Holly Sonders Jumps To Fox Sports!
/Nice scoop by Martin Kaufman that Holly Sonders is leaving Golf Channel for Fox Sports
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
State Of The Game Podcast 42: The Other Tom Watson
/En route to the UK, I couldn’t be part of Episode 42 of State of the Game
Read More“That’s another Friday out of the way. Thank God."
/Some have seconditis, Rory has second rounditis.
Read MoreAzinger: Tiger Made Himself Worse Trying To Get Better
/John Strege with Paul Azinger's
Read MoreBirkdale: American Resurgence Continues, Wie Has Work To Do
/Ayako Uehara of Japan shot a four-under-par 68 to take the first round lead
Read MoreESPN's OTL Tackles Golf Addicts & Those That Tolerate Them
/The Open Championship always helps get ESPN's attention
Read MoreVideo: Phil Clips One Off The Royal Aberdeen Asphalt
/Alex Myers sets up up the
Read MoreDefinitive Video Evidence Surfaces Confirming Lack Of Synergy Between Pro Golfers And Segways
/Brandt Snedeker is just now finding his game again after
Read More"Eyebrows will be raised if the winning score at the Scottish Open is higher than that at the Open Championship"
/Because Royal Aberdeen is short by modern standards
Read MoreDavies On Caddies Lining Up Players: Time To End It
/Alasdair Reid on Laura Davies telling the assembled
Read MoreRanking Unveiled To Remind Us Olympic Golf Is Happening
/Rex Hoggard first broke it and now he
Read MoreButch's Stable Signs Off On Snedeker Addition To The Barn
/I'm not sure where this came from, but it's always fun to read of players
Read MoreYoungest Ever: 13-Year-Old Qualifies For U.S. Amateur
/The Buffalo News' Keith McShea on Will Thomson
Read MoreGetting Ready For Three Weeks Of Links Golf
/Thursday's kick-off of the Ricoh Women's British Open and the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will be followed by The Open and finally, the Senior British Open.
With the Ryder Cup headed to an inland Jack Nicklaus design, this is our first and only chance to soak up links golf. I set up the next three weeks in this Loop post and add some pithy lines from the great Bernard Darwin to whet your appetite. I also added this short post on the wackiest entrance drive I've ever seen, the one-lane road to Royal Aberdeen's next door neighbor, Murcar.
As for Royal Aberdeen's Balgownie course, it's a sensational links with a brutal outgoing nine and a more reasonable incoming nine that is marred slightly by a modified 12th green (Martin Hawtree) and a bland 17th hole. The penultimate hole is not poor, it's just that the club's shorter Silverburn course's sporty 17th sits next to the Balgownie 17th and easily could be confused as the hole you are supposed to go to after the 16th. I've included it at the tail end of this slideshow from 2012 when the course was especially lush from spring rains.
Coverage of the Scottish Open starts Thursday on Golf Channel in the U.S., with 90 minutes each weekend day airing on NBC.
NY Times On "Buyers Market" For Golf Course Purchases
/Sarah Max filed an interesting look
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