Turnberry is now a Luxury Collection Resort

So today the guys played the Kings Course at Gleneagles, as you will from the photograph the weather was good. They told me that in their opinion The Kings Course is more difficult than the P.G.A. Course they played yesterday, personally I wouldn't know as I have yet to play the P.G.A. Course. I played the Kings Course last summer and enjoyed the course but unfortunately I was in the company of an asshole, so I didn't enjoy the day ! I always play better when I'm with company that I enjoy being with so needless to say I played very poorly that day, but I still like the course.
In the picture the guys are leaving Gleneagles and heading to Turnberry the venue for this years Open. I was there for three of the four days with different groups. A very strange atmosphere during the play-off, it felt like the whole world wanted Tom Watson to win. I think the crowd suffered with him as he lost to Stewart Cink. I caddied in a game with Stuart way back in 1999 at the Dukes Course in St Andrews. I was with a former Ryder Cup player called Peter Dawson (no not the current secretary of the R&A ). Stewart was a pleasure to be with and tipped his caddy very well, meanwhile I was with a Yorkshireman, enough said !!!
We got to Turnberry around 7pm local time and it was the first chance I had to look at the improvements the new company has made to the hotel, and very nice they are. The reception area is completely re-designed, well worth a look. The guys tee off on the Ailsa Course at 9am and that will be their last round in Scotland, Tuesday they head off home to Manilla. I pick up my next group on Saturday.