http://www.thegolfvisitor.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:55:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Standing in a lengthy airport check-in queue is always such a mind numbing pleasure that I almost missed out on the automatic check-in service offered by Monarch at Manchester. One quick scan of my passport, a couple of quick questions on the screen, and there I was with my boarding ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=157 When I announced to the guys at the golf club that I was flying to Abu Dhabi for a few days golf most of them looked incredulous, after all, as one pointed out, you can drive there in less than two hours. Once we had painstakingly established that I was ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=116 After an interesting journey to Heathrow airport, involving a Virgin intercity train from North Wales, a coach transfer from Watford and a wander round the airport carrying clubs and a bemused expression, I finally found the appropriate check in (thanks to the ever helpful BAA staff) I surrendered myself to ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=113 Just when more and more golf clubs are restricting the use of mobile phones when either playing or watching on course, Nokia have come up with an “indispensable service”. They can provide a warning system that will tell you to take cover if lightning is headed your way. Of course, if ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=110 When browsing through an old guide book of North  Wales, published about 1912, I came across a list of Golf Courses available for the Edwardian golfer, and even in some instances, his lady, to play on. This list included a number of courses long since lost to the golfer; some ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=101 At last – I have discovered the ultimate gadget. It is a robot that acts as your own personal caddy. The great Bobby Jones once famously said “If I needed advice from my caddy, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag”. 75 years later there are ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=70 Click here to find a list of all the major golf tournaments happening around the world in 2008. Please note that the times, dates & locations of the tournaments mentioned below may be subject to change. PGA EUROPEAN TOUR May 29-1 June HypoVereinsbank Ladies German Open presented by Audi Golfpark Gut Häusern, Nr.Munich, Germany June 6-June ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=61 Heading straight to the kitchen is perhaps the last place you might think of heading at the end of a fine round. Yet any golfer with a taste for the finer things in life would be well advised to bypass the 19th hole and instead head straight for The Kitchin. Indeed, ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=56 NEW STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT SPONSOR LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR (LET) ROOKIES FOR 2nd YEAR New Star Asset Management today announced the names of the 2008 LET New Star Rookies. Lydia Hall for Wales, Emma Cabrera-Bello for Spain and Vittoria Valvassori for Italy will each wear New Star branded clothing when they compete ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=47 With those words from the starter echoing in your ears, and having somehow acquired the honour, you must now drive away from the first tee. Not just any old first tee, but the first tee at the Old Course, St Andrews. No pressure here, then. Prior to this you have reported ... http://www.thegolfvisitor.com/?p=7