Final day of golf thirty six holes, North Berwick and Muirfield,
and some good Scottish weather to boot ! You could not get two more contrasting environments. North Berwick is another of my favourite places, they are friendly, welcoming and nothing is too much trouble to the club. Sam the starter/ranger is one of the most entertaining people you will meet on your travels. If you go in the clubhouse (and you should) Linda and Susan will make you welcome. The food is good and delivered with a smile, caps and mobile phones are not welcome.
Contrast this with Muirfield. There the driver is not allowed within one hundred yards of the golf club and woe betide any driver who dares to take his golfers to the gate ! If you stay for lunch you have to dress accordingly, jacket, shirt and tie etc. Fair play it is a great golf course but why would you want to go any place where are you treated as an inconvenience ? I'll show you the difference in the following paragraphs.
When we arrived at North Berwick we discovered that one of the caddies had phoned in to say he couldn't turn up as he had to attend a funeral. So Malcolm the starter phoned around to try and find a replacement. As hard as he tried he couldn't find a caddy. Then after a moments inspiration he realised that Catriona Matthew, who won the British Ladies Open last week was playing the course, who lives in the town. That meant her husband who caddied for her last week was sat at home, one phone call and Rob had Catrionas caddy carrying his bag. Now how cool is that ? Last week Gary was walking down the eighteenth at Royal Lytham with a two shot lead to win the Ladies Bitish Open, next week he will be at the Solhiem Cup. Meanwhile he caddies for Rob on a wet Friday in North Berwick.
Meanwhile to play Muirfield we had to be back at the Colonels House at 3pm, where the guys would be escorted to the course, be late at their peril. As our tee times at North Berwick were 10.22am and 10.36am things were going to be tight. So to help Susan in the clubhouse organised packed lunches for the guys. As things turned out play was slow and the weather appalling so I picked the guys up at the seventeenth tee.
Muirfield had insisted that the guys played in twoballs, so despite a 3.30pm
first tee of time all the guys were round the course in less than three hours. So instead of the planned takeaway for dinner I was able to get them a reservation at Bella Italia in North Berwick. The food was good but dinner was relatively quite due to tiredness. After dinner the guys went back to the house to watch the Tiger show on tv, better known as the USPGA, over here the coverage consists watching Tiger from A to Z and listening to Bruce Harmon extol his virtues, I think Butch is in love !!!
Leaving The Colonels House at 7.45am to get the guys to Edinburgh Airport in time for their flight home.
and some good Scottish weather to boot ! You could not get two more contrasting environments. North Berwick is another of my favourite places, they are friendly, welcoming and nothing is too much trouble to the club. Sam the starter/ranger is one of the most entertaining people you will meet on your travels. If you go in the clubhouse (and you should) Linda and Susan will make you welcome. The food is good and delivered with a smile, caps and mobile phones are not welcome.Contrast this with Muirfield. There the driver is not allowed within one hundred yards of the golf club and woe betide any driver who dares to take his golfers to the gate ! If you stay for lunch you have to dress accordingly, jacket, shirt and tie etc. Fair play it is a great golf course but why would you want to go any place where are you treated as an inconvenience ? I'll show you the difference in the following paragraphs.
When we arrived at North Berwick we discovered that one of the caddies had phoned in to say he couldn't turn up as he had to attend a funeral. So Malcolm the starter phoned around to try and find a replacement. As hard as he tried he couldn't find a caddy. Then after a moments inspiration he realised that Catriona Matthew, who won the British Ladies Open last week was playing the course, who lives in the town. That meant her husband who caddied for her last week was sat at home, one phone call and Rob had Catrionas caddy carrying his bag. Now how cool is that ? Last week Gary was walking down the eighteenth at Royal Lytham with a two shot lead to win the Ladies Bitish Open, next week he will be at the Solhiem Cup. Meanwhile he caddies for Rob on a wet Friday in North Berwick.
Meanwhile to play Muirfield we had to be back at the Colonels House at 3pm, where the guys would be escorted to the course, be late at their peril. As our tee times at North Berwick were 10.22am and 10.36am things were going to be tight. So to help Susan in the clubhouse organised packed lunches for the guys. As things turned out play was slow and the weather appalling so I picked the guys up at the seventeenth tee.
Muirfield had insisted that the guys played in twoballs, so despite a 3.30pm
first tee of time all the guys were round the course in less than three hours. So instead of the planned takeaway for dinner I was able to get them a reservation at Bella Italia in North Berwick. The food was good but dinner was relatively quite due to tiredness. After dinner the guys went back to the house to watch the Tiger show on tv, better known as the USPGA, over here the coverage consists watching Tiger from A to Z and listening to Bruce Harmon extol his virtues, I think Butch is in love !!!Leaving The Colonels House at 7.45am to get the guys to Edinburgh Airport in time for their flight home.
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