Lenotre – One Of The Wonderful Delights In Visiting France.
Gaston Lenotre (20 May 1920 – 8 January 2009) was a renowned French pastry chef and caterer.
And his wonderful legacy lives on with shops all over Paris and one we visited in Versailles.
The shop had on display a wonderful and truly mouth-watering selection of flan’s, meringe tartes, concerto’s, milefeuille’s and macarons.
And standout was this superb eclair tree sprinkled with macaron’s.
Anyway here is a selection of photographs taken on our visit during this week’s ...
Blairgowrie Welcomes Queen’s Baton Ahead Of Junior Ryder Cup Showdown.
The Queen’s Baton Relay paid a visit to Blairgowrie Golf Club today, just 80 days before the venue is set to host the historic 2014 Junior Ryder Cup in September.
The Perthshire club will provide the setting on 22 and 23 September as the best young players, boys and girls, from Europe and the United States go head to head in the prelude to The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles – the first time the junior version has ever been played in the same host country when on European soil.
But today the focus ...
Tiger Woods 20/1 To Win Second Open Championship At Hoylake.
Australia’s Adam Scott and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy are 12/1 favorites to win next fortnight’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.
Recent U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer plus reigning PGA Tour and European Tour No. 1 Henrik Stenson have opened 15/1 in odds released by the Las Vegas based GolfOdds.com.
Tiger Woods, and who will be competing in only his second event since back surgery, had opened at 20/1.
“I am still not expecting much from Tiger here, although he ...
Graeme McDowell – Nine European Tour Wins In Nine Different Countries & Now Targeting Second French Open Title.
Graeme McDowell has arrived in Versailles for the defence of his French Open title looking to achieve something he’s yet to sample in his illustrious career and that is to successfully defend a title.
McDowell has won nine European Tour titles in nine different countries including Sweden, Italy, South Korea, Scotland, Wales, USA, Spain, Bulgaria and France.
If the soon-to-be new father were to win this week on the Le National course, and host venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup, he will join just ...
Royal Birkdlale To Host 2017 Open & Carnoustie Allocated 2018 Open Championship.
The R&A announced today that Royal Birkdale will host The Open Championship in 2017 and Carnoustie will host the Championship in 2018.
Five-time Open Champion Tom Watson, who won The Open at Royal Birkdale in 1983 and at Carnoustie in 1975, joined The R&A to make the announcement at the Greenbrier.
“I am delighted to see The Open returning to two great venues in Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie,” he said. “I know both courses are held in high regard by the players and I certainly consider ...
James Heath Wins Keys To New Euro 160,000 BMW i8 Coupe With 16th Hole Ace.
England’s James Heath has won himself a gleaming new BMW after an ace at the par three 16th hole during the final round of the BMW International Open.
The 31-year old Londoner hit a 171-yard 7-iron that found the bottom of the cut for Heath’s first European Tour hole-in-one.
Heath earned himself a Euro 160,000 gleaming new BMW i8 coupe.
BMW will ship the car to Heath’s Worcester Park residence and the only costs the English golfer will have to pay is any import duties.
It is the ...
Pablo Larrazabal Now Looks To Celebrate 200th Tour Event With 2nd BMW Int’ Open Success.
Former champion Pablo Larrazabal is looking to celebrate his 200th tournament with victory after being handed a three shot lead on day three of the rain-affected BMW International Open near Cologne.
Larrazabal, who won the event three years ago in Munich, birdied four of his closing five holes in a bogey-free 67 to move to a three shot lead on 17-under par on the Gut Larcenhof course.
However the 31-year old Barcelona golfer was just one shot ahead with a hole to play when playing partner, Emiliano ...
