“This Asian man who spoke only broken English actually thought that his “practice round badge” actually allowed him to “play a practice round” at Augusta National.  One of the grounds maintenance guys (others in the background) actually stopped and took the picture.  You can see that I am struggling to restrain from laughing totally out loud.  My partner, is not in the picture because he is actually just out of the left side of the frame rolling from laughter in the pine straw, from laughter.”

About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

Congratulations to Mr. George Burlingston for his spot on prediction in our “Predict the Majors” game that 272 would win this year’s Masters. He credits an accurate weather report for his success and true enough, conditions were ideal for the 4th lowest total in Masters history! Mr. Burlingston is the first of four eventual winners in our game to correctly predict the winning total for each of this years majors. He will receive a Royal Bank of Scotland five pound note commemorating Jack Nicklaus’ career and his final British Open appearance in 2005 at St Andrews. Mr. Burlingston and a guest are also invited to join PerryGolf at the 2010 Ryder Cup for $2,720 per person (10x the Masters score) which represents a $5,550 savings for two people!

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I was delighted to read that common sense has apparently prevailed with Sport Scotland finally awarding the Isle of Harris Golf Club in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland £64,000 to assist them in the improving of their golf course.  This is a golf course that Nick Faldo, who played the course in the early Nineties before heading for the US Masters, described as “one of the most beautiful settings for golf” and a “paradise” on a fine day.  The members still annually play for the “Faldo Fiver”.

Astonishingly, although this community club which plays an extremely important role in island life, had satisfied all other criteria for sportscotland funding, they were earlier denied it simply because the course, in common with many facilities on the Isle of Harris, was closed on a Sunday to mark the widely religious belief on the island that the Sabbath should be duly recognized.  Bizzarely, the politically correct animals at Sport Scotland took the view this meant the club was not “equally available to all” and accordingly denied the application.   But finally, some 18 months later, sense at last!
 

About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+