Monty Calls For Rain-Affected Barclays Scottish Open To Be Played Over Full 72 Holes
Colin Montgomerie has called on Barclays Scottish Open officials to reconsider an earlier decision and play the seriously rain affected event over the full 72 holes.
Persistent heavy rain in the Inverness region of northern Scotland has caused localised flooding, and forcing the closure of sections of the main A9 motorway.
At Castle Stuart, spectators have been kept away as greens staff work on flooded fairways and bunkers.
Sections of the embankment along the side of the first and 12th holes were ...
After 12 Years, Kuchar Finds Northern Scotland To His Liking
Finally after a dozen years it’s been a happy return to northern Scotland for American Matt Kuchar.
Kuchar was a member of the 1999 USA Walker Cup side that competed at nearby Nairn, but losing out to a GB & I side boasting now World No. 1 Luke Donald.
And like many
competing at the new Castle Stuart course for this week’s Barclays Scottish Open, Kuchar’s been attracted back to the region looking for the ideal warm-up ahead of next week’s Open Championship.
The 33-year old Floridian ...
Fortrose & Rosemarkie – A Golfing Gem
A number of the media covering the Barclays Scottish Open had the pleasure of playing Fortrose and Rosemarkie on Wednesday night.
The James Braid designed gem can been seen from Castle Stuart, laid out on the Chanonry Peninsula on the opposite and northern side of the Moray Firth.
Club Secretary, Mike MacDonald went to very great lengths to arrange the outing and despite a few of our colleagues losing out to the rain, those who stayed on were treated to a wonderful golfing experience.
And it was ...
Baddeley Still Looking To Shake Unwanted Burden
When Rory McIlroy captured the U.S. Open it rekindled memories of the accomplishments of a similar aged Australian more than a decade earlier.
Just as McIlroy was being labelled the next Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus, so too was Aaron Baddeley when he captured back-to-back Australian Open titles.
But as Bernie McGuire reports, Baddeley’s doing his utmost to finally shed that unwanted burden
More than a decade earlier there had been the same comparison –‘The next Jack Nickalaus’.
It was a ...
Westwood Gets Lost In Finding His Way To Castle Stuart Joint Lead
World No. 2 Lee Westwood admitted to getting lost on a number of occasions before finding his way to a share of a new course record on day one of the Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.
Westwood eagled his ninth hole and recorded six birdies on the stunning Gil Hanse designed course in a seven under par 65 before being joined by Chilean and European Tour rookie, Mark Tullo.
“I couldn’t find a couple of tees, lost direction, so there was a nice naivety to my play out there,” said ...
Westwood Jokes Of Future Life As A Golf Journalist
Lee Westwood is contemplating joining the ranks to become a golf journalist once he retires from pro competition.
Of course, the current World No. 2 was hopefully joking in rounding off a pre Barclay’s Scottish Open press conference here at Castle Stuart.
It was yet another form Westwood’s dry wit, as he again entertained the European Tour media on a wet and overcast day in northern Scotland.
Westwood did reveal he has plans in place after he hangs up his golf shoes.
“I know my career is not ...
Castle Stuart – Hole By Hole By Course Designer, Gil Hanse
American Gil Hanse’s first design project in the UK was designing the acclaimed Craighead Course at Crail just to the east of St. Andrews.
It was his excellent work at Craig that played a hand in Hanse being asked to design Castle Stuart.
In an exclusive for www.golfbytourmiss.com Hanse gives a description how to play Castle Stuart.
1st Hole – Par 4, 434-yards.
The opening tee shot is played to a rolling fairway guarded by gorse on the left and the Moray Firth on the right. The green ...
