Ryder Cup Stars, Scottish Top Golfers & Legendary Caddy Lead Second Push Not To Close Home Of Golf Club.
Ryder Cup stars including two of Scotland’s legendary players and also one of the Home of Golf nation top caddies have stepped forward joining a second push not to close down Scotland’s Dalmuir Golf Club.
The popular municipal course in Clydebank, located to the north-west of Glasgow, looked set be shut down last March as part of planned cuts by West Dunbartonshire Council until a very passionate petition denouncing the move seemed to have saved the club.
The council had met as part ...
Bushfoot GC – Terrific Irish Nine-Holes But Don’t Dare Park In Darren’s Parking Spot.
I have been asked often during the course of so many decades reporting on men’s pro golf: ‘Who is the toughest golfer you’ve ever had to work with?”.
The answer to that question is unquestionably Darren Clarke.
You see, as a freelancer I was writing for a number Irish-based outlets including the Irish Independent, the Irish Star, the Irish Examiner and Irish Golfer Magazine, so if Clarke was playing well I needed to speak with him.
Though Clarke was not always obliging, including ...
Gallacher Knows New Career Won’t Be Easy, Posting Best Finish In Some Six Years On Legends Tour Debut.
After a best finish for some time, rookie Stephen Gallacher knows after his debut Legends Tour appearance he’s going to have to work hard if he’s to enjoy success on a third different career tour.
Gallacher posted a third straight score of 69 to finish eighth, and the leading Scot at close of the season-opening Staysure Marbella Legends at the Aloha course on Spain’s Costa Del Sol.
The Bathgate pro turned 50 last November making him eligible for the European Legends Tour and with ...
“That Old Fart Got Me” …. DeChambeau Relives Having His “Butt Beat” A Decade Ago.
Double US Open winning Bryson DeChambeau posted a four-under 67 to be just two shots from the lead post the first round of the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia.
DeChambeau grabbed seven birdies in a round that also included a bogey and a ninth hole double-bogey on the host The Grange course in the South Australian state capital.
It has the Crushers star sharing fourth place and just two adrift of England’s Sam Horsfield.
And in speaking with the media post his round, DeChambeau was reminded ...
‘Bobby’s Bombs’ Making A Blast Back In Oban.
Top Scot Robert Macintyre’s ‘Bobby Bombs’ Phoenix Open spectator gift packs has turned into a great boost for his beloved Oban Celtic Shinty club back home in his beloved Oban.
In another super PR exercise last week, the World No. 14 tossed around 20 individually wrapped #16 Oban Celtic tops along with a $20 note, plus a small message saying: “Get yourself a couple of beers. Cheers, B Mac” to fans gathered in stands at the famed par-3 16th stadium hole of the TPC Scottsdale course.
And ...
Batten Down The Golfing Hatches – Genesis Invitational Set For Stormy Start
Batten down the golfing hatches as this week’s Genesis Invitational is set for a stormy start.
Weather forecasts show the San Diego/Torrey Pines region is heading for a Thursday drenching with up to an inch of rain and winds gusting to 25 mph all along this region of the Pacific Ocean coastline.
The $20m ‘Signature’ event is being played on the South Course as a mark of a respect to the lives lost and damage caused by last month’s LA wildfires and also taking place three weeks ...
MacIntyre Out To Win More Fans At Torrey Pines.
Top Scot Robert MacIntyre is out to win more American fans this week teeing-up at Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, just north of San Diego on the California coastline.
It will be MacIntyre’s maiden appearance in the Tiger Woods hosted event though it’s uncertain if Woods, after withdrawing from competing due to the passing of his mother, will still be in attendance at the $20m ‘Signature’ event.
Of course, the tournament is normally held at the Riviera course on the outskirts ...
