Today we play Turnberry, then tomorrow morning the long trip home.

My favorite courses:

The Old Course – a true experience – fun golf, challenging but not overhard

Kingsbarns – an absolute stunning course which blends the best of coastal golf with a Scottish influence.  You can see the bay from every hole.  Some holes remind you of Pebble Beach or Cypress Point.

Royal Troon – tough, fair, tight greens, horrendous “heather”, the postage stamp hole

The experience here is wonderful.  The Scottish people are delightful, helpful, and truly happy to see us.  We have been lucky with the weather, only played about 9 holes thus far in rain.

We have walked every round, every day. Now on the 8th day of playing, walking 18 holes seems natural. I discussed the benefits of walking with my 2 most recent caddies.  They each told me that they lose about a stone (13-14 pounds) during the 6 month golf season.  We probably walk 5-6 miles each round.  We need urban, suburban and rural planners who design environs that encourage this much walking.  It would make us all more healthy.

A vacation like this is reinvigorating.  We fly back on Thursday, and yet I plan to play golf Saturday and Sunday.  I will also try to work out those days.  I will do some work on Friday, might do some blogging then.  Monday my regular routine will restart.