Scotland Getaway!
How do I explain to all of you what a great trip we had as we trudged happily up and down the wispy hills of Scotland playing one memorable golf course after another? Our first part of our trip was based in Edinburgh where we played 2 Fantastic Golf courses, toured the town with our very own Scottish guide Kathryn Imrie and visited one of the Mid Evil Castles of Scotland, The Tantallon. Kathryn was with us for the first two days and gave our gals a first hand look at some of Scotland's history, food, Liquors and golf.
Our next stage of the trip was a 2 hour bus trip up the North East Coast to the small village of St. Andrews, The Home of Golf where our bus driver gallantly drove us onto and through the 18th and 1st holes of the Old Course as to announce our arrival.
For more of our Scotland Getaway please visit Rosie's Blog After a quick tour of the town we were dropped off at our accommodations The Russacks hotel where we all met in the bar overlooking those very same fairways we just crossed in the Bus.
The next 4 days were fun and filled with great golf and memorable moments on and off several of those famous courses we have all watched from TV. We did give up one of our Mid Evil Castle Tours to have the opportunity to play the Old Course as we submitted our names to the Starters of the R & A for a ballot or lottery chance to play. All 9 of us somehow got on the course that day and our Gals were both nervous and ecstatic to be playing on the sacred grounds of St. Andrews.
This trip wasn't just about playing golf but the experience of being in this uncorrupted piece of the earth where golf was founded including the history and folklore that shrouds the tiny village shops and Cathedral that dates back all the way to 1100. The surprises kept coming while we enjoyed more golf including playing at the 2007's British Open course Carnoustie or (Carnastie as Lana described it), St, Andrews Jubilee (only 120 years old) and a very recently built course (10 years) KingsBarn Golf Course where the views where unbelievable.
This trip is a must and we here at RosieJones Golf Getaways are already in the process of planning next years return.
More to come about our Scotland Trip. Stay Tuned.
Take Care, Rosie
