This week our guest for a Greenside Chat is Euan Loudon, Chief Executive of the St Andrews Links Trust – the charitable trust that manages the largest public golf complex in Europe while upholding the spirit and legacy of the game. Euan discusses the history of golf in St Andrews, the role of the St Andrews Links Trust, and some fascinating memories along the way.
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This week our guest for a Greenside Chat is Michael Murphy, General Manager at Waterville Golf Links – an outstanding test of golf located on the Ring of Kerry in Southwest Ireland and where a life-sized statue pays tribute to Payne Stewart. Michael discusses the Club’s history and deep heritage while recounting some special memories along the way.
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This week our guest for a Greenside Chat is Shelley Duncan, Director of Golf at Otago Golf Club – the oldest Club in the Southern Hemisphere, located on New Zealand’s South Island. Shelley discusses the Club’s history and deep heritage, as well as her unique journey along the way.
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It always amazes me when I get to these curious and fascinating parts of the world where great golf courses have been built in fun environments, and you kind of pinch yourself wondering, how did we get here? I think you will be absolutely intrigued by this week’s Greenside Chat with Frode Hov, owner of Norway’s spectacular Lofoten Links found 95 miles above the Arctic Circle in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
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Given that ordinarily, we would be in the midst of a Major week of links golf with The Open, sometimes referred to as The British Open or The Open Championship, it only seems fitting that our guest for this week’s Greenside Chat is Ken Goodwin, longtime Secretary of Prestwick Golf Club. Ken shares some of his fondest memories at Prestwick and helps us discover some of the mystique that surrounds the first ever Club to have hosted The Open (1860).
Read more “A Greenside Chat: The Story of the First Club to Host The Open ~ Prestwick Golf Club”