Welcome to September

in St Andrews Golf

Magazine.

The spotlight will shine on Scotland brighter

than ever this year. We had the

Commonwealth Games in August and the

Independence Referendum on 18

September; and over a three-week period

at the end of the month and the start of

October, four golf events will transcend this

incredible country to a watching audience

of billions.

After 13 years of planning the 40th Ryder

Cup is just days away and the week begins

with the Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie

Golf Club in Perthshire.

Following the 2014 Ryder Cup the best

golfers on the European Tour will head an

hour down the road to the home of golf, St

Andrews, for the Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship.

Then across the water from St Andrews the

magnificent links of Panmure hosts the 10th

World Hickory Open.

The four events will be played on four, very

different courses. The Junior Ryder Cup

and 40th Ryder Cup will be played on

beautiful inland courses and the Alfred

Dunhill Links and World Hickory Open will

be played on rugged, historic links.

The three weeks will show off the variety

there is in Scottish golf course architecture,

and will welcome many of the best

exponents of the game, with modern and

ancient equipment.

Visit Scotland has embarked on a massive

campaign over a number of years to

cement Scotland’s place as the home of

golf. The hosting of a first Ryder Cup since

1973 has boosted interest in the game and

forced the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish

Government to invest heavily in the game

at the grass roots.

The ClubGolf programme was launched in

2003 to fulfil the Scottish Government's

promise to provide every child in Scotland

with an opportunity to experience golf, part

of Scotland's commitment to the game

which formed part of the successful bid to

host the 2014 Ryder Cup.

The Junior Ryder Cup could be viewed as

being more important for the future of

Scottish golf than the playing of the main

match at Gleneagles. The opportunity for

the youth of Scotland to attend a world-

class golf tournament for free is invaluable

to the game.

The likes of Amateur Champion Bradley

Neil and Youth Olympic Gold Medallist

Renato Paratore will be action for the

European Junior Ryder Cup team on

Monday and Tuesday of Ryder Cup week.

St Andrews Golf Magazine will be at

Blairgowrie for the entire event, providing

the most comprehensive coverage of

Junior Golf’s premier biennial team

matches. In September’s edition we have

an interview with the star of the European

Team, Blairgowrie’s Amateur champion –

Bradley Neil.

Later that week the best 12 golfers of

Europe will take on the best 12 golfers of

America in the fortieth Ryder Cup.

Gleneagles has undergone massive

change under a programme of major

investment and now they are ready for their

biggest moment since the G8 Summit of

2005.

St Andrews Golf Magazine has provided

comprehensive build-up to the event since

May and now via our dedicated micro-site

you can keep up to date with all the news

from Gleneagles. In September’s edition

we bring you a full course guide to the PGA

Centenary Course and we look back at the

Miracle at Medinah.

Once the action is over at Gleneagles many

of the field and many of the best in the world

head over to the Kingdom of Fife and the

County of Angus for the Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship.

The Old Course, Carnoustie and

Kingsbarns welcome stars of golf, stage

and screen for the 14th consecutive year

and it is the 30th consecutive year of Dunhill

staging a tournament at the home of golf,

St Andrews.

Last year David Howell dramatically

defeated Peter Uihlein in extra holes to

claim a first tournament victory since the

2006 BMW PGA Championship.

St Andrews Golf Magazine will be at the

2014 Alfred Dunhill Links and will provide

comprehensive coverage of the

tournament. In September’s edition we

have an interview with the 2012 Champion

Branden Grace and we take you back 19

years to Scotland’s historic victory in the

Dunhill Cup.

The next week sees connoisseurs of the

game from across the world gather at

Panmure and in Carnoustie Country for the

10th World Hickory Open Championship.

St Andrews Golf Magazine is an official

media partner to the event and this month

we will bring you a feature on the pioneers

of Hickory in golf club manufacturing, Tom

Stewart and Robert Forgan. We will also

preview the 10th edition of the tournament

with the chairman of the event, Lionel

Freedman.

The R&A stage their autumn meeting this

month over the Old Course and they also

take on the members of the St Andrews

Golf Club and New Golf Club in the

traditional Town Match.

The St Andrews Senior Open and SSE

Scottish Senior Open took place last

month, and we have the results from those

events as well as all the competitions of the

New Golf Club.

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9 R&A welcomes women and hold

Autumn Meeting

11 The Town Match and Bing Crosby

Tournament

12 New Golf Club results

16 2014 World Hickory Open

Championship preview

20 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship preview including

interview with Branden Grace

32 St Andrews Golf Magazine

Reviews… Ziggy’s Restaurant

37 Junior Ryder Cup preview and

team profiles

40 Matt Hooper speaks to Bradley

Neil

44 Blairgowrie Golf Club’s Rosemount

course guide with member Matt

Hood

53 The 40th Ryder Cup

55 PGA Centenary Course guide

74 Hotel Martinique in New York City

78 The teams

81 Golf’s Greatest Day

87 Sky Sports TV guide

Editors:

Matt Hooper

Colin Donaldson

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Page 26 Mercedes Benz Golf

Page 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,

65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 Gleneagles

Hotel

Page 81 OMEGA

Page 82 Omar Rawlings

Page 84 Scottish Government

It was a misty and murky Thursday evening

but that didn’t deter the world’s media from

being present at one of the most significant

announcements in the history of golf. The

18th day of September 2014 will be forever

known as the day on which the Royal and

Ancient Golf Club became a mixed sex golf

club.

Peter Dawson, the secretary of the golf club

and the governing body of the game, made

the short walk from the clubhouse to the

adjacent putting green to formally

announce the result of the ballot of the

members.

“The membership of the Royal and Ancient

Golf Club has voted overwhelmingly to

admit women members with immediate

effect.”

85% of the membership voted for the

admittance of women members and

several will be fast-tracked into the club.

The announcement was welcomed around

the world by both male and female golfers

and its impact cannot be overstated.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St

Andrews is the most famous and prominent

club in the world. The club plays a pivotal

part in the governance of the game, and

although the R&A has separated the

governing body from the club it does have

a responsibility far beyond serving just its

members.

No announcement has been made as to

who the first female members will be, but it

is likely they will be of high social standing

given the demographics of the current

membership.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club is now

actually the ONLY mixed-sex golf club in St

Andrews, with the St Andrews Golf Club,

New Golf Club, 19th Hole Golf Club, Thistle

Golf Club (all male), St Regulus Golf Club,

St Rule Club and Ladies Putting Club (all

female) remaining single sex in golfing

membership.

The Town Match

Saturday 13th September saw the 101st

playing of the annual Town Match.

This match is between the Royal and

Ancient Golf Club against the St. Andrews

Golf Club and the New Golf Club of St.

Andrews (The Town).

On a misty yet mild day, the foursome

matches took place over the Old Course,

the New Course, the Jubilee Course and

the Strathtyrum Course. This year saw the

record number of entrants playing, with a

total of 700 golfers participating.

The result saw the Town triumph in a

closely fought match by a score of 88.5-

86.5 matches. The Town win the Bobby

Jones Casket for 2014. Quite incredible

when you think of it. 175 matches played in

total and only two points separating the

teams.

The overall result sees the Town increase

their lead in the series to 97-4.

The Town Match is one of the highlights in

the St. Andrews golfing calendar. With

seven-hundred golfers playing and many

more missing out, the match is played in the

true spirit of the game, where golf always

wins and camaraderie is ever growing. This

truly is a great spectacle and is the largest

golf match in the World.

By Colin Donaldson.

Bing Crosby Tournament

for Senior Golfers

The day before the Town Match was the

Bing Crosby Tournament hosted by the St

Andrews Golf Club. The tournament

honours the late entertainer who had a love

for the home of golf, St Andrews.

Collecting golf memorabilia can be great

fun it can be as expensive as you wish it to

be, from just a few pounds to many

hundreds of pounds.

Collecting golf balls is one category that

can be exiting, very lucrative and also a

possible future investment.

Due to the recession, memorabilia prices

have dropped over the last five or so years,

if there was ever a good time to collect I

suppose now is as good a time as any.

Early golf references tells us that prior to

1850 golf was played with a small leather

ball that was filled with goose feathers,

commonly called a Feathery.

The very early balls pre 1820 are extremely

rare, only a few still exist, totally out of reach

to most collectors.

Post 1820 saw the names of the ball

makers on their balls, most were hand

written in ink alongside its weight. Marshall,

Roberston, Morris, Gourlay, are just a few

names of the ball makers of the early to mid

19th century.

Good conditioned balls by these or other

similar makers of this era can achieve

several thousands of pounds each. These

would be classed as the top category of golf

ball.

In the 1850s golf started to see the decline

of feather filled balls, a rubber compound

called gutta-percha was tried, it was

malleable when hot, and it could have been

rolled into a sphere and used to play golf

with. Moulds were produced to

manufacture balls they also gave a basic

consistence size. This ball was known as a

“smooth gutty”

Genuine examples still exist and would cost

in excess of £1000 to buy in today’s market.

Players found that the more they used

these balls, the more bumps and bruised

the surface became the straighter and

further the ball travelled.

Golf ball makers had discovered aero

dynamics! Chiselled patterns were made

on the balls surface so they flew better;

these are known as “hand hammered

gutties” most had a similar style of patterns,

some makers had a small panel where they

stamped their name, a ball stamped Morris

has a value of over £4000.

The 1890s brought in significant changes

with better quality ball materials and

patterned ball mould which imprinted the

pattern when moulded.

Some balls had multi materials added so

they could float if used on boggy or wet

courses, and courses with ponds.

Possibly the greatest change in the golf ball

occurred at the turn of the century when a

wound rubber core ball with a separate

cover was invented and used.

American Coburn Haskell invented the ball

that changed golf forever, his ball was used

by Scotsman Alex Herd to win the 1902

Open Championship, it was said he used

the same ball to win this championship. A

nice conditioned Haskell is worth £150+

Ironically twenty years later in the 1920s

ball manufacturers were designing multi

patterned balls to encourage players to use

their products; most balls were totally

useless to play golf with.

Albert Penfold was the most successful,

when he designed and inverted a square

patterned ball, which was produced in their

millions by Dunlop and others all through

the 1920s.

Ironically the early 20th century has

produced the highest valued golf balls, ball

that had unusual pattern creations starting

with Willie Park Jr. and his 1896 “Park

Royal” This ball has a series of hexagon

shaped patterns (like a small 50 pence

coin) This wan never going to be a success,

only a few still exist, if a good condition did

come on the market it would command a

price of £20,000.00

Henley’s 1904 “Rifle Ball” A spiral pattern to

the surface of the ball, opposite to what’s in

a gun barrel. Needless to say it did not, the

ball was produced for a short period and is

rated a being rare. A good conditioned ball

would be worth in excess of £1000.00.

The most unusual and obviously the most

valuable is Cochrane’s 1908 ‘Terrestrial

Globe’ also known as the “map of the

world.” A series of lines and dimples

outlined the world and its seas, sadly

science physics did not take too kindly to

this, if the ball got airborne it would either

slice or hook dramatically.

Production was stopped as soon as it

begun. Finding one of these in granddads

shed would realise you in the region on

£30,000.00 and rising!

1920s brought in a new era for ball

manufacturers, the square mesh pattern

was in full swing, when purchased they

came normally in attractive coloured paper

packaging, A golf ball in the original

wrappers are desirable and good to collect.

This period also brought in cult following for

the golf spectator, the great Bobby Jones

was the epitome of this. Young and good

looking, an American with the silkiest of golf

swings, he went on to conquer the world of

golf from 1926 to 1930. Winning numerous

major championships under the banner of

being an amateur. A period 1930 signed

ball by Jones will command a value of

£10,000.00. Autographed balls have

become collectable over the last decade.

Woods, Mcllroy, Mickelson to name a few.

A good thing for ball collectors is that you

can have a display in a small area unlike

golf clubs.

Written by Graham Rowley, Old Golf

Auctions.

Graham is amongst the most well-known,

and most highly regarded, dealers in golfing

memorabilia in the UK, having been

actively involved in the business for over 20

years. Graham is a member of the St

Andrews Golf Club.

Panmure Golf Club is from the same

bygone age in which golfers used hickory

shafted clubs because there wasn’t really

an alternative. This October over 100

golfers from 12 countries around the world

will gather in Carnoustie Country to

celebrate how the game used to be played.

Whilst the week is a celebration of golf from

a different time it is also a very serious

competition. There are a large contingent of

very accomplished hickory golfers from

America and mainland Europe. All of which

will be aiming to claim the 10th World

Hickory Open Championship.

The World Hickory Open Championship

was first played in 2005 at Musselburgh Old

Links and won by Mike Stewart.

Musselburgh Old Links is a 9-hole course

in East Lothian which hosted The Open

Championship on 6 occasions, and was a

perfect place for the championship

celebrating hickory golf to begin.

Craigielaw Golf Club hosted the 2006, 2007

and 2008 editions before the championship

moved to Gullane for 2009 and 2010. The

final year of the World Hickory Open in East

Lothian was 2011, with the tournament

returning to Craigielaw.

In 2012 the region known as Carnoustie

Country took over hosting duties, beginning

with the Buddon and Burnside courses at

Carnoustie Golf Links. In 2013 Montrose

Golf Club staged the 9th World Hickory

Open.

And now this October Panmure Golf Club,

established in 1845, will host the 10th World

Hickory Open Championship. Located to

the west of Carnoustie, some 24 miles from

St Andrews, Panmure played a historic role

in Ben Hogan’s 1953 Open Championship

success.

When Ben Hogan came to Carnoustie in

the summer of 1953 he was already holder

of The Masters and The U.S. Open

Championship. For this, his only Open

Championship appearance, arrangements

were made for him to practice at Panmure

Golf Club, just two miles to the west, but

well away from the busy practice ground at

Carnoustie.

At Panmure, only his caddie Cecil Timms

accompanied him. After two weeks of

rigorous preparation for the Championship,

he was familiar with the then smaller British

ball and the unforgiving links grasses,

which prevented him taking his customary

long divot.

Methodical as ever, Hogan taught himself

to pick the 1.62 inch ball off the turf. The

long hours of practice paid off. He won the

Open by four strokes, setting a new

Carnoustie course record of 68 for his final

round.

Hogan's favourite hole at Panmure was the

sixth and he suggested the cleverly-placed

hidden pot bunker to the front right of the

green. Over fifty years on, the members still

refer to it as "Hogan's Bunker". It is a fitting

memorial to a champion.

Off the Championship tees the course plays

a testing 6551 yards, and with hickory

shafted clubs and gutta percha balls the

100+ competitors at the World Hickory

Open will face a stiff challenge.

But the art of hickory golf is having fun and

the number of strokes you play are

irrelevant. It is still the player with the least

strokes played who wins.

St Andrews Golf Magazine is a media

partner of the 10th World Hickory Open and

we will be at the Gala Dinner at the

Carnoustie Golf Hotel on Monday 6th

October. We will provide full coverage of

the championship on Tuesday and

Wednesday.

Our Google plus hangout, Tuesday Tee

Time, will provide a comprehensive

discussion on Hickory Golf, and our website

will bring you all the scores and interviews

from Panmure.

Check our October edition for a full review

and more on the World Hickory Open

Championship.

This autumn is a celebration of golf

coming home to Scotland and St

Andrews more than plays its part with

the staging of the 14th Alfred Dunhill

Links Championship over the Old

Course, Kingsbarns Golf Links and the

championship course at Carnoustie.

The week following the return of the Ryder

Cup to Scotland at Gleneagles, the stars of

the European Tour, stage and screen will

take to the magnificent links on the east

coast for the annual pro-am tournament.

This year’s edition of the championship is

the 30th year of Alfred Dunhill sponsorship

of a tournament in St Andrews. The hugely

popular Alfred Dunhill Cup was played on

the Old Course from 1985 to 2000. The

tournament featured team medal match

play between 16 nations invited to enter

teams of 3 players.

The tournament featured some classic

head-to-head battles between legends

such as Seve Ballesteros and Greg

Norman. It also saw many superstars of the

game humbled by unknown players

including Tiger Woods, who was defeated

by Spain’s Santiago Luna in 1997.

This year’s ‘Dunhill’ has attracted a stellar

field in the week following the Ryder Cup.

World Number One Rory McIlroy will

attempt to finally claim a title over the Old

Course. Despite his stunning record around

the world’s most famous course The Open

and PGA Champion has yet to taste

success at the home of golf.

It was in the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship that McIlroy announced

himself as a professional on the European

Tour with a third place finish which helped

secure his European Tour card.

US Open Champion Martin Kaymer will

return to the scene of his 2010 victory which

followed his first major win in the PGA

Championship at Whistling Straits.

Victor Dubuisson, Thomas Bjorn and

Stephen Gallacher join McIlroy and

Kaymer as European Ryder Cup players to

enter the Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship.

Stephen Gallacher’s first European Tour

win came 10 years ago here in St Andrews,

when he defeated Graeme McDowell in a

playoff.

2-time Open Champion and 2-time Dunhill

Cup winner Ernie Els returns to the Alfred

Dunhill Links in search of an individual title

at the home of golf.

Fellow South Africans and past Major

winners Charl Schwartzel and Louis

Oosthuizen will join Els in the

championship. It is four years since

Oosthuizen destroyed the field at the 2010

Open Championship over the Old Course.

Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington

complete the line-up of Major champions;

Harrington is a two-time champion at the

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Colin Montgomerie, Matteo Manassero,

Paul Casey and Marc Warren are among

the other significant names to be teeing it

up in the championship this October.

The two main protagonists from 2013 also

return to the east coast of Scotland.

Champion David Howell and Runner-up

Peter Uihlein will hope to play well again in

what looks set to be a memorable week.

Each Dunhill provides

magical memories at the

home of golf, from Paul

Lawrie’s winning putt from

the valley of sin in 2001 to

Colin Montgomerie winning

in 2005.

But it will be very hard for the

2014 Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship to top what

happened on a dreamy,

sunny Sunday last

September.

David Howell ended his 7 year winless

streak by claiming his first win in a playoff

of his career and first title on Scottish soil,

as the 2013 Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship came to a thrilling climax as

the former Ryder Cup star and American

prodigy Peter Uihlein contended for the title

over two extra holes on the Old Course.

Uihlein opened the day with a two stroke

lead over Ernie Els, Joost Luiten and

Howell, but quickly his advantage was not

just cut, it was swallowed by a bogey from

Uihlein at the first hole and an extraordinary

start from France’s Thomas Levet. The

2004 Ryder Cup star birdied the first five

holes to reach 21 under par and pull 2 clear

of the American.

Levet would shoot 31 on the front nine and

back that up with birdies at the tenth and

eleventh, reaching 22 under par, but a

bogey at 12 and double at 14 ended his

impressive surge up the leaderboard.

Another challenge came in the form of

Portugal Masters champion Shane Lowry,

starting in a tie for second on 18 under the

Irishman birdied 3 holes on the front nine

before chipping in for a two on the par four

tenth. He followed that stunning moment up

with an equally sensational birdie on the par

three eleventh hole, but bogeys at 13 and

15 left him just a little short at the end.

The challenge of Els and Luiten never

materialized and the likes of Clarke,

Fleetwood and Schwartzel just had too

much work to do. So it came down to David

Howell, a winner of 5 tournaments and

Peter Uihlein, a winner of one – in Madeira.

Experience versus youth. Howell’s

approach to 15 ended up a couple of feet

away and he holed for a stunning birdie to

tie Uihlein on 23 under.

He gave himself a good birdie chance at 16

but narrowly missed and had to settle for

par before going on to hole a 10 foot putt for

par on the 17th after missing the green

short and right in the rough.

Howell then drove with a metal wood off the

18th tee and split the fairway, but the ball

struggled to cross Granny Clark’s Wynd

and rolled back onto the road, meaning he

had to play his second shot off the surface.

He didn’t hit the ball far enough and ended

up in the Valley of Sin and faced a pressure

two putt to lead in the clubhouse.

The man once renowned as the best putter

on tour managed to make par with ease

and this left Uihlein with a chance to win

with a birdie. He played a wedge from 109

yards over the flag leaving himself around

10 feet downhill to claim the biggest win of

his career. The ball narrowly missed right

and he tied Howell on 23 under par and the

championship would be settled in extra

holes.

The playoff would be played over 1 and 18

until a winner was determined. Howell drew

the honour and ripped a long iron down the

fairway and Uihlein followed suit.

With 121 yards remaining Uihlein played

his wedge to pin high to give himself a

chance of winning at the first time of asking;

Howell had 105 yards and played to around

20 feet beyond the pin and would have the

first attempt for birdie. He agonizingly

missed on the left edge and Uihlein would

have his chance for victory. The American’s

putt lacked pace and missed on the low

side, sending the playoff back up the 18th

hole.

Howell retained the honour and focusing on

making sure Granny Clark’s Wynd was out

of play he smashed a driver up the left side,

leaving himself 91 yards to the pin. Uihlein

used a metal wood and had 105 yards

remaining for his approach to the green.

The Madeira Island Open champion flew

the pin by 20-25 feet, Howell’s approach

ended up 68 feet behind the pin. The

Oklahoma State graduate narrowly missed

his birdie attempt and the watching gallery

around 1 and 18 focused their eyes on

David Howell. Nervelessly he rolled the ball

into the hole and turned and celebrated in a

fashion not too dissimilar to Seve from

1984.

Any win is special but as Howell said

himself “It has been 7 years so please don’t

worry if my speech takes a long time”, to

win for the first time in seven years and to

do it at the Home of Golf on such a

gloriously sunny evening is the thing of

dreams.

Howell’s dramatic win in the Dunhill was

preceded by an exhibition of golf, and the

most dominant performance the

championship has ever seen.

The 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Champion,

Branden Grace, spoke to Matt Hooper over

the summer about his win and love for the

Old Course.

2012 was the year of Oscar Pistorious at

the London Olympic Games, starring in

both the Olympic Games and the

Paralympics. It was also the year of Ernie

Els winning his second Open

Championship, dramatically defeating

Adam Scott at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s.

But in 2012 arguably the most successful

South African sportsman was a newcomer

to the global scene. Branden Grace was

among a crop of promising young talents

plying his trade on the Sunshine Tour but

having played on the Challenge Tour in

2007 he had little success at the higher

level.

Then at the Joburg Open he broke through

to win for the first time, winning by a stroke

from Jamie Elson. The win opened many

doors for the 23-year-old from Pretoria,

including qualification for the Volvo Golf

Champions. This event, played at the

magnificent Fancourt Links, was to be the

Launchpad for an incredible season.

After an incredible final day the tournament

came down the Ernie Els, Retief Goosen

and Branden Grace. A play-off including

two legendary figures of South African golf

and the new upstart.

The playoff took place on the fantastic 549-

yard par five 18th and Grace hit the longest

drive, putting him in position to reach the

green in two. Els and Goosen missed the

fairway and the green, and Grace made a

fabulous two-putt birdie to secure his

second successive European Tour win.

3 months later Grace was back in the

winners’ circle for a third time, claiming the

Volvo China Open. The win saw him

become just the third South African, after

Els and Goosen, to win three European

Tour events in the same season. The win

gave him over €1million for the season and

moved him into the world’s top 70.

He began 2012 ranked outside the world’s

top 250.

He returned to his native Sunshine Tour to

clean up for another victory at the Vodacom

Origins of Golf Final in September and then

that October he came to St Andrews as one

of the form players in the world, but the

attention was on the victorious European

Ryder Cup players in the field.

Martin Kaymer, Peter Hanson and Paul

Lawrie were joined by American star Dustin

Johnson at the home of golf.

If anyone had forgotten about the talent

Grace possessed he soon reminded them

with a sensational opening round of 60 at

Kingsbarns.

It set him on course for a superb victory

which would crown his epic year of five

wins. In the second round at St Andrews he

shot 67 to reach 15-under-par for two

rounds and then shot 69 at Carnoustie to

give himself a four stroke lead going into

the final round at St Andrews.

On the Sunday, which began under

glorious blue skies, he played like a

seasoned veteran, and a 2-under-par round

of 70 was capped with a birdie at the 72nd

hole to give him a 2 stroke win and a four

round score of 22-under-par.

His fourth European Tour win of the season

helped him to finish 6th on the Race to

Dubai, earning over €2.5million.

In 2013 and 2014 Grace has failed to add

to his four-tournament haul, finishing in the

top ten 7 times in 41 starts.

I asked Branden if he could explain his

recent quiet spell after such a great

2012.

“I think it just happens I suppose, you get

into a position where you think everything is

going to go your way every week. That is

what it felt like in 2012 and when things

don’t go your way you start getting hard on

yourself and you start working harder and

thinking about stuff more.”

“I think that has been the situation, I had a

great start to the season and it is just a

matter of getting that one low round and

boosting yourself.”

How special was the win at the Alfred

Dunhill Links Championship to you?

“That was one of my best ones. With the

history of all three courses it was awesome

to win it. Being able to lead it from the get-

go to the end was something special.”

“It is something you can take forward with

you.”

There can be little doubt that Grace will win

again and I would venture to say he will win

big. Following in the footsteps of Els,

Goosen, Immelman, Oosthuizen and

Schwartzel as a major champion would not

surprise anyone.

Alfred Dunhill celebrates 30

years of Golf in St Andrews

with two unique exhibitions

Two world-class exhibitions are to open

later this month, celebrating 30 years of

Alfred Dunhill’s support of golf in St

Andrews.

The first is a collection of sketches of St

Andrews landmarks by noted artist Harold

Riley and the second is a series of

photographs from various archives

including the Lawrence Levy Photographic

Collection courtesy of the University of St

Andrews Library, Getty Images, The Golf

Picture Library and Alfred Dunhill’s own

archive.

Both exhibitions open on Tuesday,

September 23, ahead of the 2014 Alfred

Dunhill Links Championship, which is being

staged on the Old Course at St Andrews,

Carnoustie and Kingsbarns from October

2-5.

The exhibitions capture great moments and

scenes from 30 years of uninterrupted golf

staged at the ‘Home of Golf’, beginning with

the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1985, then

continuing with the Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship from 2001. The drawings

and photographs also reflect the unique

flavour and atmosphere of the people and

places in St Andrews and Fife.

In conjunction with the St Andrews

Partnership, ‘St Andrews – An Artist’s View’

by Harold Riley for Alfred Dunhill is a

collection of 15 illustrations of local

buildings and scenes which will be staged

as an outdoor exhibition in different

locations around the town. The two meter

high panels will form a trail leading people

from the Old Course, passing iconic

buildings such as St Andrews Cathedral,

the Castle and the University’s magnificent

St Mary’s Quad, as well as Tom Morris’

grave.

From Salford in Greater Manchester, the

same town as L S Lowry with whom he

enjoyed a long friendship, Harold Riley

studied at the Slade in Florence and in

Spain before returning to Salford where he

has lived ever since.

Harold said: “I first visited St Andrews as a

young boy in 1946 and fell in love with the

town. My relationship with St Andrews and

Alfred Dunhill has been one of the joys of

my life. I always tell my friends that I do not

know anyone who visited St Andrews that

did not fall in love with the place. I certainly

have been in love with St Andrews since

the first time I went there. I hope this

exhibition captures that and will be enjoyed

by everyone who sees it. I hope that the

people of St Andrews will agree with us that

the selection we have chosen represents

what is so special about this town.”

‘Through the Lens - 30 Years of Golf in

St Andrews’ will be held in the Byre

Theatre, St Andrews, and features a

series of stunning photographs covering

both the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the Alfred

Dunhill Links Championship. The striking

images produce an historic cavalcade of

unforgettable moments and capture the

excitement and colour of the great names

of golf who have played over the last 30

years, including Seve Ballesteros, Greg

Norman, Bob Charles and Gary Player to

name a few.

‘Through the Lens’ is presented by Alfred

Dunhill together with the University of St

Andrews. Robert Fleming, Director of

Development at the University, said: “Golf

is so much a part of the town that it is

wonderful to see two exhibitions which

connect the history and the vistas of the

town itself with the game which has

become synonymous with the name St

Andrews. On behalf of the University and

the town, I would like to thank Alfred Dunhill

for these inspiring events.

This month St Andrews Golf Magazine

begins its series of reviews of the

restaurants of St Andrews. Each review will

help you, the visiting golfer to the home of

golf, decide where to eat out in this amazing

town.

We begin with Ziggy’s.

St Andrews itself is unique. It is a town

obsessed by golf with 11 golf courses within

a six mile stretch of coastline; it is a town

with one of the oldest universities in the

world which has moved with the times and

welcomes students from over 80 different

countries each year; it is a town in which the

rich and the famous rub shoulders with the

poor and the ordinary.

And in a little corner of this unique town,

situated amongst the many guest houses of

Murray Park and Murray Place, is a unique

restaurant. A restaurant with a flair all of its

own.

Ziggy’s Restaurant opened its doors in

1983, the same year yours truly was

brought into the world, and it has a long and

interesting history.

Initially located on South Street where the

Vine Leaf Restaurant now resides, Co-

owner Phil began with a baked potato shop

but upon visiting the New York Steam

Packet in Edinburgh he was inspired.

He had the inspiration to create a themed

steak house in St Andrews.

Phil and his wife Anne have owned Ziggy’s

since the beginning and it is now the

longest running restaurant ownership in the

town. Phil’s passion for music became in

the words of co-owner Anne “an obsession”

and soon his musical memorabilia was

being displayed on the walls of the

restaurant.

All of the memorabilia is original and they

own the copyright of many of the images

including owning the only, original picture of

the original BEATLES in the world.

Ziggy’s thrives on the memorabilia, with

Americans returning just to take photos of

the musical décor.

Whilst the music and the memorabilia are

part of the fabric of the place, the food is a

huge part of the reason people come to

Ziggy’s.

Upon arrival and throughout the evening

their welcome was polite, their service was

efficient and attentive but not overbearing. I

have to say it is a huge bugbear of mine

when eating and being disturbed constantly

by waiting staff asking “how is your meal” or

“is everything ok for you”.

I had been previously given the impression

that Ziggy’s was an American themed

restaurant; whilst it is in the style of an

American diner and they do serve steak,

my first impression was that it didn’t have

such an overwhelming American feel.

I was highly impressed by the welcome and

attention we received from the co-owner

Anne, and her explanation of the items my

companion for the evening, Paul Laesecke,

was able to eat to meet his dietary

requirements.

The lighting in the restaurant was cool and

bright enough to see each other, the menu

and the food. But not so bright reflections

were coming off the glass frames of the

memorabilia.

Whilst it was obvious music was playing it

was not too loud and overpowering, making

conversation easy between the guests.

The menu is wide and varied, and value for

money.

To start I had the Cajun Shroomies, and

Paul had the Loaded Potato skins. The

Cajun Shroomies were full of taste and the

taste of the mushrooms were not

smothered by their casing.

Along with our meals we each had a glass

of wine from the extensive drinks list. Paul

had a 175ml glass of South African Shiraz

(£3.95) and I had a 250ml glass of South

African Sauvignon (£5.35).

As a main I had ½ a rack of ribs and a

chicken fillet coated with a maple syrup,

along with a baked potato (£14.95). Paul

had a 6oz Rib eye steak (rare) with creamy

mash and a Peppercorn sauce (£14.95).

The food was served without delay and it

tasted just fantastic. Anne Marie spent a

considerable amount of time with us

speaking about the history of the restaurant

and convinced us (we didn’t take much

convincing!) to have her homemade

Cheesecake for dessert. It was epic!

I have lived in St Andrews for over 2 years

and have been coming to the town since I

was thirteen, and to my shame I had never

been to Ziggy’s in that time. Anne Marie

gave me a good telling off!

I will certainly be coming back to this

restaurant in the future and I certainly

advise any visiting golfer to spend an

evening, or lunchtime here too.

This review was arranged through

Crimson Edge PR and was conducted

by Matt Hooper and Paul Laesecke.

http://www.ziggysrestaurant.co.uk

The week of the 40th Ryder Cup begins with

the 9th playing of the Junior Ryder Cup,

hosted by the Blairgowrie Golf Club and

played on its magnificent Rosemount

Course.

St Andrews Golf Magazine’s coverage of

the event begins in this month’s edition with

an interview with Blairgowrie prodigy and

Amateur Champion Bradley Neil. He talks

about the upcoming matches and his

Amateur Championship triumph.

We have an extensive course guide from

Blairgowrie Golf Club member Matt Hood,

who gives us his unique insight. Matt is a

caddie at St Andrews Links and a friend of

Bradley’s.

We also profile the European and United

States Junior Ryder Cup teams in our 2014

Junior Ryder Cup preview section.

Then on our dedicated Ryder Cup microsite

we bring you extensive coverage of the

Junior Ryder Cup from Sunday 21st

September.

The Junior Ryder Cup was first played as

an unofficial match in 1995 at the Cavalry

Club in New York, with the results

unpublished. Two more unofficial matches

took place at Alcadeisa Links in Spain

where the Americans won 9-7; and at the

Country Club of New Seabury in

Massachusetts in 1999, where Europe won

at a canter, 10 ½ to 1 ½.

Then in 2002 the K Club hosted the first

official Junior Ryder Cup. It was to be the

first of three successive European wins

(they won at Westfield Group Country Club

in 2004 and Celtic Manor in 2006).

The United States have won the last three

Junior Ryder Cups, firstly in 2008 at the

Club at Olde Stone by a resounding 22

points to 2; then in 2010 at Gleneagles by

13 ½ to 10 ½ and in 2012 at Olympia Fields

by 14 ½ to 9 ½.

So coming in to the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup

the series is tied at 3 wins apiece, and this

could be the most highly anticipated match

in the 12 year history of the tournament.

Unlike the main Ryder Cup this match is

composed of two teams featuring 6 male

and 6 female competitors. It shows the

potential of golf as an Olympic sport and the

great social benefits of taking part in the

greatest game ever played.

Both teams have stars in the making who

have achieved great things in their junior

careers.

The United States have 18-year-old Sam

Burns, who has had a stellar year, winning

the Junior PGA Championship and AJGA

Tournament of Champions among other

titles. He also reached the last 32 of the US

Amateur.

Austin Connolly, also 18, won the 2014

FootJoy Invitational and finished third at the

Junior PGA Championship.

Brad Dalke is 17 and he won the 2013

PING Invitational and has tied Tiger Woods’

record for four Wyndham Cup

appearances.

17-year-old Cameron Young reached the

quarter-finals of the US Amateur this

August at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Davis Riley reached the final of the 2013

and 2014 US Junior Amateur

Championships, and won the 2014 Terra

Cotta Invitational.

Gordon Neale lost to Sam Burns in the

final of the 2014 Junior PGA Championship

and finished 3rd at the 2014 Junior World

Golf Championship.

16-year-old Andrea Lee reached the semi-

finals of the 2014 US Women’s Amateur

Championship and won the AJGA

Tournament of Champions and Yani Tseng

Invitational.

Kristen Gillman won the 2014 US

Women’s Amateur Championship at the

tender age of 17. She also won the Junior

PGA Championship and is the star of the

United States Junior Ryder Cup team.

Gillman defeated Bethany Wu in the final

of the Junior PGA Championship. Wu won

the ANNIKA Invitational in 2013 and 2014.

Amy Lee is the 2013 Junior PGA

Champion and reached the last 32 of the

US Women’s Amateur Championship.

16-year-old Sierra Brooks won the 2013

AJGA Girls Championship and the final

member of the United States Junior Ryder

Cup team, Hannah Sullivan reached the

semi-finals of the 2014 US Women’s

Amateur.

The European team is also stacked with

talented youngsters. Italian Renato

Paratore became the first ever Youth

Olympic Golf Champion last month in

China. The runner-up was Marcus Kinhult

from Sweden, who is ranked 4th on the

world amateur golf ranking and has won the

2014 Nordea Masters.

Ivan Cantero Gutierrez of Spain is ranked

in the top 100 and has had several high

finishes in significant tournaments this year.

Maximillian Schmitt of Denmark won the

final qualifying event for the Junior Ryder

Cup. The European Young Masters was

played in Germany and the Dane won

convincingly with two rounds of 65 and one

of 71.

John Axelsen, also of Denmark, has won

three times in 2014 including the

prestigious Macgregor Trophy.

Mathilda Coppeliez of France won the

French women’s amateur this year and is

ranked 74th in the world.

Alexandra Forsterling won the European

Young Masters to secure qualification for

the team and the German finished in the top

10 of the German International Amateur

Championship.

World Number 30 Virginia Carta of Italy

won the German Girls Open and is

performing consistently in significant

European amateur competitions.

Annabel Dimmock from England is the

world number 22 and she has enjoyed a

terrific 2014, winning the Jones Doherty

Cup in the United States.

Emily Pedersen is one of the outstanding

achievers of the European Junior Ryder

Cup team at Blairgowrie. The Dane won the

2013 International European Women’s

Amateur Championship. Sweden’s Linnea

Strom won the inaugural ANNIKA

Invitational last year and has been tipped

as a future LPGA star.

But despite the wealth of talent on show at

Blairgowrie on both teams there is no doubt

about the star of the show.

A young man who has seemed destined for

greatness since he was a boy, a boy who

became a man this year and has achieved

the Holy Grail in Amateur golf. He and his

family are members of Blairgowrie Golf

Club and he has been a part of a new

generation of Scots which have tasted

European glory in 2014.

His name is Bradley Neil and he is The

Amateur Champion. Matt Hooper spoke to

the 18-year-old star of Scottish amateur

golf at this summer’s Fairstone Scottish

Amateur Championship at Downfield.

The year is 1996 and a 20-year-old Tiger

Woods is about to embark on his record-

breaking final year as an amateur. On the

16th January of that year Bradley Neil was

brought into the world by his loving parents

Rodney and Amanda.

That year Tiger won the NCAA Individual

title, NCAA West Regional, PAC10

Championship and a record third

consecutive US Amateur Championship.

It had been many years since golf had seen

his like, with Woods smashing the records

of the iconic Jack Nicklaus.

The interest in the game for Bradley started

at the age of 3 when he first picked up a golf

club.

Father Rodney first took Bradley’s older

brother Connor to the Carsie practice range

at Blairgowrie, at about the age of 3 and

Bradley soon followed when he was 3. He

would take both the boys down most

days/weekends. At the age of 8 Bradley

become a junior member of Rosemount

where he and his brother played most of

their golf.

Once they had official handicaps, he would

take them both to junior open competitions

throughout the summer months in order for

then then to progress and play other golf

courses. The young Bradley quickly

showed his talent for the game in club,

local, regional and national competitions.

In 2009, at the age of 13 Bradley became

the Scottish Boys’ under-14’s champion

and won the Boys’ club championship at

Blairgowrie.

In the following year he retained his under-

14’s Scottish title and was runner-up in the

under-16 tournament. South of the border

he won the English Boys’ under-14’s title

and then became the Men’s Club

Champion at Blairgowrie – the youngest in

the history of the club.

More success ahead of his age came in the

2011 Scottish Boys’ under-18’s champion

of champions tournament at the Duke’s

here in St Andrews.

In 2012 he first received full International

honours, representing Great Britain and

Ireland in the Jacques Leglise Trophy.

He followed this in 2013 by being a member

of the Team GB Youth Olympic Gold Medal

winning team at Twin Creeks in Australia.

That year he also won the Scottish Boys

U18's Matchplay Championship at

Monifieth.

Then he stepped up to Men's Squad and

represented Scotland in the Home

Internationals and European Men's, where

he help Scotland reach the final with three

Matchplay wins. However Scotland were

beaten by England in the final.

He was also a member of the GB&I Jaques

Leglise Winning Team. He played in the

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St

Andrews. He finished 2nd in team event

with Peter Uihlein, who was runner-up to

David Howell in the main event.

So coming into 2014 Neil had shown

immense promise and was achieving great

things against players generally older than

himself. The year began well with a three-

week stint in South Africa and a third place

finish in Gauteng, followed by a 2nd place in

the South African Stroke play

championship.

Then in March Neil was selected to be part

of the Scottish team in the European

Nations Cup at Sotogrande in Spain. It was

the week that elevated the youngster into

the world’s top 100 amateurs.

He finished second in the individual event

and helped his team to an historic victory in

a play-off against Italy.

Neil began his golden summer with a third

place finish at the Lytham Trophy and then

in June he came to the home of golf.

The 2014 St Andrews Links Trophy is

arguably one of the best in the history of the

major international tournament hosted by

St Andrews Links. 1 stroke separated the

leading 6 players and the tournament was

decided in a playoff between Neil and the

highest ranked Scot, Grant Forrest.

Forrest prevailed but it had been a big week

for Bradley. Last autumn he competed as

an amateur in the team competition of the

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

alongside Peter Uihlein.

3 weeks later he headed for Royal Portrush

and the Amateur Championship. It would

be a week where promise and potential was

fulfilled.

In a hard fought 36-hole final over the

magnificent Irish links Bradley prevailed 2

and 1 over South Africa’s Zander Lombard.

The boy from Blairgowrie had become a

man and emulated the likes of Matteo

Manassero and Sergio Garcia in winning

the title as a teenager.

His first start after his Amateur success was

at the Fairstone Scottish Amateur

Championship, where he reached the

quarter-finals. I caught up with the 18-year-

old at Downfield to discuss this, match play

golf and the Junior Ryder Cup.

I started by asking him how his

experience in the Alfred Dunhill Links

Championship and St Andrews Links

Trophy helped him at The Amateur

Championship.

“Playing in front of TV cameras and

thousands of people (at the Dunhill) and

playing on links courses, which can only

help.”

“The Amateur Championship attracts big

crowds, especially during the match play

and that just prepares you. You are still

going to get over-awed by people watching.

But because it is not the first time, you know

how to deal with it a lot better.”

“Especially the Links Trophy (the playoff)

under that sort of pressure helped.”

Your home club (Blairgowrie) is an

inland course and very different to

Links. How much of an adjustment is it

to play well on Links and how much

early experience did you have of playing

Links golf?

“Between the ages of 10 and 12 my dad

took myself and my brother to a lot of Junior

Opens within an hour and a half of home. I

learned so many different things from

playing at many different courses. Learning

to play different shots and gaining an

experience of playing links golf, particularly

in the Scottish Boys’ championship.”

“I played in my first Scottish Boys’ when I

was 10, because you live in Scotland you

pick up how to play Links golf really

quickly.”

Major amateur championships like The

Amateur require two different mind-

sets, one to play well in stroke play and

one for match play. Is that hard?

“I have always been a pretty good match

player because I am pretty determined but

my strokeplay has improved. My scoring is

more solid, I generally pick up a lot of

birdies anyway.”

“With match play I feel I can play a lot more

aggressively off the tee, I am a really good

driver of the ball and quite long and straight.

I like the fact that in match play I can use

that to my advantage a lot more.”

“At Portrush it was a case of knowing that if

I got through the stroke play I knew I would

be one to watch in the match play.”

Had you played Portrush before The

Amateur Championship?

“Yes, I went over in March following our

Nations Cup win. I played Portstewart twice

and Portrush once and that helped me

because I didn’t turn up in May looking at

the course for the first time.”

“It probably made a massive difference to

the week.”

“I met a local caddie, Phil, who was

recommended to me and that helped as

well because we were able to develop a

quick bond.”

Despite his young age it is difficult to

appreciate when you meet Bradley that he

is indeed still a junior golfer. His junior

career comes to a proud conclusion this

month at his home club, Blairgowrie, as he

represents Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup.

It must be such an amazing thrill for you

to play the Junior Ryder Cup at your

home club?

“Yes, 2 years ago I just missed out and

when I heard that it was going to be at

Blairgowrie, in my last year as a junior, it

gave me a huge boost.”

“The event being at my home course was

driving me on even more to try and make

that team.”

“It was a big weight off my shoulders

making that team because there was a lot

of expectation from myself, family and

people in the club to make that team.”

“I am so proud to make the team because

it will be my last junior event and last junior

team I will play in.”

“Last year I had the pressure of playing in

the Scottish Amateur (at Blairgowrie) and I

didn’t do so well. But this year I am a year

older and a better player and I am hoping

to be able to take it all on board and use it

for the week.”

Bradley is clearly aware of the significance

of this Junior Ryder Cup, not just to himself

but to junior golf in general. The Rosemount

course will stage the matches and Bradley

believes that the course will provide much

entertainment for the expected large

crowds.

Does the Rosemount course lend itself

well to match play golf?

“There’s so many good birdie chances but

also a lot of tough holes, like the 1st and

16th, so it gives it a good mix. There will be

holes won with birdies a lot more than there

will be won with pars and bogeys.”

“I think the scoring could be very low in the

matches, which makes it even better for

spectators.”

I finished our discussion by asking him what

his goals were for the next 12 months. His

answers were telling by their simplicity. “To

keep getting better at everything” said the

18-year-old.

There is no doubt Bradley Neil is destined

for success as a professional, but only once

he has accepted his invitation to Augusta

and played at Chambers Bay in the US

Open. But arguably the proudest moment

will be hitting that first tee shot on Monday

morning in the 9th Junior Ryder Cup, on his

patch, in his manor.

Blairgowrie awaits a shining star.

The Blairgowrie Golf Club steps back into

the golfing limelight this September by

hosting the 10th Junior Ryder Cup. The club

has a prestigious history and is celebrating

its 125th anniversary this year.

The current Rosemount Course is

comprised of holes from the original

Lansdowne Course, which was designed

by Alister Mackenzie. The Rosemount

Course was designed by James Braid in

1930 and features some holes from that

original Mackenzie design.

The course having holes designed by

legendary figures such as Braid and

Mackenzie makes Blairgowrie one of

Scotland’s premier inland courses.

Gary Player was made an honorary

member of the club in 1989.

In 1977 the club staged the Martini

International, a tournament on the recently

established PGA European Tour. The

tournament was to become famous for

being the first European win for Australian

golfing icon Greg Norman.

Norman surged to victory with a final round

of 66, winning by three strokes from Simon

Hobday. The tournament featured the likes

of a young Howard Clark, Bernard

Gallacher, Sam Torrance, Mark James and

Ewen Murray.

The club has staged numerous other

national events but this September’s Junior

Ryder Cup is set to put the Rosemount

course back in the minds of golfers.

The course measures 6,630 yards from the

championship tees and demands the golfer

moves the ball both left to right and right to

left off the tee. The greens have subtle

breaks and the trees come into play on

many of the holes. There are opportunities

to score well on this course but only if you

play good golf.

This month I sat down with Blairgowrie Golf

Club member and St Andrews Links Caddie

Matt Hood to discuss the Rosemount

Course and he gave me his views on all 18

holes. Matt also speaks about being a

junior at the Perthshire club.

“Blairgowrie has a good junior section

which has been successful in many local

and national competitions. The clubhouse

has a junior room with sky, and juniors have

access to the bar and restaurant through a

hatch in their room.”

“Juniors are thought highly of and they have

a large junior prize giving event each year

and the opportunity to play in adult medals

when good enough.”

“The first hole is a 447-yard, par four which

doglegs from right to left and is tree lined

down the left. The bunker up the right side

is located 220-240 yards off tee. There is a

ridge in the middle of fairway and the best

drive is up right centre.”

“There are 2 large bunkers on left green

and a sharp fall off on right. The second

shot is played over heather on right side to

a slightly elevated green which has a

upslope at front. The green is fairly deep

but narrow in comparison to rest of course.”

“The second hole is a short par 4. The ideal

line for the drive is up left side of a tree lined

fairway. The approach shot is from less

than 100 yards, usually from a downslope

to a slightly elevated and undulating green

protected by five bunkers.”

“The par three third hole plays longer than

its yardage and has bunkers on either side

of the green. There is a narrow entrance to

the putting surface, when pin is located on

the right side you have to aim for middle of

green.”

“The par four fourth hole requires a draw off

the tee, with the longer hitters leaving

themselves a second shot from a slight

upslope. The green is protected by silver

birches on the right side and bunkers at the

front right and left.”

“The green is fairly flat but does have a

slight slope in the middle of the green,

which makes getting an approach close

difficult.”

“The fifth hole is a long and straight par five.

There are bunkers in play for the longer

hitters up the right side which have been

recently added.”

“The lay-up is difficult with a large bunker

and lone tree making the target extremely

hard to find.”

“The 190-yard par three hole has a deep

green with a bunker short left and right. The

green slopes from right to left and it is a hole

where clubbing accuracy is extremely

important.”

“The seventh hole measures just 376 yards

but accuracy off the tee is vital, avoiding 3

fairway bunkers with two on the left and one

on the right. The best line off the tee is up

the left side to open up the green for the

second shot.”

“The 371-yard par four eighth hole requires

a drive up the right side of the fairway,

leaving a short wedge approach to a green

protected by bunkers 20 yards short and

surrounding a green which angles from

right to left.”

“The ninth hole is also quite short by

modern standards at just 328 yards long.

The hole doglegs right to left and any tee

shot drifting right or which goes through the

dogleg will find a lone bunker. If the tee is

moved up slightly the green may be in

reach for big hitters.”

“The 508-yard par five tenth hole features

a severe dogleg right to left, with a bunker

on the left the ideal line for the tee shot is

up the right centre. For the longer hitter to

reach in two they have to go tight up the left.

The hole features a long green, guarded by

bunkers on both sides with a slope at the

back of green which can punish misjudged

approach.”

“The second of two back-to-back par fives,

this hole also features a severe dogleg but

in the opposite left to right direction. There

is a bunker through the fairway on the left

which must be avoided, anything left will go

towards heather and trees.”

“This green features a large ridge in the

middle.”

“This is the shortest par four on the course.

From the tee most players will use a mid to

long iron up right side. When the tee is up

many will go for the green which is

protected by bunkers short right and short

left.”

“The 403 yard par four 13th hole has a left

to right sloping fairway so tee shots should

be kept to the left. Deep bunkers left and

right, and a slope beyond the green mean

the approach has to be precise.”

“The 517 yard par five fourteenth hole is

fairly straight but to provide the best angle

for a second shot the drive needs to be up

the left side. Fairway bunkers need to be

avoided when laying up.”

“The shortest hole on the course is the 130

yard par three 15th. Guarded by bunkers on

both sides and a precise shot is needed.

The green divided into three parts.”

“The 16th is one of the hardest holes on the

course, measuring 473 yards off the back

tee. The entire left side of the hole is

bordered by out of bounds. The drive is

over water and to reach into two is good

hitting.”

“The signature hole on the Rosemount

course at Blairgowrie is the 163 yard par

three 17th. There is a ridge which splits the

green into two parts and the green is wide

and shallow. There is a large, deep bunker

protecting the front of the green.”

“The final hole on the Rosemount course is

a 402 yard par four which is a slight dogleg

left to right.”

41 years is a long time.

Scotland has held two referendums on

Independence in the last 41 years.

The country has changed significantly in 41

years.

But it still loves golf.

Golf is a burning passion, a pastime which

brings communities together.

Golf is an industry which drives the nation’s

economy and brings thousands of tourists

to the country each year.

Scotland is the home of golf.

This September the Ryder Cup returns

home to Scotland for the first time since

September 1973. Back then it was the

Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

which played host the matches between the

United States and Great Britain and Ireland.

This year it is The Gleneagles Hotel and the

PGA Centenary Course in the heart of

Perthshire.

Since May St Andrews Golf Magazine has

brought you a countdown to the 2014 Ryder

Cup and now we have nearly arrived at that

special event. Gleneagles is ready and the

world is ready for another enchanting

episode of the Ryder Cup story.

Over the next 18 pages we guide you

through the PGA Centenary Course and

then we tell the story of that extraordinary

Sunday at Medinah.

The 40th Ryder Cup is set to be one of

sport’s greatest contests.

The two teams are very evenly matched

and the two captains are diligent and

passionate about their roles.

The spectators will be passionate and

knowledgeable, and the viewers around the

world will be transfixed by the awesome

golf in beautiful surroundings.

Keep up to date with Ryder Cup week on

our dedicated Ryder Cup microsite. Just go

to www.standrewsgolfmagazine.com and

follow the link.

Enjoy the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

In August’s edition of St Andrews Golf

Magazine we took a look at the Pioneers

from St Andrews who became club

professionals in the United States and

eventually helped form the PGA of

America.

This month St Andrews Golf Magazine

visited the Hotel Martinique in New York

City, and the Taplow Club, where the PGA

of America was founded in 1916.

Unfortunately we were not able to source

the details of the origins of those present in

the initial meeting. We know there were

some 15 Scots but not their precise origin

and if they were from St Andrews.

The PGA of America continued to use the

Hotel Martinique as the place it announced

its Ryder Cup team for many years until

recently.

Captain: Paul McGinley

Rory McIlroy

Graeme McDowell

Victor Dubuisson

Thomas Bjorn

Sergio Garcia

Jamie Donaldson

Henrik Stenson

Martin Kaymer

Justin Rose

Wildcard: Lee Westwood

Wildcard: Stephen Gallacher

Wildcard: Ian Poulter

Captain: Tom Watson

Wildcard: Hunter Mahan

Wildcard: Keegan Bradley

Wildcard: Webb Simpson

Phil Mickelson

Jimmy Walker

Jordan Spieth

Patrick Reed

Matt Kuchar

Jim Furyk

Zach Johnson

Rickie Fowler

Bubba Watson

The Ryder Cup was the event that inspired

me to take up the game at the age of 10 in

1993, with the hole in one by Nick Faldo at

the Belfry on the Sunday providing the

spark that began my 19-year addiction to

this marvellous game.

And I have absolutely no doubt that the

incredible happenings at the 2012 Ryder

Cup will provide a similar spark to

thousands of 10-year-old boys and girls

across Europe.

Europe drew on the inspiration of Seve

Ballesteros to generate momentum for an

historic and amazing comeback from 10-4

down late on Saturday evening, winning 10

and a half of the final 14 points available at

Medinah.

Over the first two days we saw a wave of

American birdies, with shot after stunning

shot from a team being lauded as the best

for 30 years, since the "dream team" which

dismantled Europe at Walton Heath in

1981.

Seemingly every putt they hit found the

bottom of the hole, and Europe were

clinging on to anything they could to keep

the match alive going into the Sunday

Singles.

Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald held on to

edge out Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker,

giving Europe just their fifth point out of the

first 15. Then the attention switched to the

16th match between Ian Poulter & Rory

McIlroy and Jason Dufner & Zach Johnson.

The Americans took a 2-up lead into the

last six holes, and seemed set to extend the

overall score to 11-5, before an inspired

finish which gave Europe the platform for

their greatest ever comeback.

The World Number One (McIlroy) holed a

downhill putt at the 13th to win the hole with

a birdie, and then the European talisman

Ian Poulter took over. He holed putt after

astonishing putt on each of the last five

holes to complete a remarkable six birdie

finish for Europe to close the score to 10-6

and give them hope of a "Brookline 99"

style comeback.

And Europe achieved the Impossible by

winning the first five matches on Sunday,

quietening the raucous Chicago crowds

and sending a ripple of nervousness

around the Medinah Country Club.

Suddenly the seemingly rampant

Americans were missing and the pressure

was too much for them to bare. The

matches and destiny of the Ryder Cup

came down to the final three matches.

Ryder Cup legend Lee Westwood extended

his points tally in the competition to 21,

moving to within 4 points of matching the

all-time record held by Sir Nick Faldo, a

record he can potentially break at

Gleneagles in 2014.

So it came down to the final two matches,

with the score at 13-13, Europe needing 1

point to retain and the United States

needing 1 and a half points to win.

Martin Kaymer, out of form for much of the

season and dropped for the entire second

day's play, made a par 3 to take the lead on

the 17th in his match against Jim Furyk,

meaning a half at the final hole would

incredibly give Europe the Ryder Cup.

And the German delivered.

Coolly rolling in the putt which had realized

the dream Europe had dared to dream on

Saturday night.

Sky Sports’ Ewen Murray found the right

commentary for the moment: “The history

books re-written by 12 heroes in Chicago,

unbelievably, it’s Europe’s Ryder Cup!”

Francesco Molinari and Tiger Woods

halved their match, remarkably giving

Europe an outright win, from a seemingly

impossible deficit.

It was pure ecstasy for Europe and the

fans.

Sky Sports' Butch Harmon, coach to Phil

Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, said that it

"was the greatest golf event he had ever

been to" and television ratings show the

immense popularity of what is now without

question the greatest golf event in the

world.

NBC's overnight ratings were the highest

they have been for the Ryder Cup ever,

eclipsing those of the 1999 matches when

the United States team came back from the

same deficit at The Country Club.

Sky Sports’ golf presenter David

Livingstone recalls the experience: “It was

the best (atmosphere at the Ryder Cup)

ever; we had a big, full studio with a big

curved window and it is the biggest and

best studio at the whole Ryder Cup and

even the host broadcaster is looking at it

and they can’t believe what is going on.”

“Of course we had Jack Nicklaus in there

on the final day. It is like a goldfish bowl so

people are walking by and they see

Nicklaus, Monty and Butch. For some

reason Jack really enjoys coming into our

studio, maybe because we do things

differently from the Americans.”

“We’re not quite as intense or serious. I

remember he couldn’t believe it; it was the

final word before going into live golf for the

day and Monty made this big case as to

why he thought Europe was going to win.

He was very passionate about it. The last

word from Butch was “Monty you’re full of

it” and Jack Nicklaus laughed so loud, he

couldn’t believe anyone would say so

irreverent on TV.”

“It was a great atmosphere, because I don’t

think any of us thought Europe were going

to win but it was like a shot to nothing at

snooker. You have a go at it but you don’t

expect to do it. The atmosphere inside and

outside was great.”

“It evolved into a special day, not just for

golf but for viewing golf. At one point in the

evening Sky Sports 1 was the most viewed

channel in Great Britain of ALL channels

including terrestrial.

“For the first time, people who had never

watched sport, never mind golf got

interested in it.”

And for me the Ryder Cup does transcend

golf to an audience which otherwise would

not watch the game, this was proved in my

own house. My parents have never really

sat down with me to watch golf, but they did

for this Ryder Cup; on Thursday night for

the Opening Ceremony, on Friday for the

Opening shots, on Saturday evening for the

incredible finish to the Fourballs, and on

Sunday for the finale.

And what further proved this was that my

Dad actually said that he was looking

forward to watching it.

We were all sat there cheering every holed

putt and we all celebrated when Martin

Kaymer holed the clinching putt. The sense

of exultation when Europe won was

absolutely fantastic, it was without question

the best golf tournament I have ever

watched.

Golf has always had a rather unfair

reputation as a sport for old men and a

stuffy, slow game. The week of the 2012

Ryder Cup completely shattered that

reputation, with the crowd interaction on the

first tee and throughout the course, and at

the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. And

the makeup of the two teams, the bright and

brash Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Nicolas

Colsaerts, Ian Poulter, Bubba Watson,

Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley.

Golf came out of the 2012 Ryder Cup with

its reputation and popularity enhanced, and

its stars shining brighter than ever before.

Sunday 30 September 2012 was Golf's

Greatest Day.

How the 1995 Ryder Cup was won

Thursday 18 September 6am, 6pm

Saturday 20 September 11pm

Sunday 21 September 3am, 7.30am

Monday 22 September 7pm

How the 1997 Ryder Cup was won

Thursday 18 September 9.30pm

Sunday 21 September 9.30am

Monday 22 September 11pm

Tuesday 23 September 6.30am

How the 1999 Ryder Cup was won

Friday 19 September 12.30am

Tuesday 23 September 3am, 10.30am

How the 2002 Ryder Cup was won

Friday 19 September 3am, 7.30am

Tuesday 23 September 1pm

2010 Official Film

Friday 19 September 1.30pm

Saturday 20 September 10.30am

Monday 22 September 9am

How the 2004 Ryder Cup was won

Friday 19 September 6pm

Tuesday 23 September 7pm

How the 2006 Ryder Cup was won

Friday 19 September 9.30pm

Saturday 20 September 6am

Miracle at Medinah

Thursday 18 September 8.30am

2008 Official Film

Thursday 18 September 1.30pm

Saturday 20 September 2am, 9am

2012 Official Film

Saturday 20 September 12pm, 7.30pm

Monday 22 September 12.30pm

Tom Watson – Lessons of a Lifetime

Saturday 20 September 7pm

Sunday 21 September 1am, 5am, 7pm,

9.30pm

Monday 22 September 1.30am, 4.30am,

8am, 8.30am, 2pm, 2.30pm

Ryder Cup Countdown LIVE

Sunday 21 September 5 days to go

7.30pm (shown again at 11.30pm, Monday

22 September 2.30am, 6am, 10.30am,

3pm)

Monday 22 September 4 days to go

5pm (shown again at 9pm, Tuesday 23

September 2am)

Tuesday 23 September 3 days to go

5pm (shown again at 9pm)

Wednesday 24 September 2 days to go

5pm

Ian Poulter: Europe’s Postman

Monday 22 September 6pm, 10pm

Tuesday 23 September 9.30am, 4pm

McGinley: The making of a captain

Tuesday 23 September 6pm

History of the Ryder Cup

Tuesday 23 September 10pm

Celebrity Challenge

Thursday 25 September 11am

Opening Ceremony

Thursday 25 September 2.30pm

Day One

Friday 26 September 7am

Day Two

Saturday 27 September 7am

Day Three

Sunday 28 September 10.30am

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