Shane Lowry Avoids Rory McIlroy Repeat In Volvo World Match-Play In Bulgaria
Shane Lowry has avoided the huge embarrasment of a first round confrontation with fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell in this week’s historic Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria.
Unlike Lowry’s match-up with then World No. 1 Rory McIlroy earlier this year in Arizona, Lowry will not meet McDowell unless both qualify for Sunday’s final in the Euro 3m event.
Lowry shocked the golf world in easily accounting for McIlroy in the Arizona desert and while he then beat Sweden’s Carl Pettersson ...
Scott Jamieson Fears Snakes & Cliff Drops More Than Bulgarian Match-Play Rivals
Scott Jamieson seemed to express more fear tumbling into the Black Sea or being bitten by venomous snakes than his competitors in this week’s historic Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria.
Jamieson joins fellow Scot Stephen Gallacher among 24 players representing 15 nations taking to the stunning Thracian Cliffs course.
The Gary Player designed course is laid out along a four kilometre stretch with holes four to 10 averaging about 40 metres above the shore line below.
And the European ...
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 ...
