Alistair TaitApr 27Bowed But Not Broken By 72 ClubThere were 18 exhausted golfers at the conclusion of the 49th 72 Club at Littlestone Golf Club. Members suffered tight backs, sore legs,...
Alistair TaitApr 24Littlestone Awaits Golf Stamina TestI’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 TaitApr 21Remembering James AchenbachThere’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 TaitApr 14Will Envy Encourage A Euro Exodus?What are a rank and file European Tour members going to be thinking on the 12th of June when they look at the final leaderboard of the...
Alistair TaitApr 4A 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 TaitMar 30The Weight Of ExpectationMost of us have never experienced the weight of expectation, not to the extent gifted athletes, gifted golfers, deal with it on a...
Alistair TaitMar 28Reading Greens Isn’t Rocket ScienceLet me be completely upfront right from the off: I have no issues with the AimPoint method of reading greens. However, I fear it might...
Alistair TaitMar 25Pass The Vaseline, Please!No, the headline isn’t referring to some tawdry bedroom activity. Petroleum jelly will be needed exactly one month from today to stop...
Alistair TaitMar 21The 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 TaitMar 16Has Pelley Backed The Wrong Pony?So now we know the details of the new Saudi Golf Super League thanks to The Daily Telegraph’s excellent golf reporter James Corrigan...
Alistair TaitMar 7Goldilocks GolfersIs there another sport like golf, where its adherents resemble Goldielocks? I think not. This golf course is too hard, this one too soft...
Alistair TaitMar 3Matching Obscenity With ObscenityImagine earning a seven-figure cheque just for being popular. How about earning $8 million even though you only worked one week of the...
Alistair TaitMar 2No Way Back For Phil? Think AgainI 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 TaitFeb 25No Brave New Golf WorldOne thing seems self-evident from the PGA Tour’s decision to ban players from joining a proposed new golf league: there won’t be a world...
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 21Golf’s Unedifying Power Struggle“Unedifying.” That’s the word that springs to mind surrounding the power struggle currently taking place in professional golf. And many...
Alistair TaitFeb 18Golf Journal Or Horrible Histories?Interesting suggestion in Gary Nicol and Karl Morris’ excellent book The Lost Art of the Short Game. However, you’ll have to go a bit old...
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 TaitFeb 12Top Marks For R&A Student Tour SeriesVery few playing the R&A Student Tour Series will make it to the European Tour or Ladies European Tour. That could change in future if...
Alistair TaitFeb 8Good Things Come To Those Who...The traditional ending to the headline is obviously “wait,” but the words work hard, persevere and keep believing apply too. That’s...
Alistair TaitFeb 3Golf Only Has Itself To BlameWhat a mess the world of professional golf seems to be in right now. All because of the worst of all evils: money. And the professional...
Alistair TaitJan 31London Calling For Asian Tour?There’s a fair chance Keith Pelley probably didn’t think he’d have to deal with the ramifications of the Asian Tour holding a tournament...
Alistair TaitJan 29Wanted: Strong Ryder Cup CaptainPeter Dawson mooted an interesting proposal when he was R&A Chief Executive. Facing a dearth of future Walker Cup captains because most...
Alistair TaitJan 26It’s Still Called Golf If There’s A FlagI 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 TaitJan 21The Cack-handed Golf TourEver played with anyone who hits a golf ball cack handed. Thought so. Me too. So are there enough cack-handed golfers to fill out an...