Pismo Beach State Golf Course & Where Bugs Bunny Goes On Vacation To Play Golf.
Whenever I hear the name Pismo Beach I bizarrely recall a famed Bugs Bunny cartoon.
It all began with a comment by long-time great friend, Joe Sroba.
Joe and I were on a first trip to the States and in travelling down the West Coast it was planned we’d stop and visit Pismo Beach.
“Why do you want to stop at Pismo Beach”, I think I recall saying to Joe.
Joe responded laughing: “It’s where Bugs Bunny always went for his holidays. He’d turned left at ‘Albekerkie'”.
Now ...
Royal Blue Golf Club – A Crown Jewel In Bahamas Golf.
In less than two years the stunning and immaculately presented Royal Blue Golf Club has become a crown jewel in Bahamas golf.
Royal Blue is the first Jack Nicklaus ‘Signature’ golf course in the Bahamas and officially opened for play in May 2017.
Those of us who reported on the 2015 Hero World Challenge, and the first time the Tiger Woods hosted event moved to the Bahamas, we would drive past each day seeing the sad sight of a golf course but with no golfers.
The course was named TPC ...
McIlroy Ready To Play Santa & Give The European Tour The Christmas Gift It Wants.
Will Rory McIlroy don his Santa Claus outfit and deliver the European Tour the gift it desperately desires.
That is the question heading into Festive Season as the golf world wonders whether Rory McIlroy sticks to his guns not to rejoin the European Tour in 2019.
A number of news outlets, including the latest being the London-based Mirror, are reporting European Tour CEO Keith Pelley flew recently to Belfast to have ‘crisis’ talks with McIlroy.
The four-time Major winning McIlroy shocked ...
Clarke’s Combine To Be Bogey-Free On PNC Father-&-Son Challenge Debut.
Orlando, Florida …
Tyrone Clarke, and the eldest son of Darren Clarke, celebrated birdiing the closing hole on the final day to be bogey-free on debut at the 2018 PNC Father-and-Son Challenge in Orlando.
The 20-year old combined with his 2011 Open Championship winning father to produced a 36-hole ‘better-ball’ scores of 67 and 64 for a 13-under tally on the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes course close to Disney World in Orlando.
It handed the Irish duo 15th place in the 20-team event and won ...
Drysdale Close To Ending Victory Drought In Searing Leopard Creek Heat.
David Drysdale ended his 17th full Tour season again banging loudly of a first victory door at the close of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek.
Drysdale posted an equal-best final round of 67 to head to the clubhouse leading the field at 12-under par and looking to halt a victory drought in his 471st Tour event.
The 43-year old Scot ended his round in near sensational manner with an eagle-attempt ‘flop shot’ from well above his feet just yards from a back-of-the-green water hazard ...
McKibbon Admits He Gets Used To Being Dubbed ‘The Next Rory McIlroy’.
Ultra-talented Irish teenager Tom McKibbin reckons he’s getting used to being dubbed – “The Next Rory McIlroy”.
The 15-year old McKibbon was formally introduced to the American golfing public with a ‘stardom-like’ appearance Saturday on The Golf Channel.
McKibbon was welcomed and interviewed by Damon Hack, a former golf writer with Sports Illustrated who has been with the Golf Channel since 2012 and is currently one of the more-knowledgeable co-hosts on Morning Drive.
McKibbon ...
Jamieson Ready To Celebrate Festive Season Ending 6-Year Winless Drought.
Scott Jamieson is looking to combat the intense heat and celebrate the Festive Season ending a six-year winless drought at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in South Africa.
Jamieson gave the watching hippo’s and water buffalo plenty to cheer about in the 100-degree plus searing heat posting an eagle and six birdies in a round of 68 on the Leopard Creek course bordering the famed Kruger National Park.
It handed the now Florida-based Scot a one-stroke lead at 11-under par over third ...
