Alistair Tait 3 days ago What Would Old Tom Morris Think of Golf Today? You have to wonder what Old Tom Morris would make of golf as it is today if he could be magically reincarnated and transported from his...
Alistair Tait 6 days ago 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 Jun 10 Mixed Golf Events Need Star Names Don’t know about you, but I’m excited about this week’s Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik and Annika near Gothenburg. I just wish there...
Alistair Tait Jun 9 Why does golf fear the PGL? You’d think the Premier Golf League was the devil incarnate considering the reaction in some quarters to the proposed new golf tour. Why...
Alistair Tait Jun 7 "Heart broken" Doesn't. Come. Close. Izzy and I may have played golf 1,000 times. Maybe more. Our next round together will take place on that great golf course in the sky....
Alistair Tait Jun 3 Six Simple Birthday Golf Wishes Today’s my birthday. Yes, I’m playing golf. If you can’t play golf on your birthday then when can you play? It should be an automatic...
Alistair Tait Jun 2 It really is a man’s golf world Seems incongruous just a day after International Women’s Golf Day to think this week’s U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic club features a...
Alistair Tait Jun 1 11 Golf Clubs? Yes Please! Moe Norman would have won quite a few tournaments if the Rules of Golf dictated just three clubs never mind 14. Or even 11. All Moe would...
Alistair Tait May 31 Still waiting for women’s golf firsts Christina McAnea’s words should ring true for all golf lovers. In a week in which we celebrate International Women’s Golf Day, her...
Alistair Tait May 30 500 Not Out I felt a bit like Steve McQueen as I wrote my 500th consecutive blog yesterday – yes, 500, I’m expecting a congratulatory letter from the...
Alistair Tait May 29 Silence is Golden Couldn't resist the headline after yesterday’s round of golf reminded me there are some things that shouldn’t be said on a golf course....
Alistair Tait May 28 Golf can soothe the soul It’s official: golf can have a positive impact on your well being. That’s the takeaway from the R&A’s Post Covid Opportunity Research as...
Alistair Tait May 27 Golf can’t blow it this time The numbers are staggering, but will they hold? Will golf take advantage of the unexpected increased interest in the game because of...
Alistair Tait May 26 The crushing weight of expectation How much does the weight of expectation frustrate players to the point where they can’t perform to the best of their abilities? Where one...
Alistair Tait May 25 Golf for the aged? Never again let it be said such and such a player is running out of time to make his or her mark in this game. Phil Mickelson’s PGA...
Alistair Tait May 24 Why Phil's worth his weight in gold Phil Mickelson wasn’t going to speak to me. I could feel it deep down in my water. He’d just shot 64. Everybody wanted to talk to Phil....
Alistair Tait May 23 Golf keeps the heart young Can you imagine Jim Courier taking on Raphael Nadal in a grand slam tennis final? Courier won four grand slam titles but, at age 50, it’s...
Alistair Tait May 22 One bad golf swing from madness Finally, proof of what some of us have thought for a long time: many of those who play golf at the highest level are “psychopaths.”...
Alistair Tait May 21 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 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 18 Is golf's latest slow play remedy doomed? The PGA of America makes history this week at Kiawah Island in the 103rd PGA Championship when it becomes the first major championship to...
Alistair Tait May 17 When "Wild Thing" shook golf to its core Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since a good old American country boy took the game of golf by the scruff of the neck, shook it to its...
Alistair Tait May 12 When will golf hit the 8,000 yard mark? Considering the PGA of America has just announced Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course will measure 7,876 yards for next week’s PGA...
Alistair Tait May 5 Who will win golf’s high stakes poker game? Would PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan really ban Tiger Woods from the PGA Tour if golf’s biggest draw decided he wanted to make an...
