So what say ye, guys? Got a pick? If you were planning a golf trip to Scotland, any of these on your absolute must-play list?
BTW, winners will be announced in November at Turnberry Resort.
]]>Charles, if you’re reading this (and I’m pretty sure you are), on behalf of the entire golf industry, STOP SAYING THAT!
If word gets out, 99.52% of all golfers on the planet just might give up the game.
Fact is, with the right attitude, with the right friends and with the right beverages, golf is a blast, even if you suck.
I’m living proof.
(BTW, if you DO suck, check out the golf tips at GolfInstruction.com. It’s never too late, Hacker.)
]]>Checking it out, I see where “the month of May is Scotland’s Whisky Month and sees our two biggest whisky festivals come alive as several of Speyside’s beautiful towns welcome The Spirit of Speyside Festival and Inveraray Castle opens its doors for The Spirit of the West Festival.”
Looking over the release A) has me looking at my watch and reckoning it’s 5:00 somewhere, and B) thinking about a trip combining the best of whisky and golf in Scotland.
For more, check out “Scotland’s Whisky Trail: Root of the barley in the home of golf” at ScotlandGolf.com, and “Speyside Golf Whisky Trail is one of a kind” at GolfEurope.com.
(BTW, whether you’re a whisky drinker or not, you can find some outstanding Scotland golf vacation packages here.)
Also, check out our latest episode of the “TravelGolf.com This Week” podcast to hear Dave Berner’s interview with Pete McDaniel.
]]>If you want to chime and and show your support, cast a vote at www.golfin2016.org.
“This survey is designed to provide a compelling data point for Golf in 2016,” I’m told.
]]>A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a Year. That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon. Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid.
Thanks, Elliot!
(By the way, Elliot’s also been posting some great reviews of golf courses on our sites, including Greg Norman’s El Camaleon Golf Course in Mexico, Bethpage Black in New York, Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club near Cancun and Coyote Hills Golf Course near L.A.)
]]>But I did want to ask if anyone still doubts my prediction from September of 2005 when I took heat for calling John a funny, loveable buffoon and predicted that years from now, as he’s dragging his oxygen tank around the track on Champions Tour, his career win total will look an awful lot like it does right now. You can read it here.
]]>Tim Rosaforte will announce The Rosies, his annual year-end award winners from the 2008 golf season tomorrow and Sunday on The Golf Channel’s “Sprint Post Game” (6 p.m. EST) and “Golf Central” (9:30 p.m. EST) programs.
Categories include:
* Player of the Year
* Shot of the Year
* Tournament of the Year
* Surprise of the Year
* Moment (Snapshot) of the Year
* Putt of the Year
* Newsmaker of the Year
* Breakout Player of the Year
But let’s hear it - who are your picks, guys?
]]>We just rolled out another improvement there: reader course rankings.
You can rank and review your favorite golf courses in Scotland by simply finding them in the ScotlandGolf.com course guide at www.scotlandgolf.com/scotlandgolfcourses. On each course listing, you’ll find a possible five stars and a link that says “Submit your rating.”
You can also scroll down each listing to the “Reader Ratings / Reviews” section to see what other golfers have to say about the course.
To get an idea of what I’m talking about, see one of the latest reviews posted, of Murcar Golf Links near Aberdeen.
So tell us (and other golfers) what you think. Ever play the Old Course at St. Andrews? What about Royal Dornoch or Inverness - are they worth the trip up into the Highlands? Is Cruden Bay too gimmicky? How’d you do playing Carnoustie?
]]>The LPGA just released its first-ever list of The 50 Best Teachers and naturally Beverly made the cut. Members of each of the five LPGA Teaching and Club Professional sections did the voting and Beverly was named among the Western Section’s best. Click here to see what teachers in your area made the list.
You can read Beverly’s golf blog here. And to contact her for lessons, click here.
]]>With their Tiger study done, you have to assume these guys are out looking for work. Budweiser ought to bring ‘em on board to study John Daly’s sweat. Us golfers know beer and golf go together like Greg Norman and Chris Evert.
In fact, forget studying his sweat, I say just bottle it. With Big John’s fan appeal (and ability to produce tremendous amounts of perspiration), you have to know it would make some serious money for Bud - and it’d be a product like nothing else on the market. Except maybe Bud Light.
(BTW, Tim McDonald just ripped his fellow golf writers for piling on Daly. Let the record reflect, however, that I was calling Daly a buffoon long before calling him a buffoon was cool.)
]]>Folks who have been following these blogs for awhile, though, will surely remember the last time Baldwin borrowed a pair and tried to take on the golf instruction community, even going so far as to write that golf instructors are the modern-day equivalent of snake-oil salesmen or chiropractors (which, of course, made the PGA set apoplectic.
At the time, I considered docking Chris’ pay (didn’t, though, I did bench him for three straight company softball games) but instead ended up ordering him to take a golf lesson. Anyone who’s seen Chris golf lately knows how much effort he put into that.
But back to Beverly’s far-too-polite smack-down of Chris. In it, she writes to Chris, “if you are ever in the San Diego area, come see me for a driver lesson.”
I know I’m probably wasting my time here, but Chris has again gone too far. Baldwin, consider this an edict from the castle:
I am ordering you to get together for a lesson with Beverly the next time you’re playing golf in San Diego.
And none of your “Can’t, I gotta interview The Donald“ or “Would do, but I’m golfing with Johnny Drama“ or “I’m hanging with Bob Ladouceur“ excuses, either, Baldwin.
You can contact Beverly here.
]]>PS: Got a golf or sports blog I should be reading? Let me know.
]]>“These team games are meant to foster good relations but instead are often hi-jacked by those competing or watching as an opportunity to teach someone a lesson. Has it become so ugly that representing your country or continent or part of the world is more important than what the founders of our great game envisaged?”
PS: Got a golf or sports blog I should be reading? Let me know.
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