Alistair Tait 6 hours ago 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 2 days ago 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 3 days ago 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 4 days ago 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 6 days ago Mary Poppins and The Masters Get ready for four days of superlatives. Grass so green, water so blue, pictures so beautiful you’ll think they’ve been photoshopped....
Alistair Tait Apr 6 Weaver’s Masters tears Drew Weaver broke down as soon as he stepped out of the scorer’s hut. He did something he’d never done on a golf course before – he...
Alistair Tait Apr 5 The tortoises are getting tardier Not that we really needed to be told today's tour professionals are slow, but there’s surely a problem when the caddie of one of the...
Alistair Tait Apr 4 Thanks for the memories Jock Jock MacVicar never married. There was no room in his life for a wife. He was wedded to the game of golf. Angus Jock MacVicar passed away...
Alistair Tait Apr 3 WHY? After two rounds back from lockdown it feels as if I’ve never played golf before. Like I’ve had an arm transplant: the ones I have no...
Alistair Tait Apr 2 More love for English Roses Take a bow Justin and Kate Rose. You are a credit to this royal & ancient game. The image of tour professionals is often one of greed and...
Alistair Tait Apr 1 How to throw like a golf pro It could have been the greatest golf magazine front cover ever, and the best instructional piece ever ran in the history of golf...
Alistair Tait Mar 31 Does nature or nurture create golf champions? An excellent article in this week’s edition of Global Golf Post has me wondering if nature or nurture is what it takes to create a...
Alistair Tait Mar 28 When golf becomes a real turn off I didn’t make it to the end of the final day’s WGC–Dell Technologies Match Play telecast from Austin, Texas. I’ve got better things to do...
Alistair Tait Mar 24 Old fashioned match play golf please Match play tournaments are normally fairly simple. Unless it’s a team competition like the Ryder, Solheim, Curtis or Walker Cup, you...
Alistair Tait Mar 23 Hail the American Golf Championships And the United States leads the series 57-29, leaving the rest of the world with a lot of catching up to do. Most experts predict it will...
Alistair Tait Mar 22 Time for golf to institute a shot clock It’s debatable what was more impressive about Matt Jones’s Honda Classic victory: the way he handled the tough conditions that plagued...
Alistair Tait Mar 21 Rebooting the golfing brain This blog is being written on a brand-new laptop. After 11 years, my faithful old MacBook Pro has been consigned to that great computer...
Alistair Tait Mar 20 A golden age for Irish golf? Hands up if you can name an Irish major winner? That didn’t take long. Even non-golf fans could have come up with Rory McIlroy in the...
Alistair Tait Mar 19 Payback time for Westwood Lee Westwood is one of two world top 20 players teeing it up in this week’s Honda Classic. Defending champion Sunjae Im is the other. The...
Alistair Tait Mar 18 It’s all relative in Padraig’s world Interesting comments from Padraig Harrington ahead of this week’s Honda Classic. The Irishman isn’t sitting on the fence when it comes to...
Alistair Tait Mar 16 What happens when the old golf normal returns? What happens when the old golf normal returns to replace the new normal? Will golf still be in as healthy a state as it seems to be right...
Alistair Tait Mar 14 Cash must be king for Dustin Johnson Maybe Dustin Johnson should have a wee chat with Padraig Harrington. The world number one might just change his mind about skipping the...
Alistair Tait Mar 13 Welcome to the madhouse, Rory Good friend Tony Johnstone once told me he had stopped reading instruction in golf magazines. Said it was making him try things with his...
Alistair Tait Mar 12 Golf is what’s wrong with Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy’s opening 79 in the Players Championship will cue the inevitable “what’s wrong with Rory” questions. Even from golf...
