Golfing over the past year and latest news

Golfing over the past year and latest news

by | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorized

As 2019 comes to an end I have now time to reflect on a fantastic golf season. In May this year Southport hosted the European Tour and the British Masters at the excellent Hillside golf club . I had 8 Clients (friends) from Austria come to Southport for the week to watch the golf and also play some of the great links golf courses and also enjoy some sightseeing in the Southport area. Everyone had a great time and I look forward to hosting them again in Southport in the future.

Also in May I took some clients (friends) to the Isle of Man where we played some wonderful golf courses including one of my favourite courses Castletown golf links , the Isle of Man is majestic place to visit and play golf and it is only a short ferry ride or flight from Liverpool.

In July this year i was fortunate to qualify for my 3rd Senior British Open held nearby at the very difficult links golf course of Royal Lytham. I was lucky to be drawn and play the qualifying round at my home course Southport and Ainsdale and shoot a 3 under 69 to finish 2nd.

In the Open itself I manage to make my first cut in a major with rounds of 70,75,72,69 to finish in 42nd place. I was very honoured to play behind the golfing legend Tom Watson in the final round which was to be his last round in a major as he was retiring.

In September I got a very late invitation to play in the Paris Legends on the European seniors tour but with rounds of 77,73,73 I didn’t threaten the top of the leaderboard.

I look forward to 2020 and my first tournament of the year is at the end of January in Portugal and the European seniors tour qualifying school where only the top 5 will gain full exemption to the tour for the year so fingers crossed my putter behaves itself.

I will be hosting more friends and clients in Southport in 2020 and I look forward to seeing and meeting many more new faces and playing golf with them on the World class courses we have in Southport.

Please email me if you want more information about the golfing packages and holidays that I host in Southport.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

Scotty

European Senior Tour Qualifier

European Senior Tour Qualifier

by | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized

I have recently got back from Portugal where I played in the European Seniors Tour qualifying school. On offer where 5 tour cards for the top 5 players in the tournament. If you get one of these cards you can play in every tournament on the Seniors Tour. The first tournament is in March in Dubai and the last is in Mauritius in December.

In difficult windy conditions and lighting fast greens I shot 76,73,66,74 to finish in 11th spot and to miss one of the cards by 3 shots. It gave me the feedback that I can still play to a decent standard and I will be going back to Portugal next year to have another go. I was lucky enough to play on the seniors tour in 2015 and had a great time and met some new and old friends and I feel as though I can compete on tour but need to improve my short game yet again. I will be working all year to improve my game and after nearly 40 years playing Professional golf I still feel I can learn and improve everyday.

I will be teaching at TFG throughout the year as well as going away with students on some of my exclusive golf holidays and I look forward to seeing old and new faces, I have new drills and techniques to help improve my own game so come and join me so I can pass on all my knowledge and experience to you all.