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Gleneagles Launches August And September Golf Offer ENJOY THE UK & IRELAND’S #1 GOLF RESORT Gleneagles Gleneagles, the iconic Scottish hotel and global luxury destination, has announced a special welcome back stay-and-play package, ‘Tee it up’, to inspire golfing aficionados to experience the award-winning ‘Glorious Playground’ throughout August and September. Golfers taking advantage of the […]
Glenmor Your very own piece of the playground. This year and every year Come home to Glenmor this year and every year. A collection of beautifully designed two, three, or four bedroom homes in a peaceful village setting beneath the Ochil Hills, Glenmor blends all the adventures of our glorious playground with the space and […]
MEL Reid brought her inspirational golfing story to life in a fascinating web chat with the current England squads and coaches. The 32-year-old LPGA rookie became the latest professional to offer insight and advice through an online Q&A. Reid came through the England Golf ranks and won back-to-back English Girls Championships in 2004-5. The two-time […]
SCOTTISH pro Heather MacRae celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing her cancer ordeal. Almost exactly a year ago to the day, MacRae’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Since then, she has gone on to win the 2019 Women’s PGA Professional Championship – held just two weeks before her […]
Hickory Dickory Dock As First Event Played ‘In Memory Of’ The Great James Braid World’s best hickory players come together to compete in the first Scottish Hickory Tour since 1930 First event played ‘in memory of’ the great James Braid The world’s best hickory players are coming together next month to compete in the first […]
FROM England’s south coast to the Perthshire hills, the finalists of the BIGGA Awards 2020 have once again shown what talented and passionate greenkeeping teams can achieve, when supported by the clubs where they work. The BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition will be taking place once again at the Harrogate Convention Centre later this month. More […]
NICOLAS Colsaerts will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Amundi Open de France after a Saturday round of 67 took him to 13-under, at Le Golf National. The big-hitting Belgian claimed the last of his two European Tour titles in 2012, the same season he was part of the famous Miracle […]
SOLHEIM Cup winner Suzann Pettersen announced she is to retire for competitive golf after a sparkling professional career spanning two decades. Moments after holing the birdie putt that secured Europe’s victory in the 16th Solheim Cup, the 38-year-old Norwegian, confirmed she would be hanging up her clubs with immediate effect. “That’s it, I’m done,” she […]
Europe Win 2019 Solheim Cup In Scotland Sunday 15 September, 2019 – Europe won The Solheim Cup for the first time since 2013 after an incredible finish to the final day singles, which ended with Suzann Pettersen holing the decisive putt on the 18th green to send the thousands of fans into raptures. Team USA […]
EUROPE will take a narrow one point lead into the second day of the 16th Solheim Cup at the PGA Centenary course at Gleneagles. The home team are 4½-3½ in front heading into the second series of foursomes and fourballs. But it is the American team who have momentum on their side after a dramatic […]
Solheim Cup Day 1: Europe 41/2 – 31/2 USA Europe edged a thrilling opening day of The 2019 Solheim Cup which ended 4½-3½ after a tense afternoon fourballs session at Gleneagles on Friday. On a day which began with the biggest and loudest first tee ever seen at a Solheim Cup, Europe claimed the opening […]
THE Ladies European Tour’s TRISTAN JONES and PHIL INGLIS have been capturing the best shots from the official practice days at the 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles… with the players and the crowds making a very colourful spectacle even before a ball has even been struck… We will be bringing you the best action from […]
SUZANN Pettersen has never been afraid to speak her mind but this week she may have to let her clubs do the talking after losing her voice in the lead up to match. “My golf game is in great shape,” Pettersen croaked while attending a press conference ahead of Thursday’s opening ceremony. “But my voice […]
SISTERS Jessica and Nelly Korda will create a slice of Solheim Cup history when they play together in the Friday Foursomes over the PGA Centenary course at Gleneagles. Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam were the first sisters to be named together on a Solheim Cup team in 1998 – but they did not play alongside each […]
THE Golf Foundation is celebrating girls’ golf in style during this week’s Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, while supporting the iconic match between Europe and the USA, which starts on Friday. For the whole week, the Golf Foundation team will be highlighting the positive steps taken by its supporters to grow the game for girls. It […]
SCOTLAND’S Hannah Darling sees no reason why Team Europe cannot beat the USA for the first time in 12 years in this week’s PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Americans have won four of the last five editions – 2011 resulted in a 12-12 tie – but the 16-year-old Edinburgh golfer believes home advantage and strong […]
THREE of England’s most talented young players will represent their country at the World Junior Girls’ Championship, to be played in Canada at the end of September. Annabell Fuller, Lily May Humphreys and Mimi Rhodes will make the trip across the Atlantic after representing Europe in the 2019 PING Junior Solheim Cup match at Gleneagles, […]
SOMERSET’S Mimi Rhodes, Essex’s Lily May Humphreys and Surrey’s Annabell Fuller have all been included in the European team to face the United States of America in next month’s PING Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles. Seventeen-year-old Rhodes, from Burnham & Berrow, earned an automatic place on the team having finished in the top-six on the […]
EUROPEAN vice-captain Suzann Pettersen is gunning for a Solheim Cup pick and will tee up in this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open looking to impress captain Catriona Matthew. Pettersen and Matthew played together in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational three weeks ago, which was Pettersen’s first start in 20 months, following the […]
Glenmor Your very own piece of the playground. This year and every year Come home to Glenmor this year and every year. A collection of beautifully designed two, three, or four bedroom homes in a peaceful village setting beneath the Ochil Hills, Glenmor blends all the adventures of our glorious playground with the space and […]
