Olympic Torch Lights Up Curtis Cup Singles.
The 2012 London Oympic Games torch lit up the final day of the Curtis Cup.
Sandra Ross brought the torch to the Nairn Golf Club after running with the torch a day earlier through the streets of nearby Inverness.
She then happily posed with each of the eight women’s Singles matches while also delighted many others, including your author, in having their pictures taken with Ross.
Ross has long been involved with the Highland Games and has been a member of a local athletics club for many years, ...
Leona Maguire Selected As Anchor To End 16-Year Curtis Cup Winless Drought.
Ireland’s Leona Maguire has been selected in the anchor Sunday Singles role to help end a 16-year GB & I Curtis Cup winless drought.
Maguire will tee-up in Sunday’s final Singles match against USA rival Brooke Pancake, who is turning pro immediately after this week’s tournament at Nairn.
The 17-year old Maguire finally displayed her true form on day two of the competition braving the cold and wet conditions to team again with fellow Irish player, Stephanie Meadow to win the ...
Rory McIlroy – ‘A Little Less Conversation’ & A Lot Better Golf To Lead In Memphis.
To use the words of the last smash hit by the late, great Elvis Presley there’s a little less ‘Twitter’ conversation and a lot more committment to his golf with Rory McIlroy in the best of form heading to next week’s defence of his U.S. Open title in snatching the lead the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
After missing three halfway cuts in succession McIlroy posted a second round 65 on the TPC Southwind course to lead by a stroke on seven under par.
“It was a really, really ...
Irish Pair Of Leona Maguire & Stephanie Meadow Pay Price For Nairn Nightmare
The Irish duo of Leona Maguire and Stepheanie Meadow has paid a heavy price of being dropped from the afternoon Fourballs following their shock opening round nightmare at Nairn on day one of the Curtis Cup.
The pair were handed a 5 & 4 drubbing in the morning Foursomes at the hands of the USA pair of Lindy Duncan and Lisa McCloskey in overcast and windy conditions at Nairn in northern Scotland.
The 17-year old Maguire came into the biannual competition having walked away with an eight-shot ...
Leona Maguire Into ‘Starships’ & ‘Wild Ones’ But Golf Comes First.
In the 2012 Curtis Cup official programme Leona Maguire says when she’s not golfing she likes to swim, read, go to the cinema, play pool and table tennis and listen to music, particularly rap.
Her favourite songs are Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’ and Flo Rida’s ‘Wild Ones’.
Maguire also says she’s had ‘some successes in my playing career to date’.
Actually, the 17-year old is grossly under stating her achievements as she already enjoys a golfing CV the envy of players twice ...
Monty’s Autobiography Gaff! It’s Paul Lawrie Not Peter.
Whoever subbed victorious Ryder Cup captain, Colin Montgomerie’s new book should be in hot water with the Scot after getting Paul Lawrie’s name wrong in his book – ‘Monty – An Autobiography’
According to the Sunday Mail, and one of the newspapers I contribute, Monty refers to his 1999 Brookline team-mate as Peter.
Peter Lawrie is the Irish-born European Tour golfer who captured the 2008 Spanish Open.
The howler is repeated on at least five occasions in the book ...
Paul Lawrie – How His Two Sons Inspire Return To The Ryder Cup.
His oldest son, Craig has a picture of Sergio Garcia on the wall of his bedroom while a poster of Rory McIlroy looks over youngest son, Michael while he’s asleep in bed.
It comes as no surprise to Paul Lawrie his only two children admire golfers nearly half their father’s age.
While Lawrie is currently one of the European Tour’s leading pin-up golfers and very much on course to return to the European Ryder Cup side later this year, the former Open Champion is ‘an old fart’ in the eyes of ...
