Home Of Golf – Old Course At St. Andrews Blanketed In Snow
When snow began to fall this morning (Wednesday 13 February) on the east coast of Scotland there was a strong urge to head to nearby St. Andrews and inspect the snow covered scenes at the most famous golf course in the world – the Old Course at St. Andrews and the famed Home of Golf.
Never mind the outside temperature was 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degree Fahrenheit.
There’s always a pleasure in walking the Old Course whether on a summer’s day and even today despite the cold ...
Legal Wrangles Delay Start Of 2016 Olympic Games Course.
It hoped that after a number of legal wrangles work can finally get underway on the construction of the golf course to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Rid de Janeiro.
Course designer Gil Hanse has moved his family from the States to the Brazil city in readiness to finally turn the first sod ahead of golf returning to the Olympics for a first time since 1924.
Work on the site at Reserva de Marapendi in Barra da Tijuca and the district that will contain the largest number of Games venues was supposed ...
World Night Golf Championship – Dubai
Tonight (Wed) heralds what is believed to be a first with the staging of the inaugural World Night Golf Championship at new Track Golf Club in Dubai.
The individual Stableford event over the nine-hole floodlit course at Meydan has attracted golfers from all across the Middle East region with prizes for best team and individual prizes.
The Track Golf Club course is the only true pay-and-play course in the UAE and has already attracted huge interest since the Peter Harradine designed course opened ...
Shane Lowry Primed To Take Advantage Of Crimson-Faced Rory McIlroy.
Shane Lowry is primed to take advantage of a still crimson-faced Rory McIlroy if drawn, as expected, against the reigning World No. 1 in next week’s WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona.
Lowry dropped to No. 65 in the world but with the withdrawal of World No. 10 Phil Mickelson the Irishman will make his debut in the $8.75m event.
McIlroy will be returning to competition for a first time since the embarrassment of leaving new sponsors Nike out on a limb in missing the halfway ...
The Boys & Girls Club Of Tuscon Gearing Up For Rory McIlroy Financial Windfall.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson is gearing up for a financial windfall as the second charity set to benefit from Rory McIlroy’s 6 Bags Project.
For each of the first 6 tournaments Rory plays in for the first four months of 2013, his golf bag will carry the name and logo of a children’s charity.
During the tournament, the bag will be auctioned through http://www.roryfoundation.com with all monies raised going to the featured charity.
McIlroy carried the logo of the Northern Ireland ...
Donegal Golf Club – A Youthful Links Gem With An Ageless Appearance.
UPDATED .. January, 2025
In golfing years, the Donegal Golf Club at Murvagh on the north-west coast of Ireland is a relative new kid on the block.
Indeed the Donegal Golf Club that is overlooked by the Bluestack Mountains to the north and shaped by the might of the Atlantic Ocean to the west is a golf course that was designed in the ‘70s, the 1970s.
Though what Donegal Golf Club may lack in experience, the golf course boasts an ageless, classic links challenge making it one of those must play Irish ...
Australian PGA Championship Says Enough Of Dinosaurs, JFK Tribute Pond & Titantic Replica.
As widely expected the PGA of Australia has waved goodbye to the ridicious scenario at last years Australian PGA Championship when a dinosaur named ‘Jeff’, the unveiling of a tribute pond to the late US President John F. Kennedy and talk of the construction of a full replica of the Titanic embraced the prestigious event.
The PGA of Australia indicated that since December’s Australian PGA it has been in discussion with resort owner, Clive Palmer who purchased the complex from Hyatt ...
