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Campbelltown – Scottish Pipe Bands & Great Kintyre Golf.
In between travelling for a first time to the island of Arran and making the journey to the Outer Hebrides we made a visit to Campbelltown.
It’s a Scottish town down towards the Mull of Kintyre and where we have travelled before and on this latest occasion we stopped over in August 2022 Scottish golfing visit.
Campbeltown is situated on the stunning peninsula of Kintyre, and the largest towns in Argyll. It’s a long drive from the main highway leading from Glasgow to the A-83 turnoff ...
Barra Island Golf Club – A Second Visit Was Truly Double The Pleasure
It was 2012 when I first visited the remote Isle of Barra golf course in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to return to the islands in 2015, 2016, 2019 and last year in August 2022, and when making a third visit to Barra.
Five visits .. Now is that not a strong recommendation?
The Isle of Barra course lays claim to the most westerly golf course in the UK. You can’t go any further west or you would arrive on the shores of Canada.
The golf course is ...
Knox Declares Pro Golf Landscape ‘Bit of a Joke’ But Backs Monahan & Praises McIlroy.
Scotland’s Russell Knox has labelled the present landscape the men’s pro golf a ‘bit of joke’ following on the latest news Joh Rahm has formally signed with LIV Golf.
Formal confirmation of Rahm’s reputed £550m deal is a massive boost for the Saudi-back league and now sees three of the last five major winners playing the rival LIV tour.
As well, we’ve had two of Rahm’s Rome Ryder Cup winning team-mates, firstly in Rory McIlroy sounding off at the DP World Tour that needs ...
Ferguson Again Battling Migraines In Having To WD From Dunhill C’DShip
Affable Scot Ewen Ferguson had ended his year on a double disappointing note with migraines forcing him out ahead of the second round of the year-ending Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.
Ferguson, 27, had battled his way through an opening 78 but still didn’t feel well ahead of his early morning second day tee-off on the Leopard Creek course at Malelane.
It’s a second time this year migraines has forced the Scot out of an event while adding to Ferguson’s poor South ...
Rose: ‘Jon’s (Rahm) A Huge Coup For LIV, Huge Blow For PGA Tour’.
Justin Rose could not have put in more bluntly declaring: “Jon’s a huge coup for LIV, a big blow for the PGA Tour”.
Rose was speaking amid almost certain assurance late afternoon US Eastern time that double major winning Jon Rahm has officially signed with LIV Golf.
There has been rumours for months the super Spaniard would be leaving to join good friend and fellow Masters winner Sergio Garcia at LIV, and the news is all but official.
The deal is believed to be worth around $560m ...
Jamieson Again Shows His Fondnes For The ‘Marriage’ Of Golf & Wildlife At Leopard Creek
Scott Jamieson continues to enjoy what he describs as the ‘marriage’ between golf and the local wildlife to be just two shots from the lead on the opening day of the Arnold Dunhill Championship in South Africa.
The Florida-based Scot posted a five-under 67 that included seven birdies to be just two shots off the lead held by South African Robin Williams on the host Leopard Creek course at Malelane, to the east of Joburg.
Though sticking out like the proverbial on Jamieson’s scorecard is a 15th ...
Amateur No. 1 Lamprecht Launches 418-Yard Drive Amost Exactly 24-Hours After R&A/USGA Golf Ball Ruling
It was close enough to exactly 24-hours to the hour since news of the joint USGA/R&A announcement and the 2028 start to ‘reeling-in’ the golf ball that reigning Amateur Champion and the No. 1 world-ranked amateur Christo Lamprecht launched a 418-yard down the last hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.
The 22-year-old South African then had just 126-yards to the pin though he took three shots for his birdie ‘4’ in his eventual round of a five-under-par 67 ...
