"Scotland. St. Andrews. Two weeks." Those answers to questions from my golfing friends about where we'll be spending the first two weeks of our vacation bring a look of well... jealousy. Somehow it's difficult for these folks to believe that I, a non-golfer, would go to Scotland and not covet tee time on the famous St. Andrews golf course.
I admit, I'll drop by, take a look, snap some photos and fill the shopping requests of my friends. After all, Scotland is the birthplace of golf as we know it, at least the rules of golf as we know it. Although some form of golf was played in Roman times, the Scots are credited with, of course, organizing the game and crafting the clubs and courses.
I've found some interesting snippets about the origination of the term "fore". Some say it's from "forewarned" some say, "forward looking". The origin of the term can be debated but "fore" means ahead and is used to warn those golfing ahead that they are about the be harmed, particularly if I'm out on the course!
It seems that all the royalty played the sport. Mary Queen of Scots played a round, much to the dismay of her subjects shortly after her husband had been murdered. I suppose that was before the restrictions of the the Royal Troon forbidding "ladies" from playing the championship courses! "FORE!"
Travel well!
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When we step off of the well-traveled path of our daily routine,there is an uncertainity in our lives that challenges us to look at life from a different perspective. In our travels, we go where many others have gone before.These notes are about the ordinary, yet magnificant things we can experience in our everyday lives as we step from our daily routine and walk another well-traveled path worn by the footsteps of others.
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