Royal & Awesome Lead St. Patrick’s Day Golf Parade.

Royal and Awesome led the St. Patrick’s Day golf parade at Belas Golf Club near Estoril in Portugal. Irish-born Joe Duddy looked resplendent in an appropriate pair of Paddy Par short while Bernie McGuire, an Aussie with an Irish surname, was decked out in a pair of eye-catching Par Tee shorts. A special thanks to James Dobbin from the Azalea Group for the shorts. And the good news was that Joe and myself combined to win our match 2 & 1 against Eamon Scanlon and Dave Patterson. If you’re ...

Matches Even On Day Two 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.

MATCHES EVEN ON DAY TWO Matches were even on day two of the 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge at the Belas Golf Club in Belas, Portugal. Rodger’s Dodgers went into the day leading 3 points to 1 but Reid’s Raiders stopped any further damage in halving the matches on the second day. In fact, it was pairing of Roger Watson and Andy Braid who spearheaded the fight back defeating the Rodger’s Dodgers duo of John Howorth and Fraser Ireland 4 & 3. Joe Duddy and Bernie McGuire combined in ...

Rodger’s Dodgers Draw First Blood In 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge.

RODGER’S DODGERS DRAW FIRST BLOOD IN BUSHNELL/ODYSSEY 2015 LISBON CHALLENGE Peter Rodger and his team is dining out in Cascais on bragging rights after a drama-packed opening day of the 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Challenge. Peter led his ‘Rodger Dodgers’ team to a 3 & 1 success over ‘Reid’s Raiders’ at the Estoril Golf Club course Portugal. It was wonderful Spring day with a cloudless sky greeting the 16 Crail Golfing Society members as they made their way from Hotel Baia in Cascais ...

Opening Day Battle Lines Drawn In 2015 Bushnell/Odyssey Lisbon Golf Challenge.

The opening day battle lines have been drawn in the 2015 ‘Lisbon Challenge’ – a five-day feast of frenzied competition among 16 of the finest members of Crail Golfing Society, and golf’s seventh oldest club. After a below zero 3.30am local time Sunday morning departure from Crail the group arrived in the Portuguese capital right on time at 9.30am following a two-and-a-half flight from Ediburgh. It was a cloudless blue sky Sunday morning in Lisbon and despite a cold wind blowing ...

‘Reid’s Raiders’ Captain Has Knives Out For ‘Roger’s Dodgers’ Portuguse Pork Chops

Excitement grows with five days to the first big showdown in world golf this season. Forget an invitational event taking place early next month in the south-east corner of Georgia as all attention will first focus next week on 2015 Lisbon Challenge. Sixteen members of the Crail Golfing Society, and golf’s seventh oldest club, will be heading to Portugal early Sunday morning ahead of the first match next Monday in the five-match series on the famed Estoril Golf Club course. The Estoril GC course ...

Sunset In Miami, Sunshine In Amsterdam.

It was a great sunset in Miami last night and just prior to boarding my flight to Altlanta and then onto Amsterdam before the final leg to Edinburgh. And after a seven-and-a-half flight to Amsterdam we were greeted by sunshine despite it only being 10 degrees.

Masters Champ Adam Scott’s Challenge … “Bernie, Surely You’ve Thrown A Club?”

I didn’t expect former Masters champion Adam Scott’s reaction to Rory McIlroy throwing a club into the water on day two of the WGC -Cadillac Championship to result in such a personal challenge. But that’s just exactly what transpired here at Trump National Doral with my conversation with Adam after his second round. Here’s a transcript of the interview. Qn:    Adam?  I guess you can understand in this game someone gets so frustrated as Rory was that you would throw a club? Adam: ...