Digesting Scottish Success




Ru Macdonald - Scottish Golf Podcast show

Summary: Golf Digest Have Royal Dornoch Top Scot In a week where another set of rankings were released a common theme has appeared.Here is the breakdown of all 14 Scottish golf course entries; Royal Dornoch 7 Old Course, St Andrews 8 Muirfield 9 Turnberry Ailsa 19 Carnoustie 31 Kingsbarns 50 Trump International 56 Machrihanish 57 North Berwick 65 Cruden Bay 70 Royal Aberdeen 73 Royal Troon 76 Castle Stuart 87 Loch Lomond 90 A staggering 62 golf courses in Golf Digest's 100 World Greatest Golf Courses are untouchable to the average visiting golfer. In this episode of the podcast this mind-blowing statistic is discussed. In Other News Old Tom makes his red carpet debut in a movie all about his relationship with his son Tommy. The 'keeper of the greens' amazing story is being produced by Jason Connery, son of James Bond star Sean and filming is due to start in Scotland this spring. Read About it The fifth oldest golf course in the world, 452 year old Montrose Golf Links is finally being protected by the harsh elements of the North sea. This Old Tom designed course has for many years being eroding into the sea. Efforts are now in place to prevent further erosion having further detrimental impacts on this old age links. Read About it Henrick Stenson is set to be the latest golfing superstar to commit to the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen. The world number 3 believes this fantastic links would be perfect preparation for the British Open at Royal Liverpool. Read About it