Ryder Cup Golf Groups for Gleneagles...it's starting to kick off!

Haven't even published the options for the Ryder Cup yet and have so many clients keen to sign up to one of our self catering properties that we will use as a fully catered golfing venue for that week.

It'll be great to see so many of our clients coming in to town at one time for this event!

The website is currently under construction but we'll post the Ryder Cup options as soon as we can. 

Last Sunday at Gleneagles

Played the last medal of the season at Gleneagles and stopped to take this photo of the Starter's box at the first tee of the PGA Centenary course.  Nothing like playing on a day like this.

Portugal Annual Golf Trip

Dinner with the guys and antics to follow!

A day at Turnberry

Dusk at Turnberry, two four balls coming down the 18th in the Ailsa Course.  This was the hole renamed after the Open in which Tom Watson beat Jack Nicklaus on the 18th.  Just as the group were putting out, there was a short 45 second downpour and with the sun setting out to sea, this rainbow formed perfectly over the hotel.  It was the only rain that the golfers saw for the whole round and three of them asked to play the course with me the following day which we duly did.  Because of the amount of rain this year in Scotland, all the links courses have really green fairways which is unusual for these courses making them play a little longer....oops! if you are short off the tee!

Day out at Gleneagles

Gleneagles

A day out for the Links Club boss, his wife Nikki and daughter Sophie.   Out at the Dormy House at Gleneagles for a Saturday lunch before Sophie travelled back home to London.

The food was great and we met up with some old clients from London and also some fellow members. When the sun shines we all come out to play. The weather was fabulous and we had a great view out on to the 18th of both the Kings and the Queens.

The sign showed the way to the courses but as we stood here we could see a sign of our own and that was the clouds gathering...literally....moving slowly up from the south east.

You can see in this picture the clouds gathering...about half an hour after we left, the course was flooded and also the very same Dormy house we were in was also struggling with a flood in the bag store, such was the ferocity of the down pour.

Day 1 of the MacMillan Tour

The MacMillan party line up for their first round of golf with as much of their cold weather gear on as was humanly possible. A typical introduction for a windy round of golf on Royal Troon's second course.

For us Scotsman it was not terrible but for these plucky Canadians this was a cold start to the tour!  They all soon warmed up for their first strike of the ball in Scotland.

The afternoon brought the gang out on to the Championship course and with the sun beginning to make its first appearance later in the afternoon, it was time to see how the boys struck the ball off the tee...and they all performed well with the sea and the beach threatening on the right hand side....no one went for a swim! Nice swing!!  Great pose...who is that pro on the tee?

Putting mania on the 16th green with mixed results, however it was duly noted that the entire group took no time at all to speed through the hole and onto the tricky par 3 17th, into a still strong wind, with one of the golfers in the 2nd group getting a two after a magnificent shot to 3 feet.

The sun had eventually come out but it was still a little chilly.

The boys then took off with me to Troon marina to eat in Scotts restaurant and it was here that I first encountered the amazing dessert eating exploits of the team leader, Greg!!!!  The fastest dessert eater in Scotland and Canada, little did I know there was more to come on that issue.

A late return to Wilding's saw half of the gang stay up socialising until the small hours of the morning.!!!!!

Great stamina!!