tait
- Dec 6, 2021
The Joy of Winter Golf
“Dreich” is the best way of describing the weather outside my office window as I type these words. If there’s a better word to describe...
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 26, 2021
If Only Thommo Had Ruled Golf?
You have to wonder about that first shepherd on Scotland’s east coast who took a crook and gave a golf ball like pebble a hefty dunt, the...
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
- Oct 14, 2021
Water, Water ... Nowhere
The late labour politician Tony Benn once said there would be wars over water in future. That’s a hard concept to grasp for anyone who...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 18, 2021
Heavenly Hankley Common
There was I thinking West Lancs Golf Club was the most underrated course in England only to spend three days tramping around Hankley...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 14, 2021
The Real Heroes of Golf
It’s thank a greenkeeper day. Mark down Tuesday 14 September as the only day in 2021 when many golf club members say thank you to those...
Alistair Tait
- Sep 12, 2021
Should Golf Courses Be Listed?
Should classic golf courses be listed in the way fine old houses are given Grade I, or Grade II listings to ensure they retain the...
Alistair Tait
- Aug 28, 2021
Sunningdale Splendour
Great championships, amateur or professional, should go to great courses. So news that the 2024 Curtis Cup is to go to Sunningdale Golf...
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...
