St Andrews Golf Vacations - St Andrews University Honouring Golf Legends

We were delighted to attend St Andrews University who were Honouring Golf Legends, Nick Faldo, Peter Thompson and Peter Alliss. Laura Davies was also honoured but was unable to attend

We managed to get a few photographs of the event and even managed to also meet Bruce Forsyth who is no mean golfer himself !


PRESS RELEASE
Four of the biggest names in world golf have been awarded degrees by Scotland's oldest university, St Andrews University to mark the beginning of the 134th Open Championship.

Players Nick Faldo, Laura Davies and Peter Thomson have been honoured by St Andrews University, along with BBC commentator Peter Alliss. The golfers joined several other stars of the sport to be honoured by the university, including Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Colin Montgomerie and Seve Ballesteros.

Peter Alliss was one of Britain's leading professionals but is now best known as a broadcaster for ABC in the US and the BBC in Europe.

Nick Faldo won 30 times on the European Tour, six times on the USPGA Tour and has six majors to his name while Laura Davies was the first woman ever to win all three major golfing tournaments in one year during the 1980s.

Peter Thomson, an Australian, is regarded as one of the world's best links golfers.


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Do Golf Course managers clone T-shirts? exclusive

While looking back to the sunny fairways of Gleneagles where we held our Charity event a couple of weeks ago I noticed something odd about Barrie Liddell (Golf Manager Scotscraig - Open Qualifying Course) and Colin McLeods (Carnousties Golf manager - British Open venue 2007) dress sense




Even the trousers match, rumour has it they used to work together too, the mind boggles!

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Gleneagles Charity Golf Day news and thanks you's

At the end of the day the Charity Golf day, wasn't really about Golf, it was created to raise funds for a project I am 100% behind and support, the Baghdad Orphanage

Around £5000 was raised and will help Ahmad Rustam get the first 5 innocent child victims into the Orphanage within the month of July



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The prizegiving began - trophies sponsored by 'The Barber's Pole' were presented to the winners with prizes

3rd Prize - went to my good friend and fellow teammate Richard Mitusch - Points 37 Carnoustie Story, signed by author Donald Ford - sponsored by Colin Mcleod, Carnoustie Golf Links

2nd Prize - Brian Brodie 38 points - Wine Sponsored by Syd Littleford

1st Prize - John Clarke 38 points (won on countback) - who won a day of golf for 2 sponsored kindly by Sheelagh at the Old Course experience

Nearest the pin - 3 ft on the 10th Won by Colin Hynd 4 ball on Dukes Championship Golf Course St Andrews sponsored by Jason Schellenberg Old Course Hotel Golf Manager

Longest drive on the 14th won by David McKean- 4 ball on Scotscraig sponsored by Barry Liddlle Golfing Secretary Scotscraig Golf Club

Winning team was (gulp) St Andrews Golf Vacations - 83 Points - best 2 stableford scores per hole- 4 Ball on Gleneagles

Joyce Falconer, after serving Clootie dumplins and whisky and posing for fo'ti's ! did a little bit of squeezybox entertainment with some good old fashioned Scottish humour thrown in for good measure !

We had an auction after this with some outstanding items donated including a stay in a 4 star hotel in France with 3 rounds of golf, wine, clothing and much more...

All in all a very enjoyable day was had by all

It wouldn't seem right not to mention a few 'thank you's' to the people who made this event possible in the first place.




Alan Pryke - Created a webpage and site for the event and project, for making a meal and getting his friends to pay £500 for it ! For making us VIP Tickets for the event, making posters and brochures. Alan is one of the unsung hero's in life who do things without looking for any thanks, but sometimes is nice to receive a thank you !

Gwen Brock/ Kedren Turner - Gleneagles - For helping us put the finishing touches to the event and answering dozens of emails !

Joyce Falconer - For being a wonderful person and a role model. Helping on the 10th tee and first class act in the Gleneagles Suite !

Arlene Cooke - Helped over the months promote the event and raise funds, helped Joyce on the 10th tee with our Daughter Leigh (aged 5) Very lucky to have her as my wife

Arthur Murray - Grahams dad, helped set up 'Book in' at the Dormay Suite and kept things running on the 1st tee

Dollar Thrifty - Ex Thrifty Paul Mylett helped us get major Sponsorship of the Golf event - Scott Toward Rosemary Duffy for helping make the day a success

Frances Connelly - For getting us a couple of teams and promoting the event

John O'Mahoney - For getting us a couple of wonderful Auction prizes that raised well over £500

And to all the other sponsors of the event.........

and most of all the players, and the customers/ Staff of the Barbers Pole St Andrews

The companies aim is to make golf 'more affordable' and bring the 'fun' aspect back into life I believe we achieved this, and raised some much needed funds for those that are much less fortunate than ourselves

As irony would have it, the event was held exactly a year to the day since George Bush and Tony Blair and other G8 Members met at the same venue

Regards
Steve Cooke MD
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Tiger Woods showing off !

Shotts Golf Club Charity golf day

Another Charity Golf event we took part in was at Shotts Golf Club
Shotts is pretty much invetween Edinburgh and Glasgow just off the M8 Motorway

Rangers and Scotland great Tam Forsyth and Paul Mylett from Thrifty vehicle renatal, were myself and Graham Murrays playing partners for the day

A splendid time was had by all in good company, and most important of all, money was raised for a good cause


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