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Less than a fortnight after capturing their inaugural Belhaven Secretarys and Captains Championship triumph and the accolades continue for the Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club in northern Scotland. On this occasion the home to the magnificent James Braid designed Fortrose & Rosemarkie golf course has captured this year’s Northern Counties Cup. It is the club’s third victory in the competitions history. Heading the team was Fortrose and Rosemarkie Secretary Mike MacDonald, who had picked ...

Lost in the excitement leading up to Friday’s start to the 2014 Ryder Cup was the controversy surrounding the opening of the now PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles. Designed by the legendary Jack Nicklaus, the Monarch’s course as it was then known, was the first golf course in Scotland to boast motorised cart paths. However the initial cries of ‘sacrilegious’ soon gave way to acclaim when the course was open to the public on May 15th, 1993. In meeting with then Managing Director Peter ...

American captain Tom Watson delivered a point blank statement upon arrival at Gleneagles declaring this week’s showdown in Perthshire is a ‘redemption trip’ and has targeted both Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter as Europe’s danger men at Gleneagles. Watson and his side just before 10am into Edinburgh Airport on a special British Airways charter flight before being transported straight to the stunning Gleneagles Hotel. And many of Watson’s players, including Phil Mickelson, ...

Tom Watson’s American team have landed in Scotland ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup clash with Europe at Gleneagles. Watson’s team arrived at Edinburgh Airport shortly before 10am this morning on a special British Airways charter flight and were welcomed by Event Scotland dignitaries along with opposing Captain Paul McGinley. However Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond was not present and will meet both teams officially later this week. Speaking shortly after landing, Watson described the mood ...

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has been marvellous in the run-up to this week’s Ryder Cup accommodating and entertaining the media. Now with less than a week before the start of the 2014 Ryder Cup McGinley has given further insight some of the issues he will be confronting this coming week. Qn:  Is the tiredness and fatigue of many team members resulting from a heavy competitive schedule a concern? McGinley:  “It’s obviously a concern. They’ve played a lot of golf.  It’s ...

American legend Johnnie Miller says the US Team can’t make the same mistake twice and not pair Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley over all four team matches at this week’s Ryder Cup. The duo were unbeaten in their three Medinah matches before Mickelson surprisingly persuaded captain Davis Love 111 to rest he and Bradley from the Saturday afternoon Fourballs. And Miller believes the Mickelson and Bradley over both Foursome and Fourballs encounters will put fear into their European rivals. Miller ...

It’s been a big 14 hours of news for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. No sooner had R & A CEO Peter Dawson announced around 6pm last night the club had voted overwhelmingly to allow women members and at 8am this morning traditional driving-in ceremony for the new Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews took place on the 1st tee of the Old Course. George Macgregor OBE began his year in office with a drive at precisely 8am as a cannon fired alongside the ...