St Andrews Magazine Edition 04

GOLF. LIFESTYLE. MORE. 

St Andrews 

M A G A Z I N E 

04 

DEDICATED TO ANNE HERVEY 

9 October 1949 – 19 April 2018

Contents 


G O L F 

30 Tom Morris Shop Controversy 42 175 th Anniversary of St Andrews Golf Club 

35 Links Trophy 46 New Golf Club 

37 St Rule Trophy 50 St Regulus Ladies’ Golf Club 

39 Local Clubs’ Gold Medal 52 SENIOR OPEN PRESENTED BY ROLEX 

70 Yoga for the Over 50’s 

Your G A M E 

F A B St Andrews 

74 Skin care for the Over 50’s

T A S T E 


78 New Kids on the Block 

V I S I T St Andrews 

84 West is Best 

86 Whatever happened to Ma Bells? 

88 St Andrews Photography Festival 

90 We have the R&A, they have the V&A 

St Andrews L I F E 

96 Summer time and the living is easy 

102 Students return 

Contents

THE WORLD OF 

GOLF 

106 Tiger Returns 

112 Rolex Series 

118 Evian Championship 

128 Rise of the Rolex New Guard 

148 2018 Ryder Cup Preview 

Contents

GOLF.

LIFESTYLE.

MORE.

Contributors 

John 

B O Y N E 

John is a St Andrews Links caddie, owner of 

Caddie Golf Tours and is a regular contributor to St 

Andrews Magazine. His knowledge of the Old 

Course and the St Andrews golfing scene is a great 

insight for readers. 

Aileen 

W A L L A C E – E D G A R 

Aileen is the owner of Vintage 

Beauty Box in St Andrews and 

is St Andrews Magazine’s 

Beauty expert. Aileen is an 

enthusiastic golfer.

Tracy 

S M I T H 

Tracy is the owner of 

Interiors by Tracy Smith in 

Cupar and is St Andrews 

Magazine’s property 

interior expert. 

Keryn 

W A R D 

Keryn is the owner and lead instructor at 

Hot House Yoga, in St Andrews. She also 

teaches Yoga at venues in the St Andrews 

area including local golf clubs and sports 

clubs. Keryn provides St Andrews Magazine 

readers with tips on how to stay fit, flexible 

and focused with the help of Yoga.

Welcome to Edition 04 of St Andrews Magazine, I 

want to start by apologizing. The events of this year 

have been extremely hard to deal with, they will 

become clearer when reading this edition. 

Because of what has happened over the last few 

months I have not been in a place to put in the 

work required to publish an edition of the quality 

and standards I expect. But finally, the fourth 

edition of St Andrews’ only independent golf and 

lifestyle magazine is here. And it is packed with the 

usual features, information and photography you 

have all grown to love over the years. 

Editor 

Matt 

H O O P E R 

Matt Hooper 

Design and 

production 

Matt Hooper 

Publisher 

Matt Hooper 

Director 

Matt Hooper 

This summer saw the Senior Open visit St Andrews 

for the very first time, and Miguel Angel Jimenez 

edged out defending champion Bernhard Langer 

to win a dramatic championship over the Old 

Course. Keryn Ward of Hot House Yoga brings you 

some handy tips for exercises for the over 50’s and 

Aileen Wallace-Edgar has advice for skin care for 

the senior. 

In Taste St Andrews we look at the ‘New Kids on 

the Block’, featuring the new restaurants and 

outlets which have opened across St Andrews in 

recent months. With the V&A Museum of Design 

opening in Dundee there has hardly been a better 

time to pay a visit to St Andrews, and we focus on 

West Sands, Ma Bells and the upcoming St 

Andrews Photography Festival. 

In the World of Golf we bring you a full preview of 

the 2018 Ryder Cup including a feature on 

European Team Captain Thomas Bjorn. 

All this and much more in Edition 04 of St Andrews 

Magazine. 

THIS EDITION OF ST ANDREWS MAGAZINE IS 

DEDICATED TO ANNE HERVEY, WHO SADLY 

PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY 19 APRIL. 

Anne was my housemate from 2013-2018 and 

was a dear friend, without her support and 

advice over the last five years St Andrews 

Magazine would not exist today. I pay tribute 

to her in the upcoming pages. 

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A TRIBUTE TO ANNE HERVEY 

9 October 1949 – 19 April 2018

The events of Thursday 

19 April will stay with 

me forever, having 

someone die in your 

arms is something 

which I hope never to 

experience again. It 

was made even harder 

by the fact I have lived 

with this person for five 

years and experienced 

many highs and lows 

along the way. 

Anne Hervey, born 

Anne Pamela Lamberty 

on 9 October 1949 was 

a unique and 

wonderful person, a 

person I am privileged 

to have known, called 

a friend and shared a 

house with. 

Anne was a very 

private person and 

often underplayed her 

remarkable 

achievements, even in 

the four walls of this 

house. After attending 

University in Leicester, 

she headed for 

London, and ended up 

working for the 

renowned designer 

Terence Conran. 

Anne was a 

professional 

photographer, and her 

work was truly stunning. 

In the 1970’s she got 

the opportunity to 

photograph Arnold 

Palmer at The Open 

here in St Andrews. She 

gave me he negatives 

of these photos and 

they are gifts which I 

will treasure for the rest 

of my life. I hope to get 

them developed and 

put into digital format 

soon, so I can share 

them with you. 

I do not know 

everything about 

Anne, although the 

names she mentioned, 

such as Andrew Neil, 

give an indication that 

she had an 

extraordinary career. 

After getting married to 

her partner John they 

developed their own 

photographic lab, 

Tarquin Photographic 

Limited produced highquality 

photographic 

materials for marketing 

campaigns, with 

Edinburgh Woollen Mill 

among their many 

clients. 

In her career postphotography, 

she 

became a great 

collector and her eye 

for a bargain and for 

something special was 

renowned. In 2009, now 

divorced and with a 

new partner, also 

called John, she 

opened Methuselah’s 

in St Mary’s Place, St 

Andrews. This wondrous 

store sold collectibles 

(she hated the word 

antique!) from all over, 

and it was very popular 

with locals and tourists 

alike. 

She was often stopped 

in the street in the years 

after it closed by 

former customers, 

many of whom she 

didn’t know at all. She 

was also invited to a 

garden party at 

Buckingham Palace as 

a reward for her 

charitable work. After 

her relationship with 

John broke down Anne 

fell on harder times, 

and this is where our 

paths crossed for the 

first time. 

In 2013 I returned to St 

Andrews, and 

established St Andrews 

Magazine, and began 

working at the New 

Golf Club. I moved into 

the tourist hostel, with 

the aim of saving 

money and finding a 

place to live. Some five 

months later I was still 

there, and Anne 

moved in. 

Over the next few 

months we got to know 

each other, and along 

with another friend, 

Richard, we moved out 

of the hostel for the first 

time in January 2014. 

We were both relieved 

and happy to have 

moved out of the 

hostel, but with just a six 

month lease it would 

prove a short hiatus. In 

June we were left with 

no alternative but to

move back into the hostel. I 

will never forget that moment. 

We were both shattered 

emotionally as the hostel, one 

of the worst examples of shortterm 

accommodation 

anywhere in the UK, was even 

worse than when we left it 6 

months earlier. This time our 

stay would be much longer, 

and a much less-happy one. 

Despite searching, visiting and 

inquiring for accommodation 

we could not find any. Then 

through an acquaintance of 

Anne, just before The Open in 

2015, we found somewhere. 

However, this proved to be 

unsuitable for the long term 

and our landlords were less 

than trustworthy and the 

house was not up to standard. 

We were faced with having to 

find somewhere again. With 

both of us ruling out the hostel 

as a possibility, the pressure 

was on, so I took a punt. 

I saw an advert on 

Spareroom.co.uk, and despite 

it being well above either of 

our budgets, I contacted the 

landlady. To my complete 

shock she responded 

positively and after viewing 

the property and some hefty 

negotiation, largely led by 

Anne, we moved in on 1 

February 2016. Anne adored 

this house, and much of the 

art which decorates it was 

bought by her for the house. 

She had an eclectic taste for 

the unique and quirky. 

Over the years we knew each 

other, and the years we lived 

together

(she hated that phrase, and always 

referred to me as her “house share” 

person, much to my amusement), Anne 

gave me many nuggets of advice. 

Particularly focusing on my job at the New 

Golf Club and St Andrews Magazine. 

She was an integral part of developing my 

business plan, and when it was required 

she gave me a swift kick up the arse to 

sort things out. Above all Anne was a truly 

great friend, and sometimes being a 

friend involves saying things you might not 

want to hear. But she was always there. 

Then, suddenly, she wasn’t. 

The days and weeks which followed were 

hard. That is an understatement, they 

were brutal. I couldn’t have got through 

those times without my mum and dad, 

and my close friends in St Andrews. On the 

day after she passed, I sent a text, as a 

kind of closure, I guess. Obviously, it was 

one which I knew there would be no 

response. But I guess it sums it all up. 

I miss you so so much you cannot imagine. 

For five years you have been by my side 

as the greatest friend anyone could have. 

I know I drove you crazy with my ways and 

we had ups and downs like any friendship 

but we have both been there for each 

other. I am absolutely devastated that I 

will never be able to see you again or talk 

and enjoy the things we did. After all the 

struggles and all the advice you have 

given me. I am so upset you aren't here to 

see the magazine succeed. You are a 

truly wonderful human being and you are 

going to be missed by so many people. 

I know you will be looking down on me, 

probably saying "leave it" "cut the crap" or 

"behave yourself". I will succeed in what I 

do for you and I will never forget the last 

five years. I would not be where I am 

without you. 

Goodbye. Love Matt x


G O L F

This March St Andrews Links entered into a 

partnership with the R&A to manage the 

retail operations of The Open. This includes 

the on-site shop at the championship itself 

and the launch of a first ever The Open Shop 

in St Andrews. To almost universal shock and 

criticism the Links chose the Tom Morris Shop 

as the site for the new shop. 

The announcement and following opening of 

The Open Shop caused dismay for many 

golfers both locally and worldwide. 

The fact that the Links chose the Tom Morris 

Shop as the destination for The Open Shop is 

both bewildering in its lack of respect for 

history and tradition, and it doesn’t really 

make sense commercially. 

The 18 th hole shop is in essence a smaller 

version of the Old Course Shop, selling the 

same items. This shop is visible when playing 

the 18 th hole from the tee and from the 

second shot, it would have been the perfect 

place with the highest visibility for The Open 

brand. 

This change seems to have been in the 

pipeline for quite some time, as the Links held 

what can only be thought of as a fire sale of 

all Tom Morris clothing range items last 

summer. But it would surely have made 

greater sense to convert the Tom Morris Shop 

into a museum or carry on the tradition of 

club making and move their club repair 

operations into the building. Perhaps give the 

consumer the chance to make a feathery 

ball or re-shaft a club, creating a completely 

unique experience. 

With so many traditional shops in the town 

being replaced by newer restaurants and 

cashmere shops the last bastion of tradition in 

the town is golf, and it should have been 

preserved at all costs.

This June St Andrews Links hosted the 2018 

edition of the St Andrews Links Trophy, 

presented in association with Allianz on the 

New and Old Courses. Ireland’s John Murphy 

became just the third Irish winner of the 

Trophy in the 30 years of this prestigious men’s 

amateur championship. 

The 19-year-old holed a 25-foot birdie putt on 

the 1 st green in a playoff with Germany’s 

Jannik de Bruyn to win the title. 

54-hole co-leader Joey Savoie from Canada 

shot a final round 73 to slip into a tie for 5 th 

place, allowing his co-leader Murphy to take 

his place in the playoff with a final round of 

71. 

A sand save at 17 from the Road Hole Bunker 

was crucial, with de Bruyn posting a final 

round of 68 to take the clubhouse lead. 

Ewan Walker was the best ranked Scot, at -4 

and a tie for 11 th place. 

St Andrews’ hopes ended after the second 

round as John Paterson and Rhodri Price 

missed the cut. 

Leaderboard: 

John Murphy -9 

Jannik de Bruyn 

Jake Burnage -8 

Haydn Barron 

Pierre Mazier -7 

Laird Shepherd 

Joey Savoie 

Matias Honkala -6 

Gian-Marco Petrozzi

LIANNA BAILEY (centre) holds the St Rule Trophy 

after winning by a single stroke

Chloe Goadby may not have won the St Rule 

Trophy but she continued her great form with 

a 7-under-par final round of 69 (ladies par of 

76) on the Old Course to finish in a tie for 

fourth place, 10-under-par for the 

tournament. 

She fired seven birdies in a flawless round to 

finish two off the winning mark held by Lianna 

Bailey. 

Chloe was one of five Scots to finish inside the 

top ten in the 60-player field.

REMARKABLE RHODRI 

CONTINUES NEW CLUB 

DOMINATION OF THE R&A 

LOCAL CLUBS’ GOLD MEDAL 

The New Golf Club’s Rhodri Price won the 2018 R&A Local 

Clubs’ Gold Medal this May, succeeding Hamish Ireland, Mark 

Dickson and Ed Shannly as members of the New Golf Club to 

win the Medal over the last four years. 

Price shot a second round of 67 on the Old Course to take the 

title of ‘Champion of the Links’ by four shots from Gary Sharp of 

the St Andrews Golf Club. 17-year-old Ben Caton, also of the 

New Golf Club, led the tournament after round one with a 68. 

Victory in the Local Clubs’ Gold Medal secured qualification 

for the St Andrews Links Trophy. This was the 117 th playing of the 

tournament, making it one of the oldest continuous 

tournaments in the game, pre-dating the US Open and only 

pre-dated by The Open itself in Scotland. 

The Women’s event also took place on the Old Course and 

was won by St Regulus’ Elaine Moffat, who took the title with a 

round of 76 on countback from Gillian Paton, also of St 

Regulus.

175 th 

Anniversary

As we celebrate the 175 th Anniversary of one of St Andrews’ prominent golf clubs we cannot 

do so without honouring the contribution of perhaps the most significant individual in the 

history of the game. Allan Robertson is known as the “World’s First Professional Golfer” and was 

an influential early member and Captain of the club. 

Arguably no golfer in history has had more impact in both life and death. In his forty-four years 

on this planet he was instrumental in the success of Old Tom Morris – Morris served an 

apprenticeship in Robertson’s shop from the age of 14. Robertson was the champion golfer of 

his time, and almost 160 years ago he became the first player ever to break 80 on the Old 

Course. He was also in part responsible for the launch of the worldwide golf industry, as the 

premier ball and club maker of the era he exported his merchandise across the world. 

Robertson was the undisputed champion of the time and following his death in 1859 it was 

decided that a new champion should be crowned, and this is how The Open came to be. 

12 golfers played three rounds of the 12 holes at Prestwick Golf Club in October 1860 for the 

championship belt, won by Willie Park Sr. The next two Open Championships were won by Old 

Tom Morris, Robertson’s former apprentice was now the best golfer in the world, and over the 

first 12 years of the championship Old and Young Tom would win a combined 8 titles.

NEW GOLF CLUB ST ANDREWS

ED SHANNLY DEFEATED JIM STEWART 

ON THE OLD COURSE TO WIN THE 2018 

NEW GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

VICTORY CUP ROUND 2 

NEW COURSE 3 AUGUST 

1 Jack Headon 76 10c 66 

2 Max Redman 73 5c 68 

3 Andrew Stamm 70 1c 69 

4 Michael De Vries 69 0c 69 

5 Finlay Sey 72 3c 69 

6 Ben Hunter 73 3c 70 

7 Cameron Akers 73 2c 71 

8 Andrew Cameron 76 5c 71 

9 John Todd 80 9c 71 

10 Jan Lyneborg 82 11c 71 

AUTUMN MEETING 

OLD COURSE 18 AUGUST 

1 Roderick Macgregor 80 10c 70 

2 Jim Allison 82 12c 70 

3 Lewis Mackle 76 5c 71 

4 Lee Pargeter 71 0c 71 

5 Billy Jones 84 12c 72 

6 Gordon Bannerman 82 10c 72 

7 Wayne Thompson 73 1c 72 

8 Mike Lawrence 89 16c 73 

9 Charlie Huldal 84 11c 73 

10 Stuart Scorgie 81 8c 73 

BILL LAWSON TROPHY 

EDEN COURSE 19 AUGUST 

MONTHLY MEDAL 

NEW COURSE 23 AUGUST 

1 Roderick MacGregor & Scott Meikle 59 

2 Sutherland Madeiros & David Snodgrass 61 

3 Graham Sutherland & Scott Sutherland 61 

STEVE WALLS QUAICH 

CASTLE COURSE 9 SEPTEMBER 

1st - Ian Jeen, Mark Richardson, Alex Walker, Colin 

Wells (59.6) 

2nd - Russell Brown, John Dawson, Jim Mason, John 

Wilson (60.3) 

3rd - David Clark, Tim Harrison, Ben Hutton, Jason 

Thomson (60.7 (BIH)) 

1 John Todd 79 9c 70 

2 Jason Thomson 75 3c 72 

3 J Murray Kiernan 82 10c 72 

4 Alistair Douglas 79 7c 72 

5 Alan Blair 81 9c 72 

6 A John Main 85 12c 73 

7 Iain Watters 83 10c 73 

8 Adam Preedy 83 9c 74 

9 James O'Brien 84 10c 74 

10 Malcolm Stout 79 5c 74

ST REGULUS LADIES’ GOLF CLUB

September Medal 2018: 

Eden Course 1 September 

Silver Division 

1st - C Randerson (20) 68 bih 

2nd - K Wilson (12) 68 

3rd - J Pirie (19) 69 

Scott Salver (Mixed Foursomes) 

Sunday 26th August 2018 

New Course 

1st Mary & Bruce Clark 36 points 

2nd Gill & David Taylor 35 points 

3rd Gillian & Alex Paton 34 points 

Bronze Division 

1st - J Godley (25) 72 

2nd - P Rew (21) 73 

3rd - R Wilson (21) 76 

Vets Hidden Hole 

Strathtyrum 24 August 

Senior Vet Winner S HOWIESON Net 40 

Vet Winner S McLAY Net 39 

August 9 hole 

Eden 

1st S McLay 

2nd B Robertson 

3rd M Duncan 

(17) 22 points 



American Trophy 

New Course 

1. Karen St Amant ( 19) 74 

2. Charlene Wilson (10) 77 ( bih) 

3. Christine McMillan (18) 77 

Saturday 11th August 2018 

August Silver Medal - Old Course 

1st Kerry Wilson (13) nett 73 

2nd Wendy Nicholson (5) nett 73 (bih) 

3rd Dorothy Johnston (6) nett 75 

August Bronze Medal - Eden Course 

1st Katie Allan (29) nett 72 

2nd Jan Crawford 

3rd Penny Bourner 

(24) nett 76 (bih) 

(30) nett 76 (bih)

THE SENIOR OPEN 

PRESENTED BY 

St Andrews 2018 

Masterful Miguel is a Major Champion 

Watson and Faldo bring down curtain on days at the home of golf 

Stars of the past roll back the years on the Old Course

After playing host to 29 

editions of The Open 

and 2 RICOH Women’s 

British Opens, the Old 

Course finally added 

The Senior Open to its 

resume of the world’s 

greatest 

championships at the 

end of a hot and dry 

summer on the East 

Coast of Scotland. 

A burned and crispy 

links saw legends of the 

game battle for the 

Senior Claret Jug this 

July, and they did not 

disappoint. 

Defending champion 

Bernhard Langer, 3- 

time champion Tom 

Watson, former Open 

Champion Tom 

Lehman and the likes 

of Colin Montgomerie 

and Vijay Singh all 

featured prominently in 

the final Senior Major of 

2018. 

But it was a Spaniard 

who walked away with 

the title, showing 

vintage form to collect 

his second senior major 

and sixth win on the 

PGA Tour Champions. 

Miguel Angel Jimenez 

shot a final round of 69 

to hold off a stern 

challenge from 

defending champion 

Bernhard Langer. 

Starting the final round 

with a two-shot lead 

and playing a course 

which was vastly 

different to the start of 

the week after heavy 

weekend rain, Jimenez 

got off to a flying start 

with birdie at the first 

hole. 

It was a start which was 

needed as Langer 

surged into a tie for the 

lead with four birdies in 

the first six holes. 

Jimenez regained the 

lead with a birdie at 

the ninth and following 

a tense back nine it 

was the Spaniard who 

prevailed. 

His victory harked back 

to the bygone days of 

Seve in 1984, also 

holding off Bernhard 

Langer for victory, and 

to the 1999 and 2000 

editions of the Alfred 

Dunhill Cup, won by 

Spanish teams 

including Jimenez. 

Miguel was 

understandably elated 

at winning at the home 

of golf, “This is one of 

my biggest victories,” 

said Jiménez. “It’s 

amazing to win here. 

This is my second Major 

of the year, and it’s 

amazing to be the 

winner of The Senior 

Open here at St 

Andrews, the Home of 

Golf. 

“There are no words to 

describe the feeling of 

holding the trophy on 

the 18th green. To have 

that trophy in my hand 

in front of the crowd 

and my friends, and my 

family is amazing. 

As in 1984 the 

tournament hinged on 

a moment at the 17 th 

hole, and Jimenez 

made a 12-foot par 

putt to retain the lead 

heading to the 72 nd 

tee. “That putt on 17 

was very important to 

stay one shot in the 

lead,” added Jiménez. 

“It was amazing 

walking down the 

middle of the 18th 

fairway, and the only 

thing I needed to do 

was put the ball in the 

middle of the green 

and make two putts.” 

The significance of the 

victory was not lost on 

the former European 

Ryder Cup star, “It’s 

amazing to win here at 

St Andrews, the Home 

of Golf. It’s a place 

where so many people 

want to win and where 

Seve played so well in 

The Open. Now my 

name is part of history.” 

Whatever the 

tournament, whenever 

the time, a win on the 

Old Course at St 

Andrews is as 

significant as any title in 

any player’s career.

NICK FALDO MADE A BIRDIE AT THE 18 TH 

IN THE SECOND ROUND, PERHAPS HIS 

FINAL ROUND IN COMPETITION IN THE UK

One of the star 

attractions of this 

summer’s Senior Open 

was Sir Nick Faldo, 

playing in perhaps his 

final ever tournament 

on UK soil the threetime 

Open Champion 

sadly missed the cut. 

Short of tournament 

form for many years 

due to his television 

commitments it was no 

surprise that the former 

world number one 

didn’t contend, but he 

did show several 

encouraging signs over 

the first two days. 

The 1990 Open 

Champion at St 

Andrews made a 

storming start to the 

championship, making 

birdies at the third, fifth, 

sixth and tenth to 

feature high on the 

leaderboard halfway 

through his first round. 

But a disastrous back 

nine saw him finish with 

a 76 after making a 

double bogey on 11 

and a quadruple 

bogey on the 17 th . With 

the cut hovering 

around level par and 

+1 it was essential Faldo 

went reasonably low in 

the second round. 

After a bogey on the 

first he made birdies at 

3 of the next 7 holes to 

get to +2, but once 

again a run of terrible 

scores on the back 

nine put paid to his 

hopes of making the 

cut. 

There was, however, in 

a very ‘Jack Nicklaus’ 

kind of way, a fairytale 

finish with a birdie at 

the 18 th hole. His final 

hole, perhaps, in a 

tournament on UK soil. 

It was a sad finale to a 

career which has given 

many people 

worldwide and in 

particular in the UK a 

lot of joy. 

Faldo was 

understandably gutted 

after his second round: 

“It’s very disappointing, 

I just hit some bad shots 

at bad times, I thought I 

could make the cut, 

but two really bad 

swings on 11 and 17 

cost me.” 

Sir Nick was visibly 

distraught at the 

outcome of his two 

rounds, so I cut the 

interview short out of 

respect for this giant of 

the game. 

It just goes to show that 

no matter what the 

age, once you have 

done it at the highest 

level you continue to 

believe you can do it, 

and when it dawns that 

isn’t possible it hurts, 

deeply.

ONE FINAL WALK INTO TOWN. 

NICK FALDO AND HIS SON MATTHEW WALK DOWN THE FIFTEENTH HOLE OF 

THE OLD COURSE DURING HIS SECOND ROUND IN THE SENIOR OPEN

We thought we may 

have seen the last of 

Tom Watson when he 

crossed the Swilcan 

Bridge at the end of his 

second round of the 

2015 Open, but 2018 

has seen the five-time 

Open Champion return 

to St Andrews for both 

the Senior Open and a 

new role. 

Earlier this year Watson 

was unveiled as an 

Ambassador for The 

Open worldwide, 

promoting the oldest 

championship in golf 

on the global stage. 

The Senior Open will be 

the legendary 

American’s final 

competitive outing at 

the Old Course, and for 

a considerable time it 

was looking like he 

could walk away with 

the title. 

A bogey-free opening 

round of 69 had him 

inside the top ten, and 

in the second round a 

solitary bogey at the 

sixth was offset by five 

birdies, including a 

spectacular one at the 

formidable Road Hole 

17 th (pictured). 

Going into the 

weekend he was just 

two shots off the lead, 

but it was about to get 

better. A spectacular 

eagle, secured with a 

putt from off the green 

at the par-five fifth, was 

followed by a birdie at 

the sixth to see Watson 

incredibly take the 

lead. 

But his hopes of a 

record fourth Senior 

Open win took a 

battering with a back 

nine of 40 to fall back 

of the leader. 

A final round of 77 saw 

him finish 11 off the 

winning score but it 

was a tremendous 

performance from the 

68-year-old. 

Before the tournament 

Watson spoke to St 

Andrews Magazine 

about the week 

ahead: 

“It’s wonderful that we 

have the chance to 

play the Old Course as 

Seniors, there’s more 

excitement about 

playing this Senior 

Open Championship 

than I have been 

involved in before.” 

“A lot of our players 

from the PGA Tour 

Champions wanted to 

come over here and 

qualify, the players are 

truly excited about 

playing.”

“Well I don’t know (if the winning score will 

be similar to The Open at St Andrews), we 

are playing the same tees with exception of 

two holes that the kids play.” 

“We’ll see how good the old guys are 

compared to the kids.” 

“My game is pretty good right now, I am 

driving the ball well and putting well, so if 

my iron play is up to the task I may have a 

few opportunities for birdies.” 

“When you stand on the first tee, everyone 

has the same feelings, I am on the tee with 

all this history, where every great player has 

played from. It is an ancient golf course, 

and to still be able to play it with modern 

equipment is unique and very special.”

After a fundraising campaign led by awardwinning 

Golf Historian Roger McStravick, a 

headstone was finally put in place in the 

burial grounds of the St Andrews Cathedral 

this summer for one of this town’s iconic 

golfers. 

Jamie Anderson won The Open 

Championship three years in succession from 

1877 to 1879 and was son to ‘Auld Daw’ 

David Anderson, a renowned club maker 

and former ‘keeper of the green at St 

Andrews Links. 

A ceremony took place during Senior Open 

Championship week and Sandy Lyle joined 

Roger and descendants of Jamie Anderson 

for the official unveiling of the headstone. 

In our final edition of 2018 we will have an 

exclusive feature on the many golf historians 

which call St Andrews home, and Roger will 

talk more about this and much more. 

COMING SOON 

THE 

GOLF HISTORIANS 

OF ST ANDREWS

The pilot for the new 

television series “The 

Golf Explorers” filmed in 

and around St. 

Andrews, Scotland 

August 12-19. It is the 

latest project from the 

award-winning film 

team of “Tommy’s 

Honour.” 

“The Golf Explorers” is a 

first of its kind, 

unscripted, lifestyle 

driven travel series with 

golf as the main 

ingredient. 

Viewers will follow three 

hosts as they explore 

the world’s greatest 

golf courses and the 

surrounding town -- 

uncovering historical 

and lifestyle gems you 

won’t find in a travel 

guide, all the while 

meeting unforgettable 

characters that are 

woven into the fabric 

of each championship 

course. 

“The Golf Explorers” is 

the latest project from 

the award-winning 

producer of “Tommy’s 

Honour” Jim Kreutzer. 

Kreutzer and Maryilene 

Blondell, co-CEOs of 

Wind Chill Media 

Group have partnered 

with David Spitzer of 

Upper Diamond (Los 

Angeles) and Terry 

Maday at Maday 

Productions (Chicago) 

to create this hip 

lifestyle program. 

Each show will feature 

three hosts, whose 

journey through each 

iconic golf town will be 

cultivated by the 

people they meet 

along the way, 

delivering an 

interactive and 

immersive experience. 

The St. Andrews 

episode will be hosted 

by Jason Connery, Di 

Dougherty and Roger 

McStravick. 

Connery, son of actor 

Sir Sean Connery, 

directed the awardingwinning 

film “Tommy’s 

Honour” also filmed in 

St. Andrews. 

In addition to being an 

acclaimed director, 

Connery has appeared 

in over 30 films, 

television movies and 

series combined since 

his breakthrough role as 

Robin Hood in the UK 

television series “Robin 

Hood” in 1985. 

Dougherty is a 

television presenter, 

best known for her lead 

anchor duties of Golf 

Night on Sky Sports/UK. 

She is also an 

accomplished 

producer, writer and 

actress best known for 

“Mrs. Brown’s Boys” 

and “The Wright Stuff.” 

McStravick is an awardwinning 

golf historian, 

author and lecturer. His 

book, St. Andrews in 

The Footsteps of Old 

Tom Morris, won both 

the USGA's Herbert 

Warren Wind Book 

Award 2015 and British 

Golf Collectors' Society 

Murdoch Medal. 

He has been a golf 

media consultant for 

multiple media outlets, 

and he has worked 

several years at BBC in 

program development.

As our bodies move 

through life to middleage 

and beyond, as 

well as gaining 

knowledge and 

wisdom, we begin to 

feel the resulting aches, 

pains and stiffness. As 

we age our spine 

begins to compress, our 

joints stiffen, and we 

lose bone and muscle 

mass. 

Legs up the wall (viparita karani) 

– This deeply restorative pose allows the mind and 

body to relax which helps with stress and anxiety, 

reduces swelling from the feet and legs, and can be 

beneficial for the negative effects of menopause, 

varicose veins, and digestive issues. 

We also become more 

at risk of developing 

arthritis, high blood 

pressure, and even 

diabetes. Studies have 

shown that even one 

hour of yoga per week 

can help reduce the 

symptoms of these 

common ailments by 

improving circulation, 

strengthening muscles, 

and calming the mind 

and nervous system 

through focused 

breathing. 

Down Dog (adho mukha svanasana) 

– This gentle inversion promotes better circulation, 

strengthens bones and spine, can ease back pain, 

stretches arms and hamstrings, and helps clear the 

mind. 

Introducing just a few 

simple yoga postures 

into your daily routine 

can reduce discomfort 

and even improve 

sleep. Try these 4 low 

impact postures for just 

10 minutes per day 

while focusing on 

breathing steadily 

through the nose and 

feel the benefits for 

yourself.

Warrior 2 (virabhadrasana II) 

– This strong posture works every muscle in the body, 

opens the hips, shoulders and chest, improves 

circulation, and stimulates internal organs. Practise 

on both the left and right side. 

Yoga is a low impact 

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everyone. At Hot House 

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When choosing a yoga 

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Tree Pose (vrksasana) 

– This posture helps improve balance by 

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back pain by lengthening the spine, and stretches 

the shoulders and hips. 

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BEAUTY BY AILEEN WALLACE-EDGAR 

HOW TO LOOK GOOD ON AND OFF THE COURSE 

SKIN CARE 

FOR THE 

OVER 50’s

As St Andrews 

celebrates the Senior 

Golf Open we look at 

treating a more senior 

skin. In skincare anyone 

aged 25 or over is 

technically classed as 

a senior or mature skin 

due to collagen 

production beginning 

to slow down from 

around this age. 

This slow down shows 

on the skin initially as 

fine lines but then 

progress over time to 

become deeper more 

visible wrinkles, loss of 

skin tightness and on 

occasion 

pigmentation. 

Our key nutrients for 

senior skin health have 

to be Vitamin A and 

Vitamin C. Vitamin A 

repairs the skin cell 

DNA and it is the only 

vitamin to do so. 

By repairing the cells 

from the inside out we 

can reduce lines and 

wrinkles plus skin sag. 

Vitamin A controls 

1/20th of your genes so 

even those with “bad 

genes” can benefit. 

Topically we must take 

a similar approach. 

When choosing a 

skincare regime look for 

active ingredients like 

Retinyl Palmitate, 

Retinyl Acetate 

and Ascorbyl 

Tetraisopalmitate 

instead of perfumes. 

These are your Vitamin 

A and C forms that 

topically our skin can 

recognise, absorb and 

use. 

So what can be done 

to address these issues? 

It is important to 

remember there is no 

“one size fits all” routine 

for treating skin but 

there are a few 

fundamentals. 

First up has to be to 

treat the skin from the 

inside out through 

nutrition. This plays 

a vital role in skin health 

not least because it 

treats every inch of the 

skin not just where 

lotions and potions are 

applied to selected 

areas. 

Vitamin C is Vitamin A’s 

sidekick. It helps our 

bodies to produce 

healthy collagen, 

keeping us youthful for 

longer. 

And make sure to add 

in some Peptides! 

While they are a bit of 

a trend now, Peptides 

and research into their

effectiveness on 

ageing skin goes back 

20 years. 

What are the reasons 

they are so popular 

now? 

They act as messengers 

so support the actions 

of the active 

ingredients like Vitamin 

A and C. One of the 

most powerful 

peptides, Matrixyl 

3000 has been voted 

the best new ingredient 

in skincare in the last 20 

years. 

Its powerful properties 

enhance collagen 

production so is an 

ideal ingredient for 

ageing skin. 

to function effectively 

plus look at its best. This 

means the industry is 

constantly evolving 

also. 

No longer do we have 

to endure invasive 

procedures with weeks, 

if not months, of down 

time to resolve ageing 

skin concerns. 

Instead Beauty 

Therapists are able to 

offer more pleasant 

advanced facial 

treatments such as 

gentle peels which can 

be performed weekly 

and have minimal shed 

and down time. 

Now Beauty Therapists 

can help clients 

harness their bodies 

own restorative abilities 

to reduce signs of 

ageing. 

home care which 

include nutritional 

information, and does 

face to face 

consultations. 

And remember, always 

wear broad spectrum 

sun protection on days 

ending in ‘y’! 

My biggest tip for 

restoring a youthful 

skin? 

Skin care products and 

treatments are 

constantly evolving as 

scientists discover more 

and more about the 

skin and what it needs 

Do your research and 

look for a therapist or 

salon who updates 

their training regularly, 

uses a professional 

brand with active 

ingredients, offers 

recommendations on

T A S T E 

St Andrews

New Kids on the Block 

THE SAINT 

Sadly 2018 saw the end of the 

West Port, one of St Andrews’ 

most popular bars. In its place is 

The Saint has recently received 

an extensive renovation creating 

cosy, modern lounge areas and a 

refreshed, extensive garden area 

so you can enjoy whatever the 

Scottish weather throws your way. 

Whether you are a visitor or local 

and in sunshine or rain, The Saint is 

the ideal spot to while away a 

sunny afternoon, tuck into some 

locally sourced, quality bar dining 

or have a wee dram.

CANNY SOUL 

The Canny Soul has, in many 

ways, filled the gap created by 

the departure of Cherries up the 

road on South Street. This 

independent takeaway and café 

serve succulent breakfast rolls, 

warming homemade soups, oven 

baked toasties, teas & freshly 

ground coffee. 

ST ANDREWS BREWING 

CO. NORTH ST 

Following St Andrews Brewing 

Company’s acquisition of Rascals 

Bar this summer, the company 

has announced its plans for the 

North Street venue. They will be 

relaunching as St Andrews 

Brewing Co, North St as a Sports 

Bar, with an improved menu 

featuring the same great burgers 

and wings, but adding steaks, 

ribs, tacos and many other 

delicious dishes, including their 

‘Buddha Bowls’ for the veggies 

and vegans. 

They will be airing loads of sports 

on their multi-screens, and they 

say want to be the best place 

around for watching golf, 

football, rugby, cricket, NFL, NBC, 

boxing etc and are keen to open 

in time for the Ryder Cup. 

Rascals was, at its peak, an 

immensely popular bar, 

particularly for its burgers. It was a 

great venue for student socials, 

and the bar partnered with 

several University societies. 

However, this change will take it 

to the next level, and fill a gap 

which has been empty for a long 

time in St Andrews.

COMBINICO 

Another new outlet has replaced an 

old favourite. Cherries was a favourite 

café for many locals and tourists alike, 

but following retirement the owners 

decided to call time on their 20-plus 

years in town. 

In its place is a Korean and Japanese 

ready-to-go experience. They say: “We 

design products and experiences to 

solve the problem of everyday food 

related convenience. Our mission is to 

create the next generation of ready-togo 

retail experiences in university towns 

across the world.” A unique feature of 

CombiniCo is its Card Payment Only 

policy. Which suits most students 

perfectly. 

HIGHLAND HOUSE ST 

ANDREWS 

With Prezzo closing this August 

there was a chance to bring 

something different to St 

Andrews, and Highland House 

certainly achieved that. This is 

a unique Scottish experience 

with clothing made from the 

finest Scottish materials and 

many gifts available to 

purchase, with a bar. The 

finest Scottish Whisky and Gin 

for sale. 

ROGUE 

A seafood and 

steakhouse, with its own 

Gin distillery on site. This 

new restaurant opened in 

the building previously 

occupied by the popular 

pub Drouthy Neebors in 

April. The refit kept many 

of the original features 

whilst exposing many 

which had been hidden 

over the years. A 

combination of the 

contemporary and the 

ancient, much like St 

Andrews itself

V I S I T 

St Andrews

West Sands named UK’s Best Beach

West Sands has been voted as the UK’s best beach in a poll on Finance website 

Satsuma. A poll of over 2,200 found that the St Andrews coastline was the best. This 

wonderful beach is the epicentre of a visit to this town. Next to the golf courses and 

near much of the public car-parking it is perfect for a stroll with a friend, with family, 

the dog or just by yourself. 

The unusual hot weather over the summer meant it was packed daily, with some 

brave souls even dipping considerably more than a toe into the North Sea. Made 

world-famous by the movie Chariots of Fire, West Sands seas a beach race under 

the same name each June. It is also popular for beach volleyball, kite fliers, surfers 

and several activities run by Blown Away, such as Landyachting, Kayaking, 

Paddleboarding as well as Sailing run by St Andrews Sailing Club.

Whatever happened to 

This once ultra-popular venue on the Scores under the Hotel du Vin was the go to 

place to start your St Andrews night out. Once one of Prince William's favourite 

haunts, and a must visit for the stars of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the bar 

is virtually never open now, aside from a few token student events. 

Ma Bells has been part of the Hotel Du Vin since Malmaison purchased the St 

Andrews Golf Hotel in 2013, and the decline of the bar is surely no coincidence. The 

hotel has its own bar and restaurant, which has been heavily promoted. So staffing 

and promoting another bar would be seen as not being financially prudent. Despite 

this the website still advertises it as being open 11am til late, 7 days a week. 

I first visited Ma Bells in 2004 during Dunhill week as a 21-year-old university student, 

part of a group volunteering at the tournament. The bar was mobbed, you could 

barely move, and it was particularly notable for Ian Poulter and Paul Casey being out 

for a few drinks the night before the championship began.

Julie 

Was a fabulous place early 90s happy 

hour 2 for 1 with a table full of a nights 

worth of drink ! Great music get in 

early to get a seat watched Prince 

Naseem boxing that was a big night ! 

So sad was a great local but now 

hardly any locals in the town to go 

there ! Only ever 1 person on bar no 

music and sport on tv with subtitles ☹️ 

Heidi 

Ma Bells was the place to go when I 

was growing up in the 80s Friday & 

Saturday it was rammed and during 

the opens you practically had to 

body surf to the bar. It’s just never 

been the since The Hughes Family 

sold it ..also remember the Ma Bells 7s 

what riot those were 

Heather 

I had my wedding reception at The 

Golf Hotel....went down to Ma Bells in 

my wedding dress for a couple of 

pints xx

2018 ST ANDREWS 

PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 

1-28 October 

The St Andrews Photography Festival 

returns for a third season this October. 

The St Andrews Photography Festival 

aims to celebrate this long line of 

Scottish photographers, historic and 

contemporary and to recognise St 

Andrews as the home of Scottish 

Photography. In 2018, approximately 

12 non-traditional venues across town 

will have their wall space taken over 

for this 4-week festival. Additionally, 

we will be hosting events, talks, 

historical process demonstrations, 

workshops as well as a photography 

competition. 

An exciting month-long programme 

of events is planned for the St 

Andrews Photography Festival 2018. 

The festival launches at The Adamson 

with the launch of the book on Dr 

John Adamson, the photographer 

which used to call the same building 

home, and whose name is 

immortalized by the restaurant and 

bar. 

A full calendar of events can be 

found on the St Andrews 

Photography Festival website.

We have the

They have the 

Dundee Waterfront Museum set to bring 

visitors from across the world to the area, 

and become a must visit destination as 

part of any trip to the home of golf

For the best part of 

three and a half years 

now the journey over 

the Tay Bridge has seen 

your eye drawn to a 

spaceship being built 

on the banks of the 

river, excitement has 

grown the closer it has 

got to completion. 

Excitement has turned 

to anticipation of 

seeing what is inside 

this soon to become 

iconic structure, which 

is set to change the 

face of Dundee and 

the Tay area. 

The view from the likes 

of Tayport and 

Newport will never be 

the same again, and 

perhaps in the history of 

Scotland there has 

never been a more 

anticipated opening of 

a museum. 

Who’d have thought 

Queen Victoria’s 

legacy would be now 

a stunning monument 

in Scotland? 

The V&A Dundee 

opens on Saturday 15 

September and V&A 

call it a cultural 

milestone for Dundee 

and landmark moment 

for V&A. 

The V&A Dundee will 

be Scotland’s first 

museum of design and 

is expected to attract 

over 500,000 visitors in 

its first year. 

The V&A Dundee has 

the chance to launch 

a new era for one of 

Scotland’s historic cities 

and have a farreaching 

economic 

impact across Angus 

and Fife. 

The bars, restaurants, 

shops and hotels of 

Dundee are sure to 

benefit from the 

enormous influx of 

visitors over the next 12 

months and beyond. 

And it doesn’t stop at 

the Tay Bridge. The likes 

of the Newport 

Restaurant in Newport 

is the ideal place to 

dine with a view of the 

V&A. Further afield and 

closer to home, 

St Andrews is certain to 

benefit from visitors 

wishing to double-up 

on their cultural 

experience, St Andrews 

has an opportunity to 

sell itself as the perfect 

addition to a visit to the 

V&A, selling the 

incredible history and 

culture it has to offer, 

alongside its clear asset 

as a golfing destination 

and its wonderful 

beaches. 

Opening weekend of 

the V&A Dundee 

includes a 3D Festival 

and concert in Slessor 

Gardens, the purposebuilt 

outdoor area for 

public performances. 

The concert features 

the Young People’s 

Collective, Primal 

Scream, Lewis Capaldi, 

Clair Stirling, Andrew 

Wasylyk, St Martins, 

Gary Clark, Be 

Charlotte and Su Shaw 

and runs from 14-15 

September. 

The concert sold out 

weeks ago and is set to 

focus local, national 

and international 

attention on the V&A. 

The opening weekend 

free tickets have all 

been allocated as 

locals and visitors rush 

to snap up the 

opportunity to see 

inside this incredible 

building. 

With its complex 

geometry, inspired by 

the dramatic cliffs 

along the north-east 

coast of Scotland, it 

stretches out into the 

River Tay – a new 

landmark connecting 

the city with its historic 

waterfront, and a new 

major cultural 

development for 

Scotland and the UK. 

At the heart of the 

museum the Scottish 

Design Galleries feature 

300 exhibits drawn from 

the V&A’s rich 

collections of Scottish 

design, as well as from 

museums and private 

collections across

Scotland and the 

world. 

At the centre of these 

galleries stands the 

magnificent Charles 

Rennie Mackintosh Oak 

Room meticulously 

restored, conserved 

and reconstructed 

through a partnership 

between V&A Dundee, 

Glasgow Museums and 

Dundee City Council. 

Visitors to the museum 

will be able to 

experience once again 

Mackintosh’s 

extraordinary talent in 

designing this room, lost 

to view for nearly 50 

years. 

The ambitious 

international exhibition 

programme opens with 

Ocean Liners: Speed 

and Style, organised by 

the V&A and the 

Peabody Essex 

Museum in Salem, 

Massachusetts, the first 

exhibition to explore 

the design and cultural 

impact of the ocean 

liner on an international 

scale. Major exhibitions 

are complemented by 

new commissions and 

installations including 

This, looped by 

Glasgow-based artist 

and former Turner prize 

nominee Ciara Phillips. 

Philip Long, Director of 

V&A Dundee, said: 

“The opening of V&A 

Dundee is a historic 

occasion for Dundee, 

for the V&A, and for 

the very many people 

who played a vital part 

and supported its 

realisation. This is a very 

proud moment for all 

involved. 

“V&A Dundee’s 

aspiration is to enrich 

lives, helping people to 

enjoy, be inspired by 

and find new 

opportunities through 

understanding the 

designed world. After 

years of planning, we 

are thrilled at being 

able to celebrate the 

realisation of the first 

V&A museum in the 

world outside London. 

“The museum’s lightfilled 

wooden interior 

and impressive spaces 

inside have been 

designed to provide a 

warm welcome to 

visitors, described by 

architect Kengo Kuma 

as a ‘living room for the 

city’. We are all very 

excited indeed that we 

can now welcome 

everybody into this 

remarkable new 

museum.” 

Kengo Kuma, architect 

of V&A Dundee, said: 

“The big idea for V&A 

Dundee was bringing 

together nature and 

architecture, to create 

a new living room for 

the city. I’m truly in love 

with the Scottish 

landscape and nature. 

I was inspired by the 

cliffs of north-eastern 

Scotland – it’s as if the 

earth and water had a 

long conversation and 

finally created this 

stunning shape. 

"It is also fitting that the 

restored Oak Room by 

Charles Rennie 

Mackintosh is at the 

heart of this building as 

I have greatly admired 

his designs since I was a 

student. In the Oak 

Room, people will feel 

his sensibility and 

respect for nature, and 

hopefully connect it 

with our design for V&A 

Dundee. 

“I hope the museum 

can change the city 

and become its centre 

of gravity. I am 

delighted and proud 

that this is my first 

building in the UK and 

that people will visit it 

from around the 

world.” 

The delivery of V&A 

Dundee has been 

overseen by the 

innovative founding 

partnership of the V&A, 

Dundee City Council, 

the University of 

Dundee, Abertay 

University and Scottish 

Enterprise. The £80.11m 

project was funded by 

the Scottish 

Government, The 

National Lottery

through the Heritage 

Lottery Fund and 

Creative Scotland, 

Dundee City Council, 

the UK Government, 

Scottish Enterprise, 

University of Dundee, 

Abertay University and 

a successful private 

fundraising campaign 

which is now complete. 

Dundee City Council 

Leader, Councillor John 

Alexander said: “V&A 

Dundee is the perfect 

illustration of how the 

city is forging a new 

path and being 

transformed for every 

resident, worker and 

visitor. We are not a 

city which limits its 

ambitions and there is 

much more to come 

from our creative and 

dynamic city. 

“We are predicting an 

economic boost in the 

city, estimated in the 

region of £11.6 million a 

year and the creation 

of 361 extra jobs across 

Scotland, 249 of which 

will be in Dundee. We 

also anticipate a 

significant number of 

other indirect benefits 

in terms of jobs and 

investment from new 

enterprise, business and 

increasing footfall in 

the city. 

“V&A Dundee presents 

a unique and major 

opportunity for the city 

of Dundee, the 

contribution it will make 

to realising the council's 

ambitions and 

strategies for the city 

are hugely significant 

and its completion and 

opening represent the 

result of much 

determined effort over 

a ten-year period by 

the council and its 

partners.” 

Tristram Hunt, Director 

of the V&A, said: “This 

cultural milestone for 

the city of Dundee is 

also a landmark 

moment in V&A history 

– we’re extremely 

proud to share in this 

exceptional 

partnership, the first of 

its kind in the UK, and to 

have helped establish 

a new international 

centre for design that 

celebrates Scotland’s 

cultural heritage.” 

V&A Dundee has now 

successfully completed 

its capital funding 

programme, the most 

ambitious of its kind in 

Scotland, and will now 

focus on funding the 

museum’s exciting 

exhibitions and learning 

programmes. 

Sir Peter Luff, Chair of 

the Heritage Lottery 

Fund, said: “Today the 

spotlight is on Scotland, 

and Dundee, as 

cultural organisations 

across the globe look 

on in awe at what has 

been achieved. For a 

small country, Scotland 

has an incredibly rich 

design heritage with 

creativity, innovations 

and inventions that 

have changed lives 

across the world. 

“Thanks to £19 million of 

funding from The 

National Lottery, we 

now have a 

spectacular, worldclass 

museum which is 

a beacon for those 

incredible 

achievements and an 

inspiration for the future 

of design.” 

There are fantastic 

transport links between 

St Andrews and 

Dundee, so come and 

see what St Andrews 

has to offer whilst 

experiencing this new, 

amazing monument to 

Scotland’s design 

history across the Tay. 

V&A Dundee is 

free to enter and 

open daily from 

10.00 to 17.00. 

Buses between St 

Andrews and Dundee 

run every 10 minutes 

throughout the day, 

and the nightrider 

ticket is available for £3 

for unlimited travel 

across Fife and Angus.


L I F E 

Summer time and the living is easy 

By Tracy Smith

With brighter days and 

longer nights, it’s great 

to be able to spend 

time outside. Here in 

North East Fife we don’t 

get the warmest of 

weather, but someone 

once told me this 

corner of Scotland has 

the same sunshine 

hours as balmy Los 

Angeles and who am I 

to question that. 

Let’s start with flowers. In the past couple of years, we have 

witnessed the arrival of faux flowers and there is nothing 

wrong with that. Our favourite spring flower is Ranunculus. 

We also love Peony, Roses and of course Hydrangeas for 

later in the season. It’s important to keep these dust free. 

They can simply be washed under a tap and patted dry. 

Here are a few of our favourites 

With this in mind let’s 

look at styling the 

outside of your house 

and bringing the inside 

out or the outside in. 

This is a great time of 

year to change the 

feel of your home and 

to update some 

accessories to give 

your spaces a summer 

update. Just like having 

a winter wardrobe, with 

interiors it’s good to 

brighten things up for 

summer. 

At Interiors by Tracy 

Smith, we style our 

projects in a classical 

way so that they stand 

the test of time. This 

allow us to make some 

small changes 

throughout the seasons 

and summer is no 

exception.

Botanical prints have 

come through fabric 

and wallpaper 

collections in recent 

times and this summer 

has been no 

exception. I have also 

witnessed more bird 

and nature inspired 

designs. 

Reappearing on the 

scene after a few years 

away is cane furniture 

or renewable rattan. It 

can now be found in 

modern designs with 

bold fabrics. More 

comfortable/useable/ 

wearable flat cane is 

readily available, as 

opposed to the more 

dated rounded cane. 

Here are a couple of 

examples from John 

Lewis and Next. 

You can see that the 

designs are more 

contemporary and 

more washed-look 

furniture is appearing 

inside and outside the 

home.

I love cushions 

especially cushions that 

have good weight to 

them. A top tip is to 

pick a reasonable 

priced cushion cover 

and replace the 

padding inside with a 

feathered one. 

It is also best to buy a 

cushion that is slightly 

bigger than the 

cushion cover. This will 

give it more fullness. 

Here are a few 

favourites from John 

Lewis and Next.

Another important 

aspect of bringing the 

outside in or the inside 

out is lighting. Whether 

it is a lantern or string 

lights, these can 

certainly improve the 

ambiance of any 

room. 

Festoon lights are 

extremely popular this 

year. Placing lights – 

either hard-wired solar 

powered or stand 

alone lights - at the 

bottom of your shrubs 

or trees brings a bit of 

ambiance and 

romance to your 

evening garden. 

As always, the team at Interiors by Tracy Smith 

are here to offer help and advice about colour 

choices, interior styling or staging your home for 

sale or rental. We are more than happy to offer 

our expertise. 

Take a look at our website for more information 

and our latest projects. 

www.interiorsbytracysmith.co.uk

STUDENTS RETURN AND ARRIVE FOR 

A NEW YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 

ST ANDREWS

A LOOK AHEAD TO THE KEY DATES OF THE 2018-19 ACADEMIC YEAR 

8-16 September Freshers Week 15 September Starfields 2018 

16 September Freshers Fayre 6 October Opening Ball 2018 

21/22 October Raisin 10 November Welly Ball 

6/7 December Graduations 8-21 December Semester 1 Examinations 

February 2019 St Andrews Charity Fashion Show 

May 2019 Golf Ball 

April 2019 Sports Ball 

May 2019 The Kate Kennedy Charity May Ball 

11-26 May May Examinations 24 June Graduation Week

T H E W O R L D O F 

GOLF 

EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW RYDER CUP PREVIEW ROLEX SERIES

ELEVEN SPORTS ENTER THE GOLF MARKET 

ALL FOUR DAYS OF PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE 

6 EVENTS ON THE LPGA IN 2018 

FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED AS FREE-TO-AIR PARTNER 

ROOKIE ONLINE NETWORK GAINS MIXED REVIEWS FOR COVERAGE 

AFTER THE 2017 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WAS RECEIVED SO POORLY BY VIEWERS OF BBC 

LAST AUGUST IT WAS HOPED THAT THE 100 TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WOULD BE GIVEN 

THE TREATMENT THAT IT DESERVED, ALAS THE PGA OF AMERICA HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS. 

You cannot fault the intent of Eleven Sports and their owners Acer, owners of Leeds 

United Football Club, in attempting to build a viable online sports network, indeed 

across the world they do hold several major rights packages. Earlier this summer 

they announced the acquisition of La Liga from Sky and Serie A from BT, huge coups 

for a broadcaster very much in its infancy. These announcements will undoubtedly 

see many people subscribing to watch some of the biggest matches in the world of 

football. However, few fans will subscribe specifically to watch golf, and the idea 

casual sports fans will subscribe at all is fanciful. Only the committed sports fan is 

going to subscribe to a network like Eleven Sports, and how many of those are 

going to do so because of the PGA Championship? 

The PGA of America ended its deal with Sky Sports surprisingly last summer, after 

IMG failed to broker a deal between the organisers of the PGA Championship and 

its longest standing worldwide television partner. Hurriedly the PGA agreed a deal 

with Give Me Sport (Facebook), Twitter and BBC Sport. The result was nothing like 

the outcome the PGA had hoped for. They wished to see the championship more 

appealing to a younger, more diverse audience across different platforms, helping 

to grow the game. This failed with awful ratings and even worse feedback, 

particularly for BBC’s coverage. 

The PGA of America changed the tagline of the PGA Championship from ‘Glory’s 

last shot’ to ‘This is Major’ three years ago. The 100 th PGA Championship should 

have been a premier event in terms of television coverage, not used to experiment 

with untried, untested online platforms with nothing close to the following of Sky, 

BBC or any other mainstream broadcaster. THIS IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 

EVENT. And Eleven Sports is not Amazon Prime. Amazon’s video streaming service 

bought the rights to the US Open Tennis months in advance and this enabled time 

to plan the broadcast and work with partners in order to produce the best possible 

on-air coverage. They had also bought rights to the ATP Tour last winter and with 

over 4million subscribers in the UK it has the perfect platform to grow the audience 

for the US Open and provide hardcore fans with a more than acceptable level of 

coverage. 

The PGA Tour has struck a worldwide distribution deal with Discovery 

Communications, a company which is unrivalled in experience of this and holds the 

rights to the pan-European broadcast of the Olympic Games. The PGA of America 

needs to sort its strategy out and ensure the PGA Championship returns to the 

mainstream in the UK or risk losing an entire generation of fans.

T I G E R W O O D S 

R E T U R N S 

By Matt Hooper

When Tiger Woods 

withdrew in agony at 

the OMEGA Dubai 

Desert Classic last 

February his career 

looked all but over. 

Back fusion surgery 

followed in April, and 

he is said to have shed 

high doubt on his future 

within the game at that 

time. 

The possibility that the 

greatest icon the game 

has ever seen never 

teeing it up again was 

very real. 

When he was arrested 

for a DUI in the summer 

of 2017 it seemed like 

this once great golfer 

was in a tailspin 

towards retirement and 

an undignified exit from 

the sport he once 

ruled. 

At the age of 41, with a 

body diminished by 

multiple surgeries, and 

five years removed 

from his most recent 

tournament victory we 

all believed that his 

days were numbered 

on the tour. The most 

ardent Tiger fans 

always believed, but 

even they were 

perhaps more hopeful 

than believers. 

At the Presidents Cup 

12 months ago, he was 

a Captain’s Assistant, 

and in a press 

conference he was 

asked if he had 

considered if he would 

never play again. His 

answer sent 

shockwaves through 

the game, saying 

"There were times when 

... I didn't know if I was 

going to be able to be 

here because I couldn't 

ride in a cart," 

"The bouncing just hurt 

too much. Driving a car 

still hurt. So that's all 

gone now, which is 

fantastic. And yeah, 

there were some 

intrepid times - not just 

for this golf tournament, 

but for life going 

forward." 

Following a lengthy 

rehabilitation period, 

he went from hitting 60- 

yard pitches to a full 

swing and declared 

himself ready to tee-itup 

in the Hero World 

Challenge in the 

Bahamas in December. 

When Tiger began the 

Hero World Challenge 

nobody was quite sure 

of what we would see, 

and what it would 

mean. Woods had 

made this event his 

comeback before, 

indeed, it was his first 

tournament victory 

after his absence from 

the game due to 

personal problems in 

2010. 

Rounds of 69 and 68 

saw Tiger briefly lead 

the tournament, before 

a 75 in the third round 

saw him fall out of 

contention. However, a 

week of encouraging 

signs was completed 

with a final round of 68. 

His next start was then 

unknown, but in early 

2018 Woods 

announced he would 

return to the PGA Tour 

at the Farmers 

Insurance Open. 

A steady, if 

unspectacular four 

days saw Tiger post 

rounds of 72, 71, 70 and 

72 to finish 3-under-par 

and tie for 23 rd position, 

7 shots out of the lead. 

It was a much better 

than anticipated return 

to action. 

Hi next appearance 

would be at the 

Genesis Open, where, 

as host, he would miss 

the cut by four shots. Six 

rounds into his 

comeback and whilst 

there were many 

encouraging signs the 

same old failings were 

there. His driving was 

putting him out of 

position more often 

than not. But he 

seemed to be 

displaying no signs of 

physical difficulties 

which had dogged him 

for so long.

Then he teed it up in 

somewhat of a home 

game at The Honda 

Classic, and Tiger fever 

was well and truly alive. 

Rounds of 70, 71, 69 

and 70 saw him finish in 

a tie for 12 th place, and 

at times it seemed he 

could finish even 

higher. A few loose 

shots in the Bear Trap 

ended his challenge for 

the title, but people 

were starting to talk of 

Tiger ‘being back’. 

After missing the WGC- 

Mexico Championship 

he played the Valspar 

Championship for the 

first time in his career, 

and the locals showed 

up in record numbers 

to witness a truly 

special week. An 

opening round of 70 set 

him up for an unlikely 

tilt at the tournament 

and rounds of 68 and 

67 put him firmly in 

contention on Sunday. 

An early birdie got the 

crowd going, but he 

couldn’t find another 

until the 17 th , and 

came to the final hole 

needing birdie to force 

a playoff. His approach 

to the 72 nd wasn’t close 

enough and he missed 

out by a shot. But this 

was huge progress, 

and much faster than 

anyone had 

anticipated. 

He was set for a return 

to a place which he 

had dominated in the 

past. It was Tiger’s first 

appearance at Bay Hill 

since the passing of 

Arnold Palmer, and 

until the 16 th tee on 

Sunday he was right 

there with a chance to 

add yet another victory 

to his incredible 

resume. 

But his driver once 

again let him down, 

with a snap hook out of 

bounds, allowing a 

surging Rory McIlroy to 

claim the title. 

Winless he remained, 

but Tiger was once 

more front and centre 

of the golfing world. 

This only helped to add 

to the sense of 

anticipation for his 

return to Augusta. 

However, it would not 

be the week for Tiger to 

add a fifth green 

jacket. He finish in a tie 

for 32 nd and never 

really featured in the 

contest for the first 

major of the year. 

Solid performances 

followed at Quail 

Hollow, Sawgrass and 

Muirfield Village before 

a missed cut at 

Shinnecock Hills in the 

US Open. Half-way 

through the season 

Woods had displayed 

several signs he could 

once again contend at 

the highest level. 

Then at Carnoustie it 

oh-so-nearly came 

together, as he took 

the lead with 8 holes to 

play on Sunday. A 

sloppy double-bogey 

on the 11 th put paid to 

his chances, but the 

atmosphere of a Tiger 

charge was back, and 

this gave him the 

confidence to head to 

the year’s final major 

believing he could 

produce the 

unthinkable. 

And at Bellerive it so 

nearly happened. 

He started slowly, 3- 

over-par after two 

holes, but he rallied to 

post an opening round 

of 70 and then two 

rounds of 66 had him 

sitting four shots adrift 

of the leader Brooks 

Koepka. 

Sunday would be a 

thrilling final day, with 

many players having 

the chance to lift the 

Wanamaker Trophy, 

and for the first time 

Woods was right in the 

heat of the battle. Four 

birdies on either nine 

saw him post his lowest 

ever final round in a 

major, the atmosphere 

was electric as he 

surged to a round of 

64, finishing two off 

Koepka.

The numbers were one 

thing, the style he did it 

in was quite another. 

This was the Tiger of 

old. Recovery shots 

from the trees, stunning 

iron shots, confident 

putting and shortgame 

wizardry. Tiger 

Woods was back, and 

everyone knew it. 

His performances on 

the PGA Tour over this 

season earned him a 

place in the seasonending 

Tour 

Championship, and a 

wildcard from Jim Furyk 

for the USA Ryder Cup 

team. 

But most impressively 

he moved up from 

outside the world’s top 

650 to inside the world’s 

top 30. With events 

remaining this season 

there is every chance 

he will end 2018 near or 

inside the top ten. That 

in itself would be 

remarkable, should he 

win it may go down as 

one of the greatest 

sporting stories ever 

told. 

What’s in the future? 

Who knows? Tiger 

could barely walk 12 

months ago, perhaps in 

2019 he will make us all 

believe he can walk on 

water again and claim 

that fifteenth major. 

2018. Tiger Woods 

Returns. 

TIGER’S RESULTS IN 2018 

FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN T-23 

GENESIS OPEN 

MC 

THE HONDA CLASSIC 12 

VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP T-2 

ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL T-5 

THE MASTERS T-32 

WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP T-55 

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP T-11 

MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT T-23 

US OPEN 

MC 

QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL T-4 

THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP T-6 

WGC-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL T-31 

THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP 2 

THE NORTHERN TRUST 

DELL TECHNOLOGIES CHAMPIONSHIP 

PLAYED 16 

WON 0 

TOP 5 4 

TOP 10 5 

MISSED CUTS 2 

YEAR-END OWGR 2017 656 

CURRENT OWGR 26 

Correct as of 9 September 2018

2 0 1 8 R O L E X S E R I E S

B M W P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P 

I T A L I A N O P E N 

H N A O P E N D E F R A N C E 

D U B A I D U T Y F R E E I R I S H O P E N 

A B E R D E E N S T A N D A R D I N V E S T M E N T S S C O T T I S H O P E N 

T U R K I S H A I R L I N E S O P E N 

N E D B A N K G O L F C H A L L E N G E 

D P W O R L D T O U R C H A M P I O N S H I P

As the PGA Tour season 

draws to a close at the 

end of September with 

the TOUR 

CHAMPIONSHIP the 

world’s attention will 

next turn to the Ryder 

Cup and then the 

climax to the European 

Tour’s Race to Dubai. 

Specifically, the Rolex 

Series and the Turkish 

Airlines Open, Nedbank 

Golf Challenge and 

the DP World Tour 

Championship. 

Rolex has cemented its 

place at the heart of 

the game in Europe, 

and the introduction of 

the Rolex Series offers 

players the chance to 

compete in a new 

premium tournament 

category on the 

European Tour’s 

International Schedule. 

The 2018 Rolex Series 

has already seen great 

drama and excitement 

at five tournaments 

across Europe, 

beginning with the 

European Tour’s 

flagship tournament – 

the BMW PGA 

Championship. 

Francesco Molinari 

produced a superb 

performance to outlast 

a quality field including 

four-time Major 

Champion and former 

World Number One, 

Rory McIlroy. 

The Italian shot a final 

round of 68 to win by 

two from McIlroy and 

three from the 

defending champion 

Alex Noren. In the 

following week, the 

Italian Open was 

centre stage and it was 

Dane Thorbjorn Olesen 

who walked away with 

the winners share of 

$7million. 

Olesen, a former Alfred 

Dunhill Links Champion, 


to overcome home 

favourite Molinari by a 

single shot on a 

dramatic final day in 

Brescia. The victory 

would be central to 

securing a debut in the 

European Ryder Cup 

team in France. 

The most recent Rolex 

Series events would be 

part of a golden 

summer for the 

European Tour, 

beginning at the HNA 

Open de France at 

Ryder Cup host course, 

Le Golf National. 

Once again it would 

be a come from 

behind victory for Alex 

Noren, winner of the 

very first Rolex Series 

tournament in 2017. 

The Swede shot a final 

round of 67 to defeat 

Scotland’s Russell Knox 

by a single shot. 

Success in a Rolex 

Series event would 

again be vital to 

helping Noren secure 

his debut in the Ryder 

Cup this September. 

Indeed, victories in the 

Premier tournament 

category of the 

European Tour has 

helped Noren, Olesen, 

Rahm and Tommy 

Fleetwood secure their 

places in the European 

Team. Following a 

narrow defeat in 

France, Scot Knox 

would go on to claim a 

dramatic first European 

Tour title at the Dubai 

Duty Free Irish Open 

the following week. 

Trailing entering the 

final round the former 

WGC-HSBC Champion 

would produce drama 

of the highest order to 

edge out New 

Zealand’s Ryan Fox in a 

playoff at Ballyliffin. 

Knox holed 40-foot 

putts on both the 72 nd 

hole and the first hole 

of the playoff to thrill 

the large galleries and 

take the spoils. 

In the following week 

the cream of the 

European Tour and 

many of the best in 

world golf headed to 

Knox’s homeland for 

the Aberdeen Asset 

Management Scottish 

Open. Once more we 

had final round

dramatics, as South 

African Brandon Stone 


to win at Gullane by 

four shots from 

England’s Eddie 

Pepperell. A field 

including Rickie Fowler, 

Thomas Pieters, Justin 

Rose, Masters 

champion Patrick 

Reed, Hideki 

Matsuyama, Rafa 

Cabrera-Bello and Phil 

Mickelson were left 

trailing in Stone’s wake 

in a week of low 

scoring on the East 

Lothian coast. 

Following a huge 

summer including The 

Open, WGC- 

Bridgestone Invitational 

and PGA 

Championship, the 

European Tour is set for 

a thrilling finish. The 

Race to Dubai takes 

centre stage, 

beginning with the 

Alfred Dunhill Links at 

the home of golf in the 

week following the 

Ryder Cup. 

The Sky Sports British 

Masters is the final 

event of the year in the 

UK, at former Ryder 

Cup host Walton 

Heath. Then the tour 

moves to Spain and 

the renowned 

Valderrama for the 

Andalucia Valderrama 

Masters and the 

penultimate event on 

European soil. 

The World’s Best then 

assemble in China for 

the WGC-HSBC 

Champions at Sheshan 

International, before 

the Rolex Series 

determines the seasonlong 

champion of the 

Race to Dubai. 

Justin Rose will return to 

defend his Turkish 

Airlines Open title at 

Regnum Carya Golf 

Resort and Spa in 

Antalya from 1-4 

November. The Turkish 

Airlines Open has 

quickly become one 

the most significant 

tournaments on the 

European Tour, 

previously attracting 

the likes of Tiger Woods, 

Brooks Koepka and 

Rory McIlroy to play in 

the Turkish sunshine. 

Then the penultimate 

event of the season 

takes place at the 

iconic Sun City in South 

Africa. Rory McIlroy 

returns to play the 

Nedbank Golf 

Challenge for the first 

time in nearly a 

decade and will be 

hoping to keep his 

hopes of a fourth Race 

to Dubai title alive. 

The former world 

number one will face a 

strong home challenge 

with Branden Grace 

leading an exciting 

and talented group of 

South Africans looking 

to lift the title regarded 

as Africa’s Major. 

Then the season 

concludes at the DP 

World Tour 

Championship in 

Dubai. The Earth 

Course at Jumeirah 

Golf Estates will once 

more be the stage for 

one of the most 

exciting tournaments in 

golf. This year the 

grand final of the 

European Tour 

celebrates 10 years of 

playing host to the top 

60 on the European 

Tour. 

And potentially the 

stakes have never 

been higher. With so 

many points to play for 

over the next couple of 

months all of the 

current top ten can 

harbour hopes of lifting 

the iconic Harry 

Vardon Trophy at the 

conclusion of the final 

Rolex Series event of 

the year. 

Jon Rahm, currently 

ranked 7 th on the Race 

to Dubai will look to 

defend the title he so 

dramatically won last 

year, and 2017 Race to 

Dubai Champion 

Tommy Fleetwood will 

hope to make it backto-back 

Race to Dubai 

victories.

THE EVIAN 

CHAMPIONSHIP

From 13–16 September 120 of the best women golfers will gather high above the 

banks of Lake Geneva in Évian-les-Bains, France, for the final Major of the season. 

Hosted by the Evian Resort Golf Club, The Evian Championship blends European 

chic with elite-level golf in a stunning location at the foot of the Alps. Rolex has 

been a partner of the tournament since 2001. 

Swedish champion Anna Nordqvist will be looking to defend her title after winning 

the 2017 trophy in a play-off marked by torrential rain and wind. With her victory, 

the two-time Major champion added her name to the distinguished list of The 

Evian Championship winners, which boasts several fellow Rolex Testimonees, 

including Annika Sörenstam, winner of a record 10 women’s Majors, and the 

prodigious Lydia Ko from New Zealand, who became the youngest golfer to win a 

Major after capturing The Evian Championship, aged 18 years, four months and 20 

days, in 2015.

ROLEX NEW GUARD 

Ko, who became the youngest golfer to top the Rolex Women’s World Golf 

Rankings at the age of 17 years, nine months and nine days, is among a group of 

exceptionally talented young golfers at the vanguard of women’s golf, all of 

whom are part of the Rolex family. 

Among this New Guard of Rolex Testimonees seeking their first Evian 

Championship title are Brooke Henderson and Lexi Thompson, both of whom have 

tasted success at the Majors and won multiple events on the LPGA Tour, which 

Rolex has partnered since 1980. Henderson arrives at the French resort in a rich 

vein of form having won in August at the CP Women’s Open in her home country 

of Canada. 

Franck Riboud, chairman of The Evian Championship, said: “We are committed to 

fostering the trend-setting status and heritage of this tournament and, since 2000, 

Rolex has been supporting us in our initiative through their sponsorship of The Evian 

Championship. Their alliance with us, and with golf for more than 50 years, has 

been instrumental to the development of the sport, and we are so grateful to 

count them as partners.”

ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD 

Adding to the stakes at The Evian Championship is the chance for the top 

performer in the Majors to receive the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award. Established in 

2014 and named after the only golfer to have won all five titles, Swedish golf 

legend Annika Sörenstam, the winner of this prestigious prize must have won at 

least one of the year’s five women’s Majors, all of which are supported by Rolex as 

part of the brand’s enduring commitment to golf at every level.

THE RISE OF 

THE ROLEX 

NEW GUARD 

THOMAS, SPIETH, FOWLER AND CO LEAD A NEW GENERATION OF ROLEX 

TESTIMONEES DOMINATING THE GAME OF GOLF

It was The Masters 1997. 

Tiger Woods had 

announced his arrival 

on the world stage by 

winning his first of four 

green jackets at the 

Augusta National Golf 

Club. 

This would be the 

American’s first of a 

remarkable 14 Major 

championship wins, 

signalling an era of 

dominance that took 

golf to heights never 

previously reached. 

In the women’s game, 

Sweden’s Annika 

Sörenstam had already 

claimed two U.S. 

Women’s Open titles 

and would go on to 

win an unprecedented 

10 Major 

championships. 

These two iconic golfers 

changed the face of 

the sport, introducing it 

to a wider global 

audience. 

At the same time, and 

away from the 

spotlight, a generation 

of future elite-level 

golfers, many of whom 

would go on to 

attribute their 

inspiration to Woods 

and Sörenstam, were 

just at the start of their 

journeys towards 

becoming world-class 

golfers

A quarter of a century 

later and these young 

men and women are 

now the ones 

changing the 

landscape of the sport. 

Athletes such as threetime 

Major winner 

Jordan Spieth and 

2017’s breakout star 

Justin Thomas, both 

only 24 years of age, 

are striving to set new 

standards. 

Similarly, Lexi 

Thompson, who 

became the youngest 

ever winner of an LGPA 

tournament in 

September 2011, aged 

16, and Lydia Ko, who 

achieved the same 

feat less than a year 

later, and went on to 

win two consecutive 

Major championships 

at the 2015 Evian 

Championship and the 

2016 ANA Inspiration, 

possess the individual 

skill and pursuit of 

success inherent in the 

trailblazers that have 

come before them. 

These prodigious young 

golfers were all 

welcomed into the 

Rolex family of 

Testimonees shortly 

after turning 

professional. Together 

with a number of 

supremely talented 

golfers of their 

generation, at the 

forefront of the sport, 

they represent a new 

era of golfing 

excellence and are 

part of a collective 

known as the Rolex 

New Guard.

Motivated to achieve 

greatness and follow in 

the footsteps of their 

iconic predecessors, 

every member of the 

Rolex New Guard 

prepares for pressure 

situations with 

unrelenting emphasis 

on precision, 

performance, passion, 

reliability and 

uncompromising 

quality. 

They play with the 

utmost respect for one 

another, while sharing 

a mutual bond and 

close friendship. 

Rolex’s longstanding 

commitment to golf is 

part of the Swiss 

watchmaker’s 

prestigious sporting and 

cultural heritage that 

dates back to the 

pioneering origins of 

the company and its 

desire to support those 

whose determination 

and commitment to 

excellence transcend 

limits and inspire 

greatness. 

Rolex has championed 

golf since 1967, 

nurturing a relationship 

with its world-class 

family of Testimonees, 

all of whom exude 

excellence on and off 

the course. Their raw 

talent and quest for 

precision and 

performance have 

helped them reach the 

top with integrity, 

maturity and respect.

Among them are 

Americans Jordan 

Spieth, Justin Thomas 

and Rickie Fowler. 

Fiercely competitive on 

the course, all three 

men have already 

accomplished great 

feats, with Jordan 

Spieth winning the 2015 

Masters Tournament 

and the 2015 U.S. 

Open, followed by 

victory at The 146th 

Open, in 2017. 

Justin Thomas claimed 

four PGA TOUR events 

in 2017, including his 

first Major victory, on 

route to being named 

PGA TOUR Player of the 

Year. 

Rickie Fowler, who 

turned professional in 

2009 shortly before his 

20th birthday, held the 

accolade of number 

one ranked amateur 

golfer in the world for 

37 weeks between 

2007 and 2008. 

In 2016 he reached a 

career high of fourth in 

the Official World Golf 

Ranking following his 

victory at the Abu 

Dhabi HSBC Golf 

Championship. 

Away from the course, 

each of these elite 

competitors are hugely 

supportive of one 

another, having built a 

friendship based on 

years of seeing each 

other develop. 

The evolution of their 

personalities can partly 

be attributed to the 

support received from 

the American Junior 

Golf Association 

(AJGA), an 

organization 

dedicated to the 

growth and 

development of young 

men and women 

aspiring to earn college 

golf scholarships 

through competitive 

junior golf. 

As a Premier Partner 

since 1986, Rolex has 

seen many of its 

Testimonees benefit 

from the AJGA, 

including Phil 

Mickelson, Lorena 

Ochoa, Lexi Thompson 

and Tiger Woods. 

Aside from creating 

bonds between golfers 

and teaching them the 

importance of tradition, 

etiquette and respect, 

the AJGA also rewards 

the best junior golfer in 

its ranks with the Rolex 

Junior Player of the 

Year award, instilling 

the recipient with the 

confidence and desire 

to go on and achieve 

further success 

throughout their 

professional careers.

Reflecting on his 

memories of being 

awarded the 

prestigious title, Jordan 

Spieth stated that: 

“Given the major 

commitment Rolex has 

made to supporting 

junior golf, I have been 

aware of the brand 

since my earliest days 

of competing. 

My first personal 

connection came 

when I was awarded 

the AJGA Rolex Player 

of the Year in 2009 and 

my affinity with the 

brand has grown as our 

relationship has 

evolved.” 

Fellow American Brooks 

Koepka is another 

member of the Rolex 

family who has 

experienced Major 

championship success, 

winning the 2017 U.S. 

Open at Erin Hills, just a 

month after his 27th 

birthday. Since 

becoming the first 

player in 30 years to 

successfully defend the 

US Open and winning 

the 100th PGA 

Championship. 

Australian Jason Day 

also experienced his 

first Major triumph in 

Wisconsin, aged 27, 

when he won the 2015 

PGA Championship at 

Whistling Straits. 

His commitment to 

precision on the 

course, persistence 

and consistency saw 

him become the No.1 

ranked golfer in the 

world the same year. 

Having only turned 

professional in 2013, 

Japan’s Hideki 

Matsuyama is one of 

Asia’s finest golfers, with 

an impressive Majors 

record to accompany 

his five PGA TOUR wins. 

The 25-year-old will 

expect further 

accolades in the near 

future.

Both Rolex Testimonees 

since 2016, two of the 

golfers making up the 

European contingent 

of the New Guard are 

Englishman Matthew 

Fitzpatrick and Spain’s 

Jon Rahm. Following his 

second win on the 

European Tour in 2017, 

both of which were 

Rolex Series events, 

Rahm said: “To win two 

of the European Tour’s 

Rolex Series events as a 

Rolex Ambassador has 

made these victories 

that much more 

special.” 

The European Tour, a 

partner of Rolex since 

1995, introduced the 

Rolex Series in 2017, an 

initiative four-time 

European Tour event 

winner Matthew 

Fitzpatrick commends: 

“The Rolex Series 

highlights Rolex’s 

continued 

commitment to our 

game and has been 

an exceptional 

addition to the season, 

enabling both 

European Tour players 

and fans to enjoy an 

elevated level of golf, 

closer to home.” 

Along with Fitzpatrick 

and Rahm, 26-year-old 

Thomas Pieters, from 

Belgium, is another 

European counterpart 

who made a name for 

himself at the 2016 

Ryder Cup when he set 

a new rookie record for 

points earned. 

Rahm is sure to play an 

integral role in The 2018 


Team, the esteemed 

event founded in 1927 

that Rolex has been a 

partner of, when in 

Europe, since 1995.

Rolex is also proud to 

support many of the 

world’s best female 

golfers in the world. All 

three women in the 

New Guard are 

incredibly young, yet 

have experienced 

success beyond their 

years. 

Nobody has achieved 

more at such a young 

age than the 

supremely-talented 

New Zealander Lydia 

Ko. At just 20 years old, 

Ko holds 12 LGPA Tour 

wins, as well as two 

Major titles. 

Having spent a record 

130 weeks as the topranking 

amateur, Ko 

went on to become 

the youngest player of 

either gender to 

achieve number one 

status in the Rolex 

Rankings as a 

professional. 

She then became the 

youngest woman to 

win a Major 

championship in 2015 

at The Evian 

Championship, where 

Rolex is the Official 

Timekeeper, and made 

history by becoming 

the youngest golfer to 

win two Major 

championships in a row 

with victory at the ANA 

Inspiration in 2016. 

Her extensive list of 

achievements can be 

attributed to her 

obsession with 

precision, practice and 

relentless consistency. 

Ko, like the great 

Annika Sörenstam, 

plays with an accuracy 

and elegance found 

only in the very best.

Another rising star is 

American Lexi 

Thompson. At just 12 

years of age, 

Thompson became the 

youngest golfer to ever 

qualify to play in the 

U.S. Women’s Open 

before turning 

professional in 2015. 

Her incredible level of 

performance saw her 

set a record as the 

youngest-ever winner 

of an LGPA 

tournament, aged just 

16. 

Three years later, she 

obtained one of the 

pinnacle achievements 

in the sport by winning 

the ANA Inspiration at 

age 19 and, with two 

LPGA Tour victories in 

2017, continues to 

contest for top honours 

in the ladies’ game. 

Born in September 

1977, the youngest of 

the Rolex New Guard, 

Ontario-born Brooke 

Henderson continues to 

make waves in the 

golfing world. 

Having turned 

professional in 2014, the 

Canadian won her first 

Major at the 2016 

KPMG Women’s PGA 

Championship, the 

event’s youngest 

winner at 18. 

Respect and 

camaraderie, as well 

as a desire to win were 

evident prior to 

Henderson’s dramatic 

play-off win over Ko at 

the KPMG Women’s 

PGA Championship in 

2016 after which the 

Canadian stated: 

“Lydia Ko is definitely a 

role model for me, and 

being able to become 

friends with her on tour 

and see her week to 

week is really cool, 

even if I know that she 

is the competition.”

The achievements and 

accolades of the New 

Guard are a shining 

example to young 

golfers of what can be 

achieved in the 

unrelenting pursuit of 

individual excellence. 

Every member displays 

the integrity, respect 

and sportsmanlike 

behaviour that is so 

crucial in inspiring the 

next generation of true 

ambassadors of the 

game. 

Just as modern golfing 

icons Woods and 

Sörenstam were 

exemplary role models 

for the athletes that 

now make up the Rolex 

New Guard, these men 

and women are now 

setting the precedent 

for the next generation 

of golfers aiming to 

reach the very top. 

Their meteoric 

achievements, 

coupled with their 

appreciation for the 

importance of the core 

values of the sport, will 

pave the way for many 

champions to come.

2 0 1 8 

R Y D E R C U P 

P R E V I E W 

THE TEAMS 

LEADER OF OUR TIME 

LE GOLF NATIONAL 

FOUR YEARS ON FROM GLENEAGLES

E U R O P E 

CAPTAIN 

VICE 

TEAM 

THOMAS BJORN 

LEE WESTWOOD 

LUKE DONALD 

GRAEME MCDOWELL 

ROBERT KARLSSON 

PADRAIG HARRINGTON 

FRANCESCO MOLINARI 

JUSTIN ROSE 

TYRRELL HATTON 

TOMMY FLEETWOOD 

JON RAHM 

RORY MCILROY 

ALEX NOREN 

THORBJORN OLESEN 

IAN POULTER 

HENRIK STENSON 

PAUL CASEY 

SERGIO GARCIA

U S A 

CAPTAIN 

VICE 

JIM FURYK 

DAVIS LOVE III 

STEVE STRICKER 

TEAM 

BROOKS KOEPKA 

DUSTIN JOHNSON 

JUSTIN THOMAS 

PATRICK REED 

BUBBA WATSON 

JORDAN SPIETH 

RICKIE FOWLER 

WEBB SIMPSON 

TIGER WOODS 

PHIL MICKELSON 

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU 

TONY FINAU

L E G O L F 

N A T I O N A L

Le Golf National joins the elite group of courses to have staged a Ryder 

Cup this September as Europe and the United States contest the 42 nd 

edition of golf’s greatest and oldest team match. The host of the HNA 

Open de France, A Rolex Series Event, will provide the stage and test for 

arguably the two strongest teams in the history of the competition. 

The Belfry, Valderrama, the K Club, Celtic Manor and Gleneagles have 

preceded the French course as host for European home matches over the 

last 25 years, and Le Golf National follows the Spanish club as the second 

continental European host venue. 

The Albatross Course is one which is very familiar to all the members of 

Thomas Bjorn’s team, being permanent host to the French Open since 

2002. Indeed, two of the 12 men in the team have won the Open de 

France in the last two years. Alex Noren and Tommy Fleetwood are a 

combined 19-under-par in winning over the formidable stadium/inland links 

layout. 

Justin Thomas played in this summer’s edition, finishing in a tie for 8 th place. 

Aside from Thomas the experience of the American team at this venue is 

very limited, with only Bubba Watson ever playing it before. 

The course is perfect for an event of the stature of the Ryder Cup, and 

should the matches come down to the final few holes there could be 

drama aplenty, with the 15 th , 16 th and 18 th having a lot of water to gobble 

up errant shots.

2018 RYDER CUP 

LEADER OF 

OUR TIME 

THOMAS BJORN AIMS TO JOIN THE LEGENDS OF EUROPEAN GOLF 

WITH SUCCESSFUL RYDER CUP CAPTAINCY

A few days before 

striking his first ball in 

competitive team golf 

something 

happened that 

allowed Thomas Bjørn 

to fully appreciate the 

scale, depth and 

meaning of The Ryder 

Cup; the late Severiano 

Ballesteros, the 

European Team 

Captain for the 1997 

edition of the biennial 

trans-Atlantic golf 

tournament, handed 

Bjørn a 

commemorative Rolex 

watch. 

Looking back, of all the 

special memories he 

enjoyed as he became 

the first ever Dane to 

play in the 

competition, it was the 

limited-edition 

timepiece, with his 

name engraved on the 

back, that came to 

mean the most. 

Given solely to those 

selected to play by the 

team captain, for him it 

was a defining 

moment, a sign he had 

arrived at the very 

pinnacle of golf. 

“That moment, when 

Ballesteros presented 

me with a Rolex watch, 

symbolizes what makes 

The Ryder Cup so 

special,” Bjørn recalls. 

“The captain usually 

gives them to the 

players on the Tuesday 

night of the 

tournament week. 

It’s a unique moment 

for the entire team, 

very symbolic 

considering the scale 

and nature of the 

event and what Rolex 

has done for the game 

of golf.”

Bjørn joins an elite 

group of Rolex 

Testimonees who have 

been selected to 

captain Europe in The 

Ryder Cup over the 50- 

year relationship 

between Rolex and 

golf. 

These include German 

Bernhard Langer 

(2008), Scotland’s Colin 

Montgomerie (2010), 

Spain’s José María 

Olazábal (2012) and 

Paul McGinley, from 

Ireland, in 2014. Like his 

predecessors, in 2018, it 

will be the Dane’s turn 

to present the watches. 

The ceremony will mark 

Bjørn’s crossing from 

player to captaincy. 

The Great Dane – as he 

is known throughout 

the golf world – will 

take on the 

responsibility of leading 

Team Europe to 

success, of inspiring 

synergies among 

teammates and 

bringing out the best in 

each player. 

“There’s nothing better 

as a professional golfer 

than walking down the 

16th, 17th and 18th 

holes in a Major 

championship if you 

have a chance to win 

– The Ryder Cup brings 

that same feeling and 

pressure from the very 

first morning; it’s a really 

unique atmosphere,” 

he says. “In terms of 

how all-consuming the 

captaincy is, it’s on my 

mind 24/7.” 

Even with his vast 

playing experience, 

the nature of 

captaincy in team golf 

will be a new 

experience for Bjørn. As 

fellow Testimonee 

Annika Sörenstam, who 

led the European Team 

in the 2017 Solheim 

Cup, puts it: 

“My experience at the 

Solheim Cup, eight 

times as a player and 

then as a vice captain, 

can’t compare to the 

year I captained the 

team in 2017,” she says. 

“It requires seizing the 

whole picture and 

making decisions with 

that bird’s eye view in 

clear sight.”

As one would expect 

from the contemplative 

Bjørn, who as a player 

won 21 tournaments 

and was runner-up 

three times in Majors, 

he has thought long 

and hard about what it 

means to be the 


captain. 

Still months before the 

competition will get 

underway in 

September at Le Golf 

National Club south of 

Paris, he has already 

defined his approach 

and the style of 

leadership he will bring. 

“It’s not my role to tell 

them how to play, but 

rather to support and 

manage them, not by 

getting in their way, but 

by helping them make 

the right decisions.” 

Bjørn’s analysis is 

shrewd. While the 

position may share 

some of the 

requirements of being 

at the helm of a racing 

yacht in the Rolex 

Sydney Hobart Yacht 

Race, taking the 

captaincy at The Ryder 

Cup is a role unique in 

world sport. 

Unlike a coach in a 

team sport who will tell 

a player whether he 

wants him to pass short 

or long, where to run 

and even where to 

position himself on the 

field of play, it would 

be a rash Ryder Cup 

captain who tried to 

tell those under his 

charge how to address 

the ball and play each 

stroke. 

Each member of the 

12-man team will arrive 

in Paris with a tried and 

tested system in place 

of what works for his 

game.

“These golfers play for 

themselves all of the 

time, so you don’t have 

to instruct them in how 

to play the course,” 

says Bjørn. 

The true task of the 

Ryder Cup captain is to 

foster and develop 

team spirit, to help 

players performing in 

the most mentally 

intimidating arena in 

their sport feel 

comfortable and 

relaxed, ready for 

action. 

Everything in his control 

– from the style of the 

uniforms through the 

standard of the 

accommodation to the 

speech made at the 

ceremonial dinner the 

night before the 

competition begins – 

can make a difference. 

“I think that confidence 

is everything in this 

game,” Bjørn says. And 

ensuring his team’s selfassurance 

is not 

compromised will be at 

the heart of his 

approach. 

“The younger players 

sometimes need 

guidance, and I’m not 

afraid to tell them that 

they might be making 

some strange 

decisions. 

In my experience the 

best thing to do is have 

a quiet conversation 

with them and point 

out a potentially 

different choice they 

might make.”

Team Europe’s roster 

will not be decided 

until after the release of 

this edition. 

However, among the 

family of Rolex 

Testimonees, the 

strongest contenders to 

play in The European 

Ryder Cup Team, 

supported by Rolex 

since 1995, include 

Rafa Cabrera-Bello 

(Spain), Paul Casey 

(UK), Matthew 

Fitzpatrick (UK), 

Thorbjørn Olesen 

(Denmark), Thomas 

Pieters (Belgium), and 

Jon Rahm (Spain). 

“My main concern is to 

have 12 guys there 

who are in form and 

ready to play,” Bjørn 

says. “My message to 

players is that it’s not 

about making The 

Ryder Cup Team, it’s 

about playing in The 

Ryder Cup. 

Looking back over the 

years, people are so 

keen to make the team 

that they forget that 

from the day they 

qualify they have to 

play in it as well. It’s a 

fantastic stage to play 

on, but only when you 

are ready to play.” 

There will be Rolex 

players on Team USA, 

too, where candidates 

include three of 2017’s 

Major winners, Brooks 

Koepka, Jordan Spieth 

and Justin Thomas, as 

well as proven team 

golf experts Rickie 

Fowler and Phil 

Mickelson. 

This family of Rolex 

golfers share the same 

pursuit of excellence 

and the Swiss 

watchmaker’s qualities 

of precision, 

performance, reliability 

and uncompromising 

quality.

When it comes to 

selecting Team Europe, 

Bjørn will have a more 

significant input than 

any of his predecessors 

in the role of captain. 

While eight of the 12 

will be selected from a 

combination of 

European Tour and 

World rankings, he will 

be able to choose an 

unprecedented four 

wild card picks, one 

more than any captain 

preceding him. 

When making his 

decision about who 

should be his special 

choices, Bjørn will have 

to weigh numerous 

considerations. Perhaps 

a player of significant 

Ryder Cup pedigree 

suffering from a 

temporary dip in results 

would be the best 

choice. 

He could also bring in a 

fine player recently 

recovered from an 

injury who has been 

prevented by absence 

from accruing sufficient 

points on the Tour to 

qualify outright. 

Or he might call upon 

a local, used to playing 

the Paris course. Not 

that he is giving 

anything away about 

his thinking this far from 

the selection deadline.

When the first tee shot 

is made on the morning 

of 28 September, the 

captain will have 

decided who plays 

with whom, and in 

what order. That is 

often a critical, matchwinning 

decision. And it 

is one Bjørn knows he 

will need to get right. 

“You must put your trust 

in your team and 

believe that your 12 

guys can deliver,” says 

the Dane. “You’ve got 

to try to play to your 

team’s strengths as 

best you can. 

Hindsight is 20/20, and 

people will always say 

what might have 

happened if you had 

chosen differently. You 

just have to go on what 

feels right in the 

moment.” 

Looking back at his 

own contribution to 

Ryder Cup history (he 

was on the winning 

side in all three of his 

appearances in 1997, 

2002 and 2014) he is 

well aware of the 

significance of the 

captain’s contribution. 

“Sam Torrance was a 

fantastic captain [in 

2002]. 

He had a different 

captaincy than in 

previous years, 

unfortunately because 

of September 11th 

[when tragic events in 

New York delayed the 

match for 12 months]. 

But it did give him an 

extra year to prepare. 

He got to spend so 

much time with us that 

he influenced us a lot 

and that put a 

completely different 

perspective on the 

captaincy. He was a 

motivator, and he had 

the ability to make all 

12 players feel like they 

were the best in the 

world.

He probably didn’t 

have the greatest 

team, but he still 

managed to win 

against an American 

team that was 

extremely strong. I 

thought that his way of 

talking to people was 

amazing.” 

It is an approach Bjørn 

will seek to emulate in 

his one-on-one 

conversations with the 

players. Though he says 

he won’t even try to 

match Torrance’s 

inspirational locker 

room speeches, ever 

grand and moving. 

“I won’t try to be 

something that I’m 

not,” he insists. “I want 

to try to create an 

uplifting environment 

for the players. I have 

some different 

responsibilities as 

captain because I 

have to listen to 

everybody and then 

make decisions and I 

understand that. But I 

still want to create an 

environment that all of 

these guys enjoy being 

in and playing in. 

Whether we win or lose, 

I want all 12 guys to 

walk away from The 

Ryder Cup thinking that 

it was a good 

experience – that is my 

main goal.” 

And that experience 

will really begin the 

moment Bjørn presents 

the ceremonial Rolex 

watches to each of the 

twelve representatives 

of Team Europe.

2018 RYDER CUP 

FOUR YEARS 

THE

SINCE 

RYDER CUP AT 

GLENEAGLES 

WHAT HAS THE RYDER CUP DONE FOR 

SCOTTISH GOLF?

This year’s Ryder Cup in 

France marks four years 

since Gleneagles 

played host to golf’s 

greatest team event. 

The event was a 

massive success, both 

on and off the course. 

Generating an 

economic impact of 

over £100million for 

Scotland and 

attracting over 103,000 

unique spectators to 

the venue. 

Hosting events such as 

the Ryder Cup is said to 

have a major legacy 

for the host nation, this 

is also said for events 

such as the Olympic 

Games. 

So, after years of 

anticipation of the 

Ryder Cup returning to 

the home of golf, 

exactly what impact 

has it had on Scottish 

golf? 

PARTICIPATION 

DOWN 

Prior to the Ryder Cup 

in 2014 there were over 

200,000 registered 

golfers in Scotland. A 

report from KPMG said 

that by 2016 this had 

fallen to under 193,000. 

This is despite the Golf 

Legacy Programme 

put in place by Scottish 

Golf introducing over 

260,000 primary school 

children to the game. 

The programme claims 

to have driven these 

youngsters, ultimately, 

into club membership. 

PERFORMANCE AT THE 

ELITE LEVEL 

AMATEUR 

Scottish golfers have 

continued to perform 

to a high level in the 

wake of the 2014 Ryder 

Cup, indeed one 

legacy of the entire 

Ryder Cup hosting 

process was the 

amateur success of 

Bradley Neil and 

Connor Syme. 

Neil won the Amateur 

Championship in 2014, 

qualifying for the 2015 

Masters before turning 

professional after the 

2015 US Open. 

Syme made a run to 

the quarter-finals of the 

2017 US Amateur after 

winning the 2016 

Australian Amateur 

and the 2017 Battle 

Trophy before turning 

professional later that 

summer. 

Grant Forrest won the 

2014 St Andrews Links 

Trophy and 2016 Battle 

trophy, turning 

professional later that 

year. 

However with only 

Ryan Lumsden (95) in 

the world’s top 100 

amateurs at the time of 

publication, it is clear 

that Scottish golf is in 

serious decline. 

There are only 3 Scots 

inside the top 200 in the 

amateur game, which 

over the last decade 

has been the great 

hope of the game in 

this country. 

Neil, Syme and Forrest 

have all shone on the 

amateur stage, 

however converting 

this to professional 

success has been 

difficult.

PROFESSIONAL 

Over a century ago 

Scotland was the world 

leader in professional 

golf. But it is now 20 

years since the last 

Scottish victory in a 

major, and the 

inspiration of hosting 

the Ryder Cup has 

done nothing to 

change the situation. In 

fact, no Scot has 

finished inside the top 

10 at any major in over 

10 years. 

Prior to the 2014 Ryder 

Cup there was 1 Scot in 

the world’s top fifty – 

Stephen Gallacher. 

There was 2 in in the 

top 100 and 6 in the 

top 200. At the time of 

publication no Scots 

were ranked inside the 

world’s top fifty, there 

was just 1 inside the top 

100 – Russell Knox. 

Sadly, only 3 are 

currently ranked inside 

the world’s top 200. 

The decline is even 

starker when you look 

at the number of 

victories by Scots over 

the last four years. 

Scottish golfers have 

won just four times 

across the two major 

tours of the world. 2 of 

them counting for the 

PGA Tour and 3 for the 

European Tour. Russell 

Knox has won 3 of 

those 4 titles. 

Performance on their 

home tour has also 

been on the decline, 

with 4 players set to 

secure their card for 

2019 via the Race to 

Dubai. 

Connor Syme and 

Bradley Neil are still 

young enough to have 

a career on a par with 

Justin Rose, however 

Scotland still lacks a 

young player to match 

the impact of Rory 

McIlroy. 

Scottish wins since 2014 

Ryder Cup 

2015 Trophee Hassan II 

RICHIE RAMSAY 

2015 WGC-HSBC 

Champions 

RUSSELL KNOX 

2016 Travelers 

Championship 

RUSSELL KNOX 

2018 Dubai Duty Free 

Irish Open 

RUSSELL KNOX 

CONCLUSION 

Events which promise a 

legacy of higher 

participation and 

greater success rarely 

deliver, so Scotland’s 

significant decline at all 

levels of golf cannot be 

blamed upon the 2014 

Ryder Cup. However, 

the fact it hasn’t acted 

as an inspiration to 

many youngsters is 

somewhat of a surprise 

in this golf-crazy nation.

COMING IN 2019

100 YEARS OF 

GOLF 

AT GLENEAGLES

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