Friday, October 01, 2004

 

Foxy

I was going to move on to Cruden Bay.
But then remembered one of joys of travelling is doing the months of research, especially if it's going to be a trip of a lifetime.
And so if you're planning on playing Royal Dornoch there's two people you should be very aware of and a famous hole.
That way when you talk to the locals they'll know you've taken the trouble to do your homework.

"I have not played golf with anyone, man or woman, amateur or professional, who made me feel so utterly outclassed," said Jones."It was not so much the score she made as the way she made it. It was impossible to expect that Miss Wethered would ever miss a shot -- and she never did."

Yes that was THE Bobby Jones talking about Joyce Wethered who spent many a summer in Dornoch.

And then there's Donald Ross - a greenkeeper who emigrated to the United States and laid out hundreds of golf courses

And the hole is called Foxy
'Foxy', the famous 14th, was considered by Harry Vardon to be the most natural hole in golf, snaking first left and then right to a plateau green,which will hold only the most sweetly struck long iron shot.

And just case you missed it when you went to the web link.

This piece of advice.

Go in June and the memories will be of glorious yellow gorse, radiant blue sea and fast, true greens.

But remember that although the sea is a radiant blue. It's temperature could mean you also turn blue with the cold if you care to go for a dip.



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