Royal & Awesome Lead St. Patrick’s Day Golf Parade.
Royal and Awesome led the St. Patrick’s Day golf parade at Belas Golf Club near Estoril in Portugal.
Irish-born Joe Duddy looked resplendent in an appropriate pair of Paddy Par short while Bernie McGuire, an Aussie with an Irish surname, was decked out in a pair of eye-catching Par Tee shorts.
A special thanks to James Dobbin from the Azalea Group for the shorts.
And the good news was that Joe and myself combined to win our match 2 & 1 against Eamon Scanlon and Dave Patterson.
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Matches Even On Day Two 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.
MATCHES EVEN ON DAY TWO
Matches were even on day two of the 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge at the Belas Golf Club in Belas, Portugal.
Rodger’s Dodgers went into the day leading 3 points to 1 but Reid’s Raiders stopped any further damage in halving the matches on the second day.
In fact, it was pairing of Roger Watson and Andy Braid who spearheaded the fight back defeating the Rodger’s Dodgers duo of John Howorth and Fraser Ireland 4 & 3.
Joe Duddy and Bernie McGuire combined in ...
Scanlon Steaming After ‘Alleged’ Scandalous Sixteenth Hole Scenario.
Eamon Scanlon, and one of Crail’s finest left-handed exponents of the ancient game, was clearly ‘steaming’ after an incident at the 16th hole on day one of the 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.
Of course, it didn’t help that the match between he and Andy Braid against myself and the much-lover Alastair McMeekim was at a delicate stage.
However let me preface the story by saying Eamon by his own admission has some two dozen balls in his golf bag but none with any markings.
We ...
Rodger’s Dodgers Draw First Blood In 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.
RODGER’S DODGERS DRAW FIRST BLOOD IN BUSHNELL/ODYSSEY 2015 LISBON CHALLENGE
Peter Rodger and his team is dining out in Cascais on bragging rights after a drama-packed opening day of the 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.
Peter led his ‘Rodger Dodgers’ team to a 3 & 1 success over ‘Reid’s Raiders’ at the Estoril Golf Club course Portugal.
It was wonderful Spring day with a cloudless sky greeting the 16 Crail Golfing Society members as they made their way from Hotel Baia in Cascais ...
Opening Day Battle Lines Drawn In 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Golf Challenge.
The opening day battle lines have been drawn in the 2015 ‘Lisbon Challenge’ – a five-day feast of frenzied competition among 16 of the finest members of Crail Golfing Society, and golf’s seventh oldest club.
After a below zero 3.30am local time Sunday morning departure from Crail the group arrived in the Portuguese capital right on time at 9.30am following a two-and-a-half flight from Ediburgh.
It was a cloudless blue sky Sunday morning in Lisbon and despite a cold wind blowing ...
De Jonge Edges Closer To Maiden PGA Tour Victory.
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Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge edged closer to a maiden PGA Tour success in posting a second round 69 in the Valspar Championship here at Tampa Bay.
The 34-year old, who was runner-up late last year in the McGladery’s Championship, leads the Coppehead course field by a stroke on six under par.
However only seven separated de Jonge from the 60 players to have made the one over par cut, and the the first time the first-to-worst gap has been ...
2016 Olympic Games Course Designer Says Rio De Janeiro Layout Should Suit Aussies.
Olympic Games golf course designer Gil Hanse believes his Rio de Janeiro host course should suit the Australians with golf late next year returns to the Olympics for a first time since 1904.
Brazil currently boasting 123 golf facilities however Hanse’s design is the first ever public golf course.
The International Golf Federation (IGF) has proposed a 72-hole stroke play tournament (with a 3-hole play-off in the event of a tie) for both men’s and women’s events, and with eligibility determined ...
