Caddie Golf Tours

I received an invitation in the post this morning to a private viewing of Scotland's national sport "The Art of Golf". The exhibition is being held at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh on the 10th July which coincides with the first days golf at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club of the Scottish Open. I think we will make the wee trip to Edinburgh an overnight stay and include some good food, a glass of wine or two and some art. Excellent.

This is the Visit Scotland video that will be shown in the cinema, a wee bit longer.

Great news announced today that the Scottish Open will be based at Castle Stuart Golf Links for the next three years, taking over from Loch Lomond. Here are some photographs of this new links, based a few miles east of Inverness, that I took when I had the opportunity to play it in September 2009. The fabulous Art Deco designed clubhouse at Castle Stuart Golf Links. The facilities offer the golfer a truly top class experience prior to and then after your round. The first tee hard against the lapping waves of the Moray Firth on your right. The various tee positions of the Par5 2nd hole. Boyne playing out of the greenside bunker on the Par5 2nd hole. The Par4 third and the last hole of the front nine with the water and beach on your right. The fourth hole and first Par3 playing to a tiered green with the lovely backdrop of Castle Stuart. A delightful view of the Par5 6th green from the 5th tee and the now elevated section of the course. Fairway bunker on th...

The Scottish Open begins this coming Thursday, 8th July, so I'll be heading across to Loch Lomond Golf Club early tomorrow morning to visit the Tournament Office and get my name registered on the caddie list.  The beautiful setting of the par3 11th green on Loch Lomond GC  The course is only 30 minutes drive from my village and with the Old Course closed due to the staging of the 150th Open Championship in 10 days it will offer a good diversion and with a wee bit of luck a job caddying for the practice rounds and then the tournament.