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St Andrews New Course Yard Sale Bunker

St Andrews Old Course has many famous bunkers. There’s Shell Bunker, Hell Bunker… and of course the most famous bunker in all of golf, the Road Hole Bunker. But on the St Andrews NEW Course (1895), did you know about…

Wee Breeze at Scotland’s Royal Aberdeen Golf Club

Video highlight from the back nine at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in northeastern Scotland. No, the beauty swing you see isn’t mine. It’s my lad Shanego. Nice little windmill serves as a backdrop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6GkZi6VVc

Category: Miscellaneous

Yum! Haggis Flavored Crisps (Chips for Us in the USA)

I have a new favorite kind of crisps (known as chips here in the USA). Yes, on my recent Scotland trip I enjoyed some haggis and cracked black pepper flavored potato crisps! For those who don’t know what haggis is:…

Midnight Putting at Cruden Bay, Scotland

The Lads of Scotland (my golf buddies who converge in Scotland biannually) have a very fun tradition we’ve indulged in each of the (now) three times we’ve golfed in Scotland, midnight putting. The event usually follows 36 holes of golf,…

Category: Site News

New Blogstation

It has been seven years, tens of thousands of photos, and probably millions of words written since I bought my 2009 Apple Macbook Pro 17 laptop. That’s the single greatest tool I have for blogging, other than the two remaining…