Stunning Palace Of Versailles Choreographed Fireworks Display .. Watch The Video.
It was purely by chance we were within the grounds of the Versailles Tennis Club enjoying a ‘sausage sizzle’ evening with the wonderful couple whose house we are renting this week.
No sooner had we finished our meal and, as if it had been planned, a spectacular fireworks display began to light up the sky from the Palace of Versailles.
The Palace is located no more than a decent driver shot from where we were seated and in making our way back to the house we were drawn, like so many others, ...
Martin Kaymer Warming-Up For 144th Open At Glasgow (Gailes) Golf Club.
Double Major winning Martin Kaymer will warm up for next fortnight’s Open Championship playing a practice round at the famed Glasgow (Gailes) Golf club on the Scotland west coast.
The course earlier this week hosted an Open qualifier and has long enjoyed a rich history in being a part of golf’s oldest major.
Kaymer’s long-time caddie Craig ‘Wee Man’ Connelly lives in Glasgow and has arranged with the club for the German to play the course on Saturday 11th July.
It means ...
Victor Dubuisson – Yet Another Sorry Unnecessary Battle With French Media.
Victor Dubuisson’s return to compete in France for a first time since last year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles has been greeted by yet another sorry bizarre example of childish behaviour.
France’s leading world-ranking golfer is understood to have refused to attend any pre-French Open press conference in front of the French media and instead he hosted 22 local school children who were seated in the official interview room at the National course on the outskirts of Versailles.
However a number ...
Paul McGinley Arrives In France Having Played Just Nine Holes In Five Weeks.
Irishman Paul McGinley arrived in France for this week’s Alstrom Open de France having played just nine holes with his son, Killian since missing the cut in the Irish Open.
The French event is also only McGinley’s third this season after teeing-up earlier this year in the Maybank Malaysian Open.
And while McGinley’s delighted to competing in the French capital he knows he will find the 2018 Ryder Cup host venue a tough assignment.
“I haven’t played well here since they moved a lot ...
Graeme McDowell Looking To Get ‘Summer’ Momentum Playing Six Of Seven Weeks.
Graeme McDowell heads into the defence of his double French Open title looking to turn around an indifferent season in the first of six events he will contest in the next seven weeks.
McDowell made the decision to commence his 2015 season in Dubai and his ninth place finish behind World No. 1 Rory McIroy remains easily his brightest result in 14 events this year.
In fact, the current World No. 48 has struggled to generate any momentum as evident in missing the halfway cut in his past three events ...
Retief Goosen Heads List Of Open C’ship Qualifiers At Four England Courses.
Double U.S. Open winner and double European No. 1 Retief Goosen was the only story after qualifying for the 144th Open Championship at the Woburn course in England.
Having missed The Open last year for a first time since making his debut in 1996 the South African has qualified for golf’s oldest Major after birding the first extra hole.
Irishman Paul Dunne topped the qualifiers and for a second year running to join four other amateurs now in the field for the St Andrews Open.
The 22-year-old ...
Winning German Double – Werner Snitznel & Weiss Beer.
At the end of the 2015 BMW International Open in Munich it was Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal who claimed a second victory in four years.
Off the golf course there was two clear winners – Werner Snitznel and the odd drop of Weiss beer.
Well if the truth be known it was Werner Snitznel Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and Weiss beers unashamedly on all five nights while in the Bavarian capital.
