What A Wonderful Unplanned Encounter Meeting Golf Course Architect Jerry Lemons
-The day dawned with it pouring rain in the Kingdom of Fife.K
It was around 8am as I peaked out the rain-lashed bedroom window and looking most unlikely of any chance of squeezing in a round on the famed 1895 Old Tom Morris designed Balcomie Links course at golf’s famed seventh oldest club.
The forecast also didn’t look good for the rest of the day with the prediction of rain throughout much of the fourth day of August.
Though by 9am the rain had suprisingly abated and the weather soon ...
‘Walked Six, Played Three’ … McGuire On USA Richest Top-10 Golf Courses Listing.
For a double-digit handicapped golfer who proudly lays claim to hitting the first golf shot on a golf course on the 1st January, 2000, it was interesting to note the list of the USA’s top-10 most expensive golf courses to play.
Yes, number eight on the list is located on the west coast of Ireland but the other nine are Stars and Stripes golfing beauties.
Looking down the list I have been fortunate to visit six of the listed courses but delighted to have played three – Ocean course at ...
McGuire On Maguire After A Fourth Straight Solheim Cup European Team Selection
Solheim Cup Captain Anna Nordqvist has clearly put her faith in Leona Maguire’s worth to be a member of her European Team.
Despite missing four cuts in her last six tournaments, including last week’s AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes, and also dropping to be the current World No. 79, Maguire has made it a fourth straight team apperance given her impressive record in her three straight past Solheim Cups appearances.
Rhodes, who will be making her debut, is 92nd in the ...
Aussie Rules In Britain As Herbert Smashes LIV Victory Records
Aussie rules in Britain with ‘Down Under’s’ Lucas Herbert smashing LIV Golf scoring records thanks to his super impressive final round 62 for a 30-under victory tally in capturing LIV Golf UK on the host JCB Golf and Country Club course at Rocester in England.
Herbert led from start to finish to capture a second wire-to-wire title in six weeks posting a 30-under tally to win by six shots from local favourite Tyrrell Hatton in second place at 24-under and Bryson DeChambeau at 21-under.
In ...
Down Under Stars Continue To Shine Bright In Two Top UK Events
For a second day running ‘down under’ stars continue to shine brightly in the two leading UK hosted men’s tournaments.
Cameron Percy birdied three of his closing six holes in adding a second round two-under 68 and move three clear of his rivals at nine-under at the ISPS Handa Senior Open on a windswept Kings Course at Gleneagles in Scotland.
Percy, and competing on the Scottish course for a first occasion, leads the way from American Jerry Kelly.
And after finishing fifth in the ...
‘Like Playing On The Moon Not Knowing What Gravity Will Do’ Says Jerry Kelly Seeking To Tame Kings Course
Visiting American Jerry Kerry had an ‘out of this planet’ likening after seizing the clubhouse lead thanks to a tw0-under-par 68 on day two of the ISPS Handa Senior Open in very tough windy conditions on the host Kings Course at Gleneagles.
Kelly posted four birdies and half as many bogeys on the famed Scottish course, a long-time former host of the Scottish Open.
The effort lifted the 59-year-old American into the clubhouse lead at 6-under and two shots clear of nearest clubhouse rival ...
An Aussie Proudly Takes His Place On The Throne At The Kings.
Aussie-born Cameron Percy produced a brilliant birdie blitz around the turn on the famed Kings Course to rule the way by shot on the opening day of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.
The 52-year old Victorian-born Percy got his round underway in the favourable early conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel and made the most of the calm winds, recording four birdies in a row from the ninth in a 63 that got him to seven under tally on the course that was the long-time host to the DP World Tour’s Scottish ...
