Scotland Golf Trip Recap

As pictured on the front cover of this newsletter, 20 members of The Friars enjoyed a terrific time together in Scotland this past August.

Location - Location - Location. How's the Rusacks Hotel overlooking the 18th green on the Old Course at St. Andrews for location? The men spent the first 4-nights of the 9-day trip staying at the Rusacks. Mornings began with breakfast with the Old Course and the R&A Clubhouse just outside the window. And golf on the Old Course, New Course (110 years old) and the Jubilee Course (105 years old) at St. Andrews was the perfect way to spend the days before the meeting for drinks in the lounge at Rusacks.

In addition to golf at St. Andrews, we played the Championship Course at Carnoustie twice (site of next year's Open Championship), the excellent Kingsbarns Course (twice) and traveled to Edinburgh to play the 7th oldest golf course in the world - North Berwick (site of the famous Redan Green). While in Edinburgh, the group took in the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival.

"What a great time. Can't say enough about the terrific group of guys that were on the trip." - Ralph Bincarowsky

"The trip was one of the best Friars events I have ever experienced." - Rich Borchers

"My special thanks are to Tom Dwyer for all his work organizing, hosting and 'herding the cats'. I have never had anything but great experiences on The Friars trips." - Dave Lundquist

"Thanks to all for making my trip to Scotland so memorable. The golf courses will be a wonderful memory but the friendships will be so more." - Terry Stafford

"Great courses, great organization, great weather and most of all - great guys." - Peter Candlish

FRONT COVER PICTURE
1st Tee of the St. Andrews Old Course with the R&A Clubhouse in the background.

Front Row (left to right): Jim Gorman, Tom Doolin, Tom Waldron, Jack Dwyer, John Crouchman, Peter Candlish, T.J. Johnson, John Carpenter, Gary Sneva

Back Row (left to right): Ralph Bincarowsky, Dave Lundquist, Rich Borchers, Bob McCarthy, Clyde Robinson, Joe Coon, Mark Keating, Terry Stafford, Ron Glavic, Tom Dwyer, Bill Chisholm

 

Ireland Golf Trip - 2007

We announced plans for an Ireland Golf Trip in our last newsletter and all 16 spots have now been taken. If you did not reserve your spot and would still like to go on this trip, contact Tom Dwyer (Tom@TheFriars.com) so that you can be put on a Wait List.

The itinerary for this trip is probably the best of all the Ireland/Scotland trips we have taken. Golf is set for round on Royal Portush (Dunluce Course) - Royal County Down - Portmamock (Old Course) - Druids Glen - European Club - Portstewart. We'll be staying at the famous Bushmills Inn at Portrush, the Slieve Donard overlooking Royal Country Down, and a fine hotel in Grafton Street/Temple Bar area in Dublin. Dates for this trip are August 5th - 14th, 2007.

Club Notes

Jack Dwyer's Daughter Appears on THE BIG BREAK VI
Be sure to tune in The Golf Channel's popular reality series THE BIG BREAK VI at Trump National to see member, Jack Dwyer's daughter, Bridget Dwyer. The series is scheduled to premiere on September 26th. A native of Hawaii, Bridget was a three-time National Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar selection and played on the UCLA 2004 National Championship Team. She is currently a player on the LPGA Futures Tour.

Congratulations go out to Fritz Balsinger for his first Hole-in-One. It happened at the Avalon Lakes Club in Ohio on the 214 yard hole #8, a very challenging hole with water almost completely surrounding the green. Fritz used his number 3-metal.

Member Writes Golf Novel. Here is a great read for you. Member, Joe Coon, recently had his 1st novel - The Perfect Game - published. Each of the men on our Scotland Golf Trip received a copy to enjoy reading on their plane ride back home. In addition, all those attending our upcoming Fall Outing Pinehurst will receive a copy. If you would like to order your copy, it can be done easily on any of the 3 following websites:

Barnes and Noble
Amazon
iUniverse