twogreen
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- Aug 7, 2006
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Some will remember that I posted in July that an old Army buddy and I were planning a September trip to England and Scotland. Owing to non-availability of military aircraft to England, that part of the trip got scrubbed; but we did make it to Germany and Scotland.
We played a round at Ramstein AFB and another at Heidelberg Golf Club while in Germany before moving on to Scotland.
We visited most of the "name" courses while in Scotland; but only played three rounds while there. Two rounds were played at Charleton Golf Club and one round at Crail Golfing Society's Balcomie Links. St. Andrews was hosting a two week conference for the Royal and Ancient Golf Society, so play was closed to non-society members. We inquired about play at Royal Troon; but quickly decided that $440 for green fees could be better spent elsewhere.
I will not get into great detail in this post; because I will be doing another post with pictures and specifics in the picture section of the forum when I have downloaded and resized everything.
I must say one thing here, though. We were looking forward to golfing in Scotland for months before the trip; and the golf was, indeed, great. However, the golfing experience was secondary to the friendships we made with many of the locals we met. I traveled to many countries during my 30 years of Army service and met people from all over the world. Simply put, the Scots are the friendliest, most out going group of people I have ever met in all my travels.
We played a round at Ramstein AFB and another at Heidelberg Golf Club while in Germany before moving on to Scotland.
We visited most of the "name" courses while in Scotland; but only played three rounds while there. Two rounds were played at Charleton Golf Club and one round at Crail Golfing Society's Balcomie Links. St. Andrews was hosting a two week conference for the Royal and Ancient Golf Society, so play was closed to non-society members. We inquired about play at Royal Troon; but quickly decided that $440 for green fees could be better spent elsewhere.
I will not get into great detail in this post; because I will be doing another post with pictures and specifics in the picture section of the forum when I have downloaded and resized everything.
I must say one thing here, though. We were looking forward to golfing in Scotland for months before the trip; and the golf was, indeed, great. However, the golfing experience was secondary to the friendships we made with many of the locals we met. I traveled to many countries during my 30 years of Army service and met people from all over the world. Simply put, the Scots are the friendliest, most out going group of people I have ever met in all my travels.
