Shiskine Golf – A Stunning & Spectacular Dozen Holes Of Scotland’s Best
Let me start by asking a question. How many 12-holes golf courses have you played?
While 12-hole golf courses are pretty rare, some of the famous courses in golf started off being a dozen holes, including Prestwick that from 1860 hosted the first dozen Open Championships.
More recently, legendary Jack Nicklaus opened a 12-hole course back in 2007 he named ‘Red Ledges’ located to the east of Salt Lake City in Utah. Going onto the club’s website the course is described as: “One ...
A Dozen Plus One Things You May Not Know Either Inside Or Outside Of Augusta National
For someone who has been most fortunate to attend the Masters for close on 25-years, and has played Augusta National twice including breaking 100 on both occasions, here’s a few observations that I hope may whet your appetite a little ahead of this coming week’s 87th hosting of The Masters.
JUST TWO MASTERS NOT FULLY IN APRIL – We know the Masters is always held in April and while there has been the odd occasion when it commenced in March, it would still finish in April. However there ...
Damien Scott Proudly Flying The Irish Flag At Al Hamra
If you are looking for a teaching professional the epitome of all that is good with Irish golf, then look no further than Damien Scott.
Scott is now into his second year as Head Teaching Professional at the Al Hamra GC in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
If Al Hamra sounds familiar, it should as it just recently again proudly hosted the DP World Tour and for a third occasion in 12 months, on a stunning golf located just over an hour’s drive north of Dubai.
It was the late stage of 2021 when ...
JA The Resort Golf Course A Major Champion Among Dubai Golfing Venues … Just Ask Tiger!
There are many golf courses around the world where you can tee-up where major champions, including 15-time winning Tiger Woods, have walked the fairways.
Though there’s not too many nine-hole layouts in the golf world that can boast a golfer of Woods great stance in the history of the club-and-ball game has teed-up not just once, not twice but three times.
It must say something of the JA The Resort Golf Course at Jebel Ali that Woods chose to play this magnificent nine-hole course in Dubai ...
Nine Holers: Half A Full Course But Often Double The Fun
Nine-hole golf courses. Some will argue they’re only half the fun as it’s all about testing your game over the full 18.
True but some of the best experiences I’ve had in golf have been teeing-up on nine-hole layouts. I learnt how to play the game on a 9-holer in Sydney, and in all my years reporting on this ancient club-and-ball game, I’ve had the pleasure of playing some memorable nine holes.
Though the first nine holes, I wish to feature is not one I’ve played and ...
‘No, Look At Her Grip’ As Harrington Admires Riviera’s Four-Time Academy Award Winning Golfer.
Players at this week’s Genesis Invitational will again find their way up just over 50 steep steps at the back of the 18th green to the ladies locker room within the stunning clubhouse at Riviera Country Club in suburban Santa Monica.
Yes, the ladies locker room!
The expansive Riviera ladies locker room is at the top of the staircase and given it’s close proximity to the back of the 18th and the close-by 1st tee, it’s used as a temporary scorer’s room for the annual ...
How A 1793 Newspaper Notice Added 95-Years To The History Of A Famed Scottish Club.
It’s a remarkable story, the likes I have not come across in a long golf writing career.
The story of the Scottish golf club of Fortrose and Rosemarkie a decade ago in 2013 celebrated its 125th anniversary but then only to discover just three years later, a club had been in place 95-years earlier in 1793.
Now seven years on from a 125th anniversary in 2016 and this year, 2023 marks the 230th anniversary of Fortrose and Rosemarkie and a good occasion to share with you the remarkable ...
