7 March 1744 – Why Is It Such An Important Date In Golfing History? Sunday is the 7th March which is not particularly significant this year. However, If you look back 277 years, you may find that it is probably the most important date in the history of golf. Why? Well, it’s the date when …
Winter Golf In Scotland – Here’s Our 17 Point Checklist! Winter golf in Scotland has many benefits – you can, at times, have the course to yourself, you can get around a lot quicker, green fees can be 30-70% cheaper than summer time, to name a few. However, whenever playing winter golf on any …
What is the North East 250? www.NorthEast250.com The North East 250 is a circular driving (or cycling /walking) route in the North East of Scotland. The route can be done clockwise from Aberdeen heading west along to Braemar, then head north up to the Moray coast at Spey Bay; from there you head along to …
The Isle of Arran lies off Scotland’s Ayrshire coast and is one of the easiest islands to access from the mainland. A fleeting 24 hour visit, over 20 years ago, was now a distant memory. I’d been reminded that there are so many things to do on Arran, including golf, that I felt a return …
Machrihanish courses are worth the journey …so is the gem at Dunaverty The aim was to get around 5 golf courses in Kintyre in 3 days! Throw in a few historic sights, some distillery tours, artisan producers, a few hundred miles driving, a ferry journey and it would be fair to say, it was going …
Gleneagles is a special place. I’ve thought that ever since I was 4 years old! Let me explain – as a kid, my holidays were spent golfing at Taymouth Castle on the edge of Loch Tay in Perthshire. To get there from Edinburgh, we would drive through Glen Devon and passed Gleneagles. We would do …
The Rules of Golf – 275 Years Old Today The 7th of March 1744 is a significant date in the world of golf, as it’s the date when the first rules of golf were introduced. There were 13 of them in total, handwritten on 2 sheets of paper. This made me wonder how many rules …
Welcome to my third post on Winter Golf in Scotland and my final blog of the year!! This week, I take a look at what discounted green fee offers there are at the links and coastal courses in East Lothian, the Scottish Borders, South West Scotland and Ayrshire. In today’s post, there are several Open Championship …
