Skeabost House Hotel Golf Course, Skye – Where Golf & Marriage Rule In Harmony.
There’s no denying the subject of golf and marriage will long be the butt of many jokes.
However for a first occasion in more than 25 years reporting on golf around the world I came across a scenario where golf and marriage are joined in harmony.
Earlier this year (2013) Tour Miss and myself, along with neighbour, Mary Heal and very good friend, George Morris set out on a trip to the Scotland Western Isles of Lewis and Harris.
However rather than be delayed in any traffic we made the decision ...
The Shark Takes Another Bite At Tiger.
Greg Norman has taken another bite at Tiger Woods by again declaring what he said late last year and that is Woods will not break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 Major Championship triumphs.
Norman was being interviewed on another of those boring American TV morning shows – CBS – This Morning – when the subject (yawn, yawn) of Woods breaking the Golden Bear’s record was raised.
“I think the longer the time goes by with him not doing it, the harder it’s going ...
Official – Rodman Wanamaker Trophy Holds 43 Beers & A Dog.
It’s official! The gleaming Rodman Wanamaker Trophy holds 43 beers and a dog.
That’s according to new PGA Champion Jason Dufner.
If correct, and no one’s to doubt golf’s newest Major Champion, that’s more than the US Open and Claret Jug combined.
The Rodman Wanamaker Trophy stands 27 inches tall and that’s seven-and-a-half inches higher than the Claret Jug.
Ernie Els is known to have had the Claret Jug spilling over with beer after his first Open Championship ...
Ricardo Gonzalez Looks To Dedicate Hopeful 5th Tour Win To Late Parents.
Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez will look to honour his late parents with a hopeful fifth Tour success after moving one shot clear of the field on day two in the he Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland.
Gonzalez, 43 added a second straight seven-under par 65 to move to 14-under par on the PGA Centenary and 2014 Ryder Cup host course.
The current World No. 352nd ranked Gonzalez, who has won four times on the Tour, birdied three of his opening seven holes and then finished in resounding ...
Monte De Quinta Hailed As A Hotel Leader In Golf Friendly Algarve.
Monte da Quinta resort’s reputation for excellence has been underlined after being named as one of the best four-star hotels in Portugal by a leading global website for online hotel bookings.
Monte da Quinta Suites was among a select group of hotels in Portugal to be rated as ‘superb’ by customer reviewers on Booking.com after receiving an average score of 9.2 out of 10 in 2012 for its facilities and service standards.
The impressive mark confirms the four-star resort as one of the market leaders ...
‘The Rummy & Ronnie Show’ Again Full Steam Ahead.
‘The Rummy & Ronnie Show’ ala Brett Rumford and super caddy John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts are again full steam ahead as evident after two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
The duo combined for Rumford to move into a clubhouse share of third place with scores of 66 and 69 for nine under par tally on next year’s Ryder Cup PGA Centenary course host venue.
It left the Australian golfer trailing just five shots behind 43-year old Argentina-born Ricardo ...
Paul McGinley Finally Lets His Clubs Do Some Talking.
Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley finally got to let his clubs do some talking to join Shane Lowry, Michael Hoey and Gareth Maybin in shooting 68s on the opening day of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
The foursome trail just behind three shots adrift Austria’s Bernd Weisberger and Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez who took full advantage of earlier ideal scoring conditions to each post seven under par 65s.
McGinley posted five birdies in cold and increasing windier conditions on the PGA ...
