Does anyone know the best place to go to Scotland to get a real sense of history, the earth and the people – not golf.
If you have time there are many places to visit in Scotland: Edinburgh – Glasgow's history – for shopping and architecture Highlands – to admire the scenery and tranquility (and whiskey) Islands – to beauty (really awesome!) (and whiskey) Oban – a city spa Regal Ben Nevis – To climb the highest mountain in the UK
Scotland Homecoming 2009
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Duel in the Sun: Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the Battle of Turn $24.00 In the rest of the world, they call it the Open Championship. Americans call it the British Open, but if any tournament is considered the battle for the world championship of golf, it is the one held annually on the great links courses of Scotland and England, the birthplace of the game. By the time the 1977 Open came to Turnberry on Scotland’s west coast, Jack Nicklaus had established himself as… |
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The Seventh at St. Andrews: How Scotsman David McLay Kidd and His Ragtag Band Built the First New Course onGolf’s Holy Soil in Nearly a Century $1.29 The Castle Course: How Scotsman David McLay Kidd and His Ragtag Band Built the First New Course on Golf’s Holy Soil in Nearly a Century. Scott Gummer. When Scotland’s storied St. Andrews Links Trust decided to build a seventh golf course, scheduled to open in 2008, the well-known architect of Oregon’s Bandon Dunes, David McLay Kidd, was commissioned. Author Scott Gummer chronicles the days in the … |
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The Secret History of Golf in Scotland $14.57 This story about golf takes place in 16th Century Scotland and is inspired by the earliest historical records about “the greatest game”. In it Ian MacPherson, a dirt poor farmer and so-so golfer, decides he must win his town’s annual golfing tournament or face financial ruin. Galbraith, the Scottish Laird who rules the area, has financial problems of his own and also has designs on the tournamen… |
