Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’

Brandon Tucker's 2009 travel schedule was especially strong, with trips to Thailand, Costa Del Sol in Spain, Alberta's Canadian Rockies and Scotland's rich East Lothian region. Check out his 2009 travel awards, including the best course of which he'd never heard, the best day trip and, just maybe, the world's best club sandwich. ...
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Peru Municipal Golf Course in north-central Indiana might well remind well traveled golfers of those eccentric little Old World tracks dotting the landscape in places like Scotland and Ireland.
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The third edition of the Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV has 18 holes in the books. For most of the day, 14-year-old amateur Alexis Thompson (34-31) led the field after her career-low 7-under-par 65. However, with Thompson in the clubhouse, Scotland's 36-year-old Janice Moodie started her day and, also, made it a career-low round with her 8-under-par 64 (34-30).
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Scottish golf course designer David McLay Kidd's newest effort, Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club, is getting poor reviews from WorldGolf.com readers. It's too difficult, they say, full of enough blind shots to drive a golfer crazy. "This course just doesn't cut it," one reader said.
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Turnberry Resort's crown jewel is the famous Ailsa Course, a regular Open Championship host and considered one of the most scenic links in Britain. It's also synonymous with one of golf's most famous matches, the "Duel in the Sun" between Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson at the 1977 Open, when Watson won by a stroke. ...
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More than 20 golf courses, including some of the world's oldest and most praised, make up the small council area of East Lothian between Musselburgh and Dunbar, just east of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. Dunbar Golf Club and North Berwick Golf Club are just two of the great rounds of golf here. ...
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What does it mean when a golf course architect combines a "new school" design with an appreciation for Scotland's legendary courses? For starters, it means 76 bunkers in many different shapes and sizes. It also means doglegs, water hazards, native grasses and trees, which is what architect Steve Smyers managed to get just right at Tamahka Trails in Louisiana. ...
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Documents prove golf was played on Musselburgh Links in 1672, though it's believed Mary, Queen of Scots was hitting it around here as early as 1567. Today, the course stands the test of time with a collection of wonderful links holes that play a par-34, 2,874 yards for nine holes. Rent a set of vintage hickory clubs; playing with "titanium cannons," as the club ...
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