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Stuart Adams is one of the European Tour’s leading photographers and he’s had the great opportunity to climb aboard the Ryder Cup ‘chopper’ to take some stunning shots of Gleneagles and the set-up for the Ryder Cup. Stuart’s shot shows the famed Gleneagles Hotel in the background and in the foreground there is the first fairway of the host PGA Centenary course to the left and on the right, the 18th and final hole.

Reigning BMW International Open winner Fabrizio Zanotti has suffered a head injury while competing in the opening round of the KLM Open. Zanotti obviously could not be moved and thus forced play to be suspended in the event being played on the Kennemer course in Zandvoort. It is understood Zanotti was on the 16th fairway at the time, or the seventh hole of his round, when he was hit on the forehead by a drive from Frenchman Alexandre Kaleka who was hitting off the 14th hole. Blood was immediately ...

Many of Europe’s leading golfers headed by the Open Championship winning duo of Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke have withdrawal symptoms at the thought of boarding a flight into outer space as the prize for an ace at this week’s KLM Open. There’s been prizes of a gleaming new motor vehicle, as we saw last week in Switzerland when England’s Graeme Storm won the keys to a BMW sports coupe. As well, we’ve seen hole-in-one prizes of houses, jewellery, watches and champers, and in one mini ...

Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club’s pairing of Mike MacDonald and John Jack are celebrating after producing a superb better-ball score of 63 (9 under par) to storm to a four-shot victory in today’s Belhaven Best Captains & Secretaries Championship final at Crail’s Craighead Links. Mike, who is Club Secretary, and Match and Handicap convener John, dovetailed to perfection as the Highland club took the title for the first time, finishing four shots clear of the Turnhouse duo of Douglas ...

Double Major winning Martin Kaymer has posted a rare photograph of his youth. Kaymer put a picture up on his Twitter page sent to him by his brother and with the caption:- Martin Kaymer ‏@MKaymer59  7hMy brother just send me that, to remind me how chubby I was   And there’s a pic of the surprise the German discovered when he opened his locker at the East Lake Golf Club and venue for this week’s season finale – the Tour Championship. Martin Kaymer @MKaymer59 · 6h Just ...

The stunning nine-hole Isle of Harris Golf Club played host to the Ryder Cup Trophy ahead of competition taking place later this month at Gleneagles. The Isle of Harris Golf Club was the very first club in the Western Isles to take part in the ClubGolf junior initiative. www.golfbytourmiss.com enjoyed visiting the Club last year and here is the link to our review of the course:- http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2013/09/isle-of-harris-golf-club-home-to-golfs-most-expensive-item-of-apparel/ And on our ...

It will be a special return to Celtic Manor for Graeme McDowell when he tees up in next week’s Wales Open. McDowell now joins fellow Gleneagles Ryder Cup stars in Jamie Donaldson, Thomas Bjorn, Victor Dubuisson, Stephen Gallacher and Lee Westwood in adding the event to the schedule and a week prior to teeing up in the Ryder Cup. Four years ago McDowell captured the event and then a few months later in 2010 became the hero of the European Team in defeating Hunter Mahan 3 & 1 in their Singles ...