An early flight for the Pittsburgh lads had us leaving the Golf Lodge and North Berwick before dawn. Kevin’s flight back to Arkansas was later in the morning. He insisted…
Musselburgh Links
Last round of the trip and it’s a good one! The Musselburgh course is the oldest still played on. The earliest recording of golf being played at this location is…
Luffness New GC
Luffness New GC was founded in 1894 and designed by Old Tom Morris. It’s a very traditional course that is primarily run for its members. We were not allowed into…
Muirfield
Breakfasts at the Golf Lodge are quite a treat. A nice buffet of cold items is set out plus Tom cooks up whatever hot dish folks want. He always comes…
Craigielaw
The Craigielaw Golf Club is the newest course in East Lothian. Designed by Donald Steel, it opened in 2001 on a portion of the Craigielaw farm in the village of…
Gullane No. 1 & Royal Mile
Play today is at Gullane No. 1, one of the top tracks in Scotland. The course has been an Open qualifier and hosted the men and ladies Scottish Open along…
Kilspindie GC
We switched lodging today from No. 12 Hotel in the main part of the village to the Golf Lodge, a short walk up the road. It was too early…
North Berwick GC, West Links
The manager at our hotel, No. 12, was able to book us a table at one of the villages finest restaurants, the ‘Puffin’, for a traditional ‘Sunday Roast’. Good stuff: …
Gullane #2, ‘Ginspiration’
I started feeling like crap towards the end of yesterday evening’s pub crawl (no, it wasn’t the libation!) and didn’t really sleep all evening so I bailed on the day’s…
Edinburgh Pub Crawl
The lads laughed at me when I suggested an Edinburgh ‘architectural pub tour’. I probably deserved it. What I really hoped we could do was to check out some of…
