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It’s Loo-ih-vul not LOO-ee-vil

Valhalla, in Norse mythology, is the heavenly hall where Odin receives the souls of heroes slain in battle. It is also the apt name of the golf course in Louisville, Kentucky that hosted the 37th Ryder Cup. For 4 days, I was in Kentucky watching the Ryder Cup as a guest of the hospitable Scottish [...]

Random Thoughts Tuesday

Crikey. Is it Tuesday again already? Time really does fly when you’re havin’ fun. Tomorrow, I head down to Louisville as the Scottish Government’s guest to attend the Ryder Cup. I am looking forward to it. I will try to post while I’m there but it will be spotty. I can hear the USA chants [...]

The Ryder Cup

There’s something about me and the Ryder Cup. In the last 6 Ryder Cup tournaments, I have attended 4 of them. And next week, I am heading to Louisville to see another. My most memorable Ryder Cup was in 1997. That year the Ryder Cup was in Sotogrande, Spain at Valderamma Golf Club. It was [...]