G Mac Gets Chopper Eye View Of Black Sea Golfing Gem.
A helicopter flyover left Graeme McDowell in awe of the stunning Thracian Cliffs course, and venue for this week’s Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria.
McDowell joined 10 of his PGA Tour based colleagues who were flown by private jet from Jacksonville in Florida late on Sunday night (US time), and straight after the close of the Players Championship.
One of two helicopters that met 11 PGA Tour based players at Varna Airport for a flyover of the stunning Thracian Cliffs course. (Photo ...
Thracian Cliffs – Exclusive Hole-by-Hole Look At Black Sea Golfing Wonder.
This week’s Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach Resort, and host venue to this week’s Volvo World Match-Play Championship, has to be one of the most stunningest golf courses I have ever walked.
The Gary Player designed course is laid out along the Black Sea shoreline at Kavarna and about 60 kilometers north of Varna, the third largest city in Bulgaria.
TV footage and still photographs of Thracian Cliffs this week are set to undoubtedly stun the golfing world.
The course has been likened to ...
Soviet Army Monument, Sofia, Bulgaria – Reminder Of Communist Rule 1946 – 1989.
The 36-metre high Soviet Army Monument in the centre of Sofia is a stark reminder of the Communist control over Bulgaria from 1946 to 1989.
The monument was constructed in 1954 and features a Russian soldier flanked by a woman and a man from Bulgaria.
And while Bulgaria gained it’s independence nearly a quarter of a century ago, the Monument still commands a presence in one of the largest parks in Sofia.
There is two secondary sculptures as you will see from the photographs hereunder.
Two years ...
Sofia, Bulgaria … A Stopover Full Of Surprise & Splendor.
A decison on route to the Volvo World Match-Play Championship to spend two days in Sofia, and the capital of Bulgaria, turned into a visit full of surprise and spendour.
Sofia is the largest city in Bulgaria with the nearby Vistosha Mountains dominating the skyline. The history of the city spans some 2,400 years with more than 95% of the inhabitants ethnic Bulgarians, and making this city of some 1.3m people not only the 15th largest in the Eurpean Union but the most ethnically homogenous city in ...
Supercaddy John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts Stops Sofia With Lion-Hearted Victory Display.
Supercaddy John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts has arrived in Bulgaria ahead of this week’s Volvo World Match-Play Championship quietly confident of helping steer Australia’s Brett Rumford to a third straight Race to Dubai success.
‘Ronnie’ touched down in the Bulagrian capital of Sofia for a few hours stopover ahead of travelling later tonight (Sun) to the Black Sea city of Varna, and the third largest city in Bulgaria.he Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea and the ...
David Lynn Misses Wigan Athletic Wembley Success But Players Glory Looms.
England’s David Lynn went into this week’s lucrative Players Championship torn between returning home to be on hand at Wembley or remain in the States to tee-up in the $9.5m PTC Sawgrass tournament.
Lynn is a mad Wigan Athletic Football Club supporter and for his Masters debut last month he arranged for a few fellow club supporters to be among his Augusta National guests.
And knowing Wigan Athletic were set to play Manchester City in the final of the FA Cup, Lynn was seriously considering ...
Kingsbarns Remains Unchallenged As The King Of Courses.
Kingsbarns Golf Course to the east of St. Andrews continues to be one of those golfing gems I never grow tied of playing.
I had the occasion to again tackle the course on Thursday, and thanks so much to Alan Hogg, Director of Golf at Kingsbarns.
There was a few drops of rain hanging about when leading European Tour photographer, Stuart Adams plus very good Crail-based friends Rob Redpath and ‘Georgous’ George Morris (related to Old Tom Morris) and myself teed-off just after 3pm.
We walked ...
