Scotland Golf Tour
with Dell and Stephen Curry
and Carolina Golf Journal
Your Scotland Golf Tour Itinerary:
August 13, 2010: Depart the USA for Scotland
August 14, 2010: Arrive Scotland. You will be met by our Scottish golf host who will assist with your luggage and transfer by motor transport to the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews which will be your base for 5 nights. The afternoon of August 14 you will play St Andrews Torrance Course. The Torrance Course designed by the late Gene Sarazen and winning Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance, is a par 72, 6986-yard championship course. The Torrance was the final qualifying course for the 2010 British Open Championship. In the evening you can relax in preparation for a fun week of golf with Dell Curry and if Stephen Curry schedule permits and Sam Smith.
August 15, 2010: Start your day with a full Scottish breakfast. Today you will play either St Andrews Old Course* or St. Andrews New. The New Course is regarded as the oldest "new" course in the world. A classic links course with undulating fairways and challenging greens, it was set out in 1895 by Old Tom Morris. In the evening enjoy your welcome dinner at the Fairmont Hotel with your hosts Sam Smith and the Curry’s.
August 16, 2010: Full Scottish breakfast. You will either play the St Andrews Old Course* or Carnoustie Championship Golf Course, host of the 2008 Open Championship. Many, including Walter Hagen and Gary Player, rate Carnoustie as the best links in the world. After your round of golf you can enjoy the town of St Andrew’s many sites, pubs and admission to the St Andrews museum.
August 17, 2010: Full Scottish breakfast. You will play either the St Andrews Old Course* or St Andrews Kittocks Course. St Andrews Kittocks Course is a coastal landscape course that sweeps along the seaside landscape of St Andrews designed by Bruce Devlin. This protected area provides an abundance of wildlife including pheasants, rabbits, hares, deer, grouse and badgers that can be seen during your round.
August 18, 2010: Full Scottish breakfast. On your final golfing day in St Andrews, if you have played the Old Course you will play (Carnoustie/New/Kittocks)that was missed to play the Old Course. If anyone has not been successful in the ballot, we will instruct you on how to work with the starter at the St Andrews Old Course* or we can arrange an alternative round of golf for this day. For an additional fee, we can add a 2nd round of golf any day at Kingsbarn, Crail, or the new Castle course which is 5 minutes from our hotel. In the evening we will have our Farewell Dinner with an array of Scottish entertainment at the Fairmont Resort hosted by Sam Smith and The Curry’s.
August 19, 2010: Full Scottish breakfast. Either transfer to the airport for your return flight home or extend your Scotland stay to play the West Coast of Scotland – see below
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Included in the above package:
ü Roundtrip air from USA
ü Meet and Greet by our Scottish golf host and driver at the airport
ü Roundtrip airport and golf transfers
ü 5 nights’ accommodation (Twin Occ.) at the St Andrews Fairmont Hotel
ü Full Scottish breakfast each morning
ü Welcome dinner at the Fairmont Hotel hosted by Sam Smith, Dell Curry and Stephen Curry
ü Green fees at five Golf Courses: Saint Andrews Kittocks, Carnoustie, St Andrews New Course, St Andrews Old Course (ballot), St Andrews Torrance plus an optional add-on of 2nd round of golf daily
ü Entrance into the St Andrews Golf Museum
ü Farewell dinner with Sam, Dell, Stephen and Scotland plus entertainment during dinner
ü Transfers throughout Scotland by luxury motor coach
ü All taxes and service fees
Cost per Golfer including air (based on double occupancy): $3,875 (Subtract $1055 for land only = $2820); Single room supplement add $658 per person.
Deposit required: $2,000; Payable by check or Master Card, VISA or AMEX (add 2% for AMEX)
Balance due: July 1, 2010; Payable by check or Master Card, VISA or AMEX (add 2% for AMEX)
Optional Add-on to Play Royal Troon and Turnberry for three days and two nights
August 19, 2010: After your Scottish breakfast, you will transfer to the west coast of Scotland (2 hours by motor coach) to your hotel for two nights at Troon Marine Hotel, overlooking the 18th hole of Royal Troon golf course. Today you will play Royal Troon which is the home to one of the best links courses in Scotland and is steeped in golfing history, notably several dramatic Open Championships since 1923. Visitors must have a handicap of 20 or less and a handicap certificate. This course is perhaps most famous for its par 3 8th hole, the Postage Stamp. The course is undulating in the classic links fashion but danger lurks in the guise of wind, rough and bunkers. This is a course which demands courage and a test of the mental aspects of golf. Course record of 64 is held by Greg Norman from the 1989 Open.
August 20, 2010: After your Scottish breakfast, transfer 30 minutes to enjoy Turnberry Resort and play Turnberry Ailsa Course, venue for the 2009 British Open Championship and easily one of the top links in the world. The Turnberry Ailsa came to international prominence in 1977, with the legendary round between Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson in the Open Championship. This contest was the first of several epic clashes that have taken place on the Ailsa in recent years, with Greg Norman and Nick Price also battling through to win the coveted claret jug. We will never forget how Turnberry tamed Tiger and Tom Watson’s memorable run for the 2009 claret jug. The Ailsa is Turnberry's masterpiece, a course that Colin Montgomerie has called “the finest links golf course in the world.”
August 21, 2010: Transfer to the airport for your return flight home.
Cost per Golfer for the 8-day/7-night tour including air (based on double occupancy): $4,974
(Subtract $1055 for land only = $3924)
Single room supplement add $1,788 per person.
Deposit required: $2,500; Payable by check or Master Card, VISA or AMEX (add 2% for AMEX)
Balance due: July 1, 2010; Payable by check or Master Card, VISA or AMEX (add 2% for AMEX)
*The St Andrews Old Course tee times are based on success through the daily ballot. We will enter you in the ballot each day at 2 pm starting prior to your arrival to Scotland to assure you success – we have five days which means we should get you a tee time at the Old Course. In the unlikely event we cannot get you a tee time on the Old Course, we will instruct you on when and how to work with the starter to get on The Old Course or we can arrange an alternative round of golf for this day and refund the difference in cost. Requirements to play the Old Course: The maximum handicap for play on the Old Course is 24 for men and 36 for ladies. You must have an official handicap card (USGA or equivalent) to play the Old Course. Royal Troon handicap requirements: must have a handicap of 20 or less and a handicap certificate and letter of introduction to prove it.
Options:
Subtract $1055 for no air; All items listed in itinerary are covered including all taxes. You will be responsible for any meals not listed and the use of caddies is optional but highly recommended, as electric carts are very limited on the courses you will play; Second rounds of daily golf can be added
BOOKING INFORMATION
The tour you are booking with us is a specialty tour with limited availability, be prepared to provide your full name as it appears on your passport and we will need a copy of your handicap card verifying before departing for Scotland.
Availability is limited.
Call Broach Sports Tours at 704-365-6500 or 1-800-849-6345
Or email for questions
Your itinerary is subject to availability at time of booking
Sam Smith, owner of Carolina Golf Journal and friend of the Curry’s, spent 25 years in the NBA as studio, play-by-play radio and television announcer with the San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats. During Smith’s tenure with the Spurs and the Heat, USA Today honored Smith seventimes as one of the NBA’s Top-Five play-by-play announcers.
In 1980, Smith was hired as one of ESPN’s first ever play-by-play announcers – announcing NBA, Top Rank Boxing, kickboxing, college football and basketball,to name a few of the sports.
Smith also had extensive college broadcast experience including stops at Notre Dame, Arkansas, Texas Tech and Texas-El Paso. Over the years he enjoyed seven NCAA playoff appearances and two trips to the Final Four.