Taba’s Travel Stories
SCOTLAND
Haste Ye Back – The Ayrshire Coast
The Ayrshire Coast No sooner did we disembark from the Stena Line ferry, we came to the first little hamlet. A minute later we saw the familiar sign: Haste Ye Back. No doubt about it — we’re in...
Haste Ye Back – The St Andrews Experience
The St Andrews Experience It’s always exhilarating to pull into the Auld Grey Toon and see the hallowed ground of the Old Course spread out with quiet dignity on your left. We had a set agenda that...
Haste Ye Back – Machrihanish, My Spiritual Golf Home
Machrihanish, My Spiritual Golf Home The time had finally come to make the pilgrimage to my spiritual golf home: Machrihanish Golf Club. The journey down the Kintyre Penninsula reminded me of the...
A Sticky at the End
The oldest recorded golf club in the world Most people would be delighted to be playing at Muirfield. I was far above delighted, I was ecstatic. Playing golf at the home course of The Honourable...
Birthplace of The Open – Part 1
Prestwick - Birthplace of The Open Created in the days when golf professionals were also ball and club makers and greenkeepers like Old Tom Morris, The Open Championship was first played in 1860 at...
Birthplace of The Open – Part 2
“...one that stirs the soul of the daredevil golfer.” At last it was time to put on our shoes and get out on the course. There is only one word I can use to describe this classic links layout,...
Daisy Month on Askernish
Sugar white beaches and turquoise waters We were hoping to get to Askernish Golf Club by 2 PM today (June 25th) but it all depended on the ferry crossing from Harris to North Uist (Uibhist). Then we...
The Claret Jug
Nobody, it seems, gives a thought as to why the trophy awarded at the Open Championship is a jug. Its proper name is The Golf Champion Trophy, but it’s commonly known as the Claret Jug. Now, a jug...