Topic: Western Europe

There are thousands of golf courses around the world at which both amateurs and professionals play and one of the oldest and most prestigious of these is the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland. St Andrews is considered ...
The history books tell us that James II of Scotland had both golf and football banned in 1457 in an Act of Parliament because the sports were interfering with archery practice for the defenders of the Scottish realm. Although various forms of ...
Our route starts at the corner of Anglesey Road and Greenbank Road in West Kirby, Wirral, where a very small free car park services residents and the?sports club. Caldy, Heswall and West Kirby are among the most expensive areas in Cheshire and ...
I think you will agree that The Open golf tournament this year (2008) was an exciting event ? even without Tiger Woods. In 1871, The Prestwick Golf Club invited The Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers ...
2010 will mark the 150Th anniversary of the St Andrews is a coastal town on the east coast of Scotland in the region of Fife in the UK. In order to qualify players must play in qualifying events staged over the world ...
Some historians believe that the games of Kolven from Holland and Chole from Belgium influenced the game. The latter being introduced into Scotland in 1421. However, while these are stick and ball games, they are missing that vital ingredient that is unique ...

Kaymer's PGA win should spark a boom in Germany: Langer

LONDON (Reuters) - Martin Kaymer's U.S. PGA Championship triumph is set to spark a golfing boom in his native Germany, compatriot Bernhard Langer said on Wednesday."Golf has been growing in Germany ever since the 1980s and still is, and Martin came along ...

Oosthuizen poised for Open glory

Rank outsider Louis Oosthuizen stood on the cusp of British Open glory on Sunday, taking a four-stroke lead into the final round.The 27-year-old South African carded superb rounds of 65, 67 and 69 to set up a 15-under par winning position and ...
Casey moves himself into contention to be first Englishman to win British Open since FaldoGo ahead, pile the hopes of all of England on Paul Casey's shoulders. The rest of the United Kingdom, too. He doesn't mind.A year after a rib muscle ...
Farmer's boy Louis Oosthuizen flung down the gauntlet to overnight leader Rory McIlroy at the British Open on Friday and then watched as Mother Nature rallied to his cause.The 27-year-old South African, from the Western Cape coastal town of Mossel Bay, started ...