With the honeymoon continuing for Shane Lowry and Royal Portrush, I was pleasantly surprised to hear of a new course being built at Rosapenna in Donegal, Ireland. There is great golf in this quadrant of Ireland and now links golf will be added by this esteemed American course architect. Rosapenna, Ballyliffin, Narin and Portnoo and…
Kudos to One Ocean Expeditions in teaching me a new way to enjoy a golf trip by offering an Eastern Canadian golf cruise. You can land with rubber boots and rough weather gear after a choppy, 15 minute Zodiac ride and a short bus ride. How fun is that? The line-up of Cabot Links, Cabot…
No, this is not a new 50’s style band. However, Rory and hopefully the Raptors can sing Queen’s, “We are the Champions”. There was a love fest this past weekend in Hamilton for Rory. He flirted with 59 on the last day and “only” settled with a final round 61. Canadians enthusiastically cheered for him…
Cabot resides in Inverness. Not the capital of the Scottish Highlands where I just returned from visiting and playing with hickory golfers. No, Inverness in New Scotland or what we know as Nova Scotia. Cabot Links. Cabot Cliffs. The only two true links golf courses in Canada are now ranked in the top 100 in…
“We saw a bear at Nicklaus North this week”. I smiled with the thought of this truly Canadian golf experience. Garry and Rosemary were our guests for dinner travelling on a two month golf trip from Hawaii to Seattle and throughout Western Canada. The friendly Australians enjoyed Hotel Eldorado in Kelowna overlooking Lake Okanagan. Garry…
Individuals may specifically travel to Scotland to enjoy links golf, fine whiskies, castles and hiking trails but good weather does not fall in this category. I experienced sun then hail on back to back holes on beautiful Royal Dornoch. People forewarn you that four seasons of weather change in one day happens and it is…
Our golf group in Scotland, including hickory players, set up a Ryder Cup format for our last day at historic Prestwick. I volunteered to be an American as we had an imbalance. After defeating Billy in our singles match, we finished tied. Was I a traitor to my Canadian comrades? I didn’t chant USA! USA!…
Since I am hosting a Scottish golf trip next week with Canadians and Americans, whisky tasting is on. Lagavulin Whisky or Dalmore Whisky. Now if I was venturing to Ireland then it would be whiskey. Bushmills, Jameson Whiskey. People can make the mistake with the “e” and it can ruffle feathers. There is Canadian Club…
While admiring Tiger’s win at the Masters, I also eyed which players kept the pin in while putting. In our recent annual secret golf trip to Utah, our group of good friends left the pin in while putting throughout the four rounds. Hmmm…we did not discuss this beforehand on what our choices would be. We…
Two hours north of Las Vegas sits a great golf destination in St. George, Utah. We sampled lava rock holes at Entrada, beautiful red rock mountain sights at Sand Hollow , and the Ledges and we drove an hour to Wolf Creek in Mesquite, Nevada. Wow, this is spectacular, hard and 6 hours. And then…