Scotland has a long history of celebrated golf
course architects and world-renowned golf courses. Golf’s first major
takes place at Augusta National, in Georgia, on a course designed by
Scottish golf course architect Dr Alistair MacKenzie and recently
American tycoon and golf enthusiast Donald Trump announced plans to
build a luxurious golfing resort at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire,
projected to include not one but two championship courses.
As
Scotland's Commonwealth Games team competes in Melbourne, we take a
timely look at the country's outstanding contribution to cycling, past
and present.
Golf is much more than a game in Scotland: it is a way of life. For
over six hundred years Scotsmen have chased a little white ball around
rugged stretches of coastline, the date easily verifiable as King James
II tried to ban golf in Scotland by an Act of Parliament in 1457.
Picture the unlikely scene, 40,000 Spanish football fans mingle
peacefully in the streets of Glasgow, their 'See-you-Jimmy' tartan
hats, turning their black hair ginger and protecting their heads from
the steady drizzle.
When Scotland's rugby team beat England 18-12 in
the RBS Six Nations last February, tens of thousands of supporters at
Murrayfield watched captain Jason White lift the Calcutta Cup. Many
more were watching this historic moment on television.
