How cool is THIS???
The fine folks at the St. Andrews Links and Trust (yep, THAT St. Andrews - let's be reverential for a moment, shall we...bow our heads...OK, good) need our help...and they're having a contest...
Well, they don't really NEED our help, but they're having a fun contest to name their latest course, which is now going by the institutional name of "Course No. 7". (Is that like Chanel No. 5 ???)
Details of the contest are available here, and in the spirit of fun, fair play, and an attempt to get some discussion going on the blog, I hereby respectfully submit MY proposed entries, dated November 6, 2006, for your consideration, discussion and idea generation...(although, mine are going to win, so you might as well just read mine and weep...neener, neener, neener - see Kristen, the candy corn hasn't worn off YET....ugh)
Without further ado - here are the soon-to-be winning entrants:
* Seachd Adhar Links or Seachdadhar Links
(Seventh Heaven Links or Heaven's Seventh Links)
(In Scottish Gaelic no less - look it up - hopefully
I get some brownie points for trying...)
* Seachdadhar Brae (Do you see a trend developing here???)
It's not so bad if you say it phonetically...Seek DAD har
BRAY...say it with me again...Seek DAD har BRAY)
* Kinross Brae
* Kinkell Brae or Kinkell Ross (It'll make sense when you
read the background)
* Castle Brae (Please see above comment)
* Craigduff Brae or Craigduff Ross
* Rosseachd Links (Rosseach Links) or Rosseachd Brae
(Rosseach Brae)
OK, class, talk amongst yourselves - no flames - whaddya
think??? Huh?
Pretty CREATIVE, huh? (He said with smug satisfaction...)
If I win - I'll take lots of pictures and post 'em here...
OK, I added these entrants too...I'm paying homage to the
best Denver Broncos quarterback ever - John Elway...
BTW - I saw one of his first-ever Southern California
football games whenGranada Hills came to El Camino to
play an early or pre-season football game in September
1976 - Elway threw for like 350 yards and
Granada stomped ECR into the dust...even then,
we knew he was someone special...)
Without further ado - I also proposed:
- ELWAY'S LINKS
- ELWAY'S DRIVE
- THE DRIVE
- DRIVE SEVEN or DRIVE NUMBER SEVEN
- NUMBER SEVEN'S DRIVE
November 9, 2006
Flood of entries for naming competition
Potential names for the seventh course at St Andrews Links are flooding in from around the world.
The naming competition for the seventh course launched last Wednesday on the internet and since then entries have poured in from golf fans and members of the public throughout America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the UK.
It is the first time in more than 600 years of history at the Home of Golf that people have been invited to suggest names for a golf course at the Links and the competition, run through the official www.standrews.org.uk website, has attracted nearly 500 entries in the last few days.
Some of the more interesting and imaginative names which have been suggested so far include "No 7 Cliffs of Heaven", "the Human Peace Course", "The Prince William Course" in recognition of his time studying in St Andrews, and "The Miracle."
Many people have been suggesting names focused on the location of the seventh course on a clifftop site at Kinkell Ness and near Brownhills Farm to the south-east of St Andrews. The course commands spectacular views out over St Andrews Bay to the hills of Angus and of the cliffs and rock formations of the rugged coastline such as the Maiden Rock and the Rock and Spindle. It was also formerly the site of Kinkell Castle.
Alan McGregor, general manager of St Andrews Links Trust which is running the competition said, "We were expecting a great deal of interest in the competition but we have been surprised by the sheer number of entries and the imagination and thought which has gone into them.
"It is quite clear that people from all over the world feel an emotional attachment to the cradle of golf and we have been very pleased to receive entries from far-flung parts of the world as well as much closer to home. I would urge people to keep their thinking caps on and send in their own suggestions. There is still plenty of time to do so."
The competition runs until December 1. The best names will be submitted to the Course No 7 Working Party to select the winning name. The name of the new course will then be announced in January. The competition winner will have the opportunity to play one of the first rounds on the new course when it opens in 2008 and will be a guest at the official opening ceremony along with VIP's from the world of golf.
Course No 7 is currently under construction and is due to open in 2008 when it will become the seventh course in the Links Trust's portfolio and a younger sister to the Old Course.
Full details for the competition and weekly information bulletins regarding the history and nature of the land at Course No 7 are being provided at www.standrews.org.uk. To send in your entry please email namecomp@standrews.org.uk. The deadline for entries is 12noon on December1.
The naming competition for the seventh course launched last Wednesday on the internet and since then entries have poured in from golf fans and members of the public throughout America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the UK.
It is the first time in more than 600 years of history at the Home of Golf that people have been invited to suggest names for a golf course at the Links and the competition, run through the official www.standrews.org.uk website, has attracted nearly 500 entries in the last few days.
Some of the more interesting and imaginative names which have been suggested so far include "No 7 Cliffs of Heaven", "the Human Peace Course", "The Prince William Course" in recognition of his time studying in St Andrews, and "The Miracle."
Many people have been suggesting names focused on the location of the seventh course on a clifftop site at Kinkell Ness and near Brownhills Farm to the south-east of St Andrews. The course commands spectacular views out over St Andrews Bay to the hills of Angus and of the cliffs and rock formations of the rugged coastline such as the Maiden Rock and the Rock and Spindle. It was also formerly the site of Kinkell Castle.
Alan McGregor, general manager of St Andrews Links Trust which is running the competition said, "We were expecting a great deal of interest in the competition but we have been surprised by the sheer number of entries and the imagination and thought which has gone into them.
"It is quite clear that people from all over the world feel an emotional attachment to the cradle of golf and we have been very pleased to receive entries from far-flung parts of the world as well as much closer to home. I would urge people to keep their thinking caps on and send in their own suggestions. There is still plenty of time to do so."
The competition runs until December 1. The best names will be submitted to the Course No 7 Working Party to select the winning name. The name of the new course will then be announced in January. The competition winner will have the opportunity to play one of the first rounds on the new course when it opens in 2008 and will be a guest at the official opening ceremony along with VIP's from the world of golf.
Course No 7 is currently under construction and is due to open in 2008 when it will become the seventh course in the Links Trust's portfolio and a younger sister to the Old Course.
Full details for the competition and weekly information bulletins regarding the history and nature of the land at Course No 7 are being provided at www.standrews.org.uk. To send in your entry please email namecomp@standrews.org.uk. The deadline for entries is 12noon on December1.
Media Contact:
Mike Woodcock
Communications manager
St Andrews Links Trust
01334 466610
E-mail mikewoodcock@standrews.org.uk
Mike Woodcock
Communications manager
St Andrews Links Trust
01334 466610
E-mail mikewoodcock@standrews.org.uk
5 comments:
I should have proposed Elway's Links - get it???
Course NUMBER SEVEN - come to think of it - let's do it...
Favre's links sounds better....then again I am a lifelong Packer fan.
BTW...I have the Tartan Notre Dame see through grip on my Pinemeadow putter. I kind of like it, I live in S Bend so it is a conversation piece if I am at a course out of town.
Not sure if I'd put it on any other club. I like novelty...but it only goes so far.
Thank you for the comments, John, and welcome to TimeForeTee!
Believe it or not, I have one of the full-swing grips on my 58 deg. attack wedge, and Jarrod, my caddy at Riviera CC mentioned that he REALLY liked the feel and tackiness of the full-swing grip...enough that he was joking that I might be missing that club when I went to look in my bag after the round...he ALSO dug my Callaway True Blue TT-3 putter...it was nice validation, but then again...maybe he was just being nice....NAH...right??? =)
Favre's Links ALSO has a nice ring to it - he's also in my top 5 all-time quarterbacks list...it's a shame to think that he MIGHT be nearing the end of his professional football run as a player..I hope he stays active in the game, because he's all heart, and all grit....old school class!!!
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