by Alison Chestnutt | Jul 29, 2019 | Mid Ulster Golfer Blog
Although it’s been one week since Co Offaly’s Shane Lowry lifted the coveted Claret Jug (now renamed by many as the Clara Jug), the golfing world is still reverberating with stories of The 148th Open. I don’t think I’ll get tired hearing about...
by Alison Chestnutt | Jul 22, 2019 | Mid Ulster Golfer Blog
Shane Lowry smiled his way around the Dunluce LInks of Royal Portrush on Saturday and Sunday and grinned the whole way up the 18th fairway yesterday, knowing that he had the Claret Jug in the bag. What a day for Irish golf! Lowry’s win has been hailed as the...
by Alison Chestnutt | Jul 12, 2019 | Mid Ulster Golfer Blog
You can’t have missed the fact that the largest ever sporting event to be held on the island of Ireland is happening this week! It’s bound to be a success – tickets sold out almost a year ago and many say that the stunning Dunluce Links at Royal...
by rmeitel | Jul 2, 2019 | Mid Ulster Golfer Blog
This week I have a story of a record-breaker, Mr Tom Dickson! When I started to read about the history of his family in connection with Dungannon Golf Club I discovered many interesting facts which are worth sharing. Having joined the Club in the late 1920s, Tom is...
by Alison Chestnutt | Jul 1, 2019 | Mid Ulster Golfer Blog
We all talk about the speed of the greens, whether that’s because they were so fast and we putted three or four feet past the hole, or perhaps they were so slow that our ball never got near the hole, or maybe some were fast and some were slow, so we never got the...