Fortrose & Rosemarkie GC – 95 Years Older Than You Thought You Were.
Rccently, and in the space of 40 minutes, two previously unknown newspaper notices for Earlsferry Golf Society in 1787 and Fortrose Golf Society in 1793 were discovered.
They were found in one search of the British Newspaper Archive at the National Library of Scotland in the Caledonian Mercury which published three times a week from 1720 to 1867.
They bring to 18 the number of golf clubs which have a continuous or non-continuous history dating back to the 18th century.
However, not only are these ...
Jason Day Asks Australian Golf Fans To Understand Why He Can’t Contest 2015 Australian Open.
Newly crowned US PGA champion Jason Day has asked Aussie fans to understand why he’s not returning home to contest the Australian Open.
Day became just the 11th Australian male to win a major with his two-shot victory last month at Whistling Straits.
And with interest in the 27-year-old Queenslander at an all-time high, he hopes Aussie golf fans will accept his decision to remain in the United States as he and wife Ellie prepare for their second child due in November.
“I don’t feel as though ...
Graeme McDowell’s PGA Tour Exemption Status Extended By A Year.
Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell’s 2016 PGA Tour status is secure with the Tour revealing they have added a one-year exemption onto the two years in winning the 2013 RBC Heritage Classic.
McDowell contested the minimum of 15 events in a season capped by a best of T3rd in the very first event of his 2014/15 season at the WGC – HSBC Champions but then spoilt by six missed cuts to eventually also miss the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series by finishing 160th on the money list.
And as both McDowell’s ...
Rory McIlroy Sick Of Hearing His Own Omega TV Commercial.
Current World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has some in common with the majority of the golf world and it’s being sick of the sound of hearing his own Omega TV commercial.
The commercial, shot on the eighth hole of the Emirates course in Dubai, has been driving golf fans mad with a now beyond saturation point playing during major tournaments like last week’s Barclays Championship.
Now the star of the Omega commercial seems also to have grown tired of the 30-second ad, as well.
What’s worst ...
Jason Day Confesses “Tiger Has To Dumb Down His Text Messages To My Level, Man”.
Tiger Woods and Jason Day have struck at a great on-course relationship so much so the the pair will often text each other.
Their friendship was no more apparent during the opening two rounds of this year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews when Day and Woods were spotted often chatting between shots, and with the third member of the group Louis Oosthuizen virtually left out in the cold when it came to on-course chit chat.
However Day admits he’s not up to Woods level mentally so much ...
“I Would Be Gary Player” Says Rory McIlroy When Asked Who Would He Be In Golf’s ‘Big Three;.
Rory McIlroy revealed he likens himself to South African great Gary Player when bizarrely asked who of golf’s legendary ‘Big Three’ would he be.
The golf world currently is talking of new ‘Big Three’ in McIlroy along with double Major winning Jordan Spieth and new PGA Championship winner Jason Day.
“I would say Gary, probably as he was the smallest,” he said with a smile.
“I guess I would be. Yeah, I would probably be Player, I would say. I mean ...
Gaunt Again Sings Ronnie’s Praise After Storming To Share Of Lead In M2M Russian Open.
Daniel Gaunt was again singing the praise of the person who has been instrumental in a dramatic change of fortunes for the 36-year old Aussie and that’s supercaddy John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts.
‘Ronnie’ is again on the bag and with the duo storming their way to a share of the lead on the opening day of the M2M Russian Open in suburban Moscow.
The 36-year old Gaunt, who with ‘Ronnie’ by his side secured a European best of second in the recent Made in Denmark event ...
