St Andrews Magazine Edition 04

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.