Kids’ Golf Festival Offers Fun All The Way At Fairmont St Andrews

Kids’ Golf Festival Offers Fun All The Way At Fairmont St Andrews

A four-year-old You Tube sensation takes star billing at the Kids’ Golf Festival at Fairmont St Andrews, the luxury accommodation provider at the Home of Golf, at the beginning of Open week. Tommy Morrissey was born with just one arm but that doesn’t stop him playing and enjoying golf. And the youngster, from Florida, captured the collective heart of the USA when he appeared on Fox News – and subsequently You Tube – demonstrating his golfing prowess. He’s even gone on to meet Tiger Woods and, in a video viewed by nearly seven million people,…Read more …
Castle Stuart To Be Focus Of Scottish Open Economic Study

Castle Stuart To Be Focus Of Scottish Open Economic Study

As some of the world’s best golfers pitch up this week for the Scottish Open, a new study is being planned to calculate the economic value of the tournament. The event, sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management, starts tomorrow (Thursday 9 July) at Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian, before moving next year to Castle Stuart Golf Links near Inverness. As well as being a valuable event for the players ahead of The Open championship, it is also lucrative for businesses near the host venue. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) aims to conduct a…Read more …