New eBrochure: 24 Hours at Monarchs House
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General Manager Kevin Low
Kevin Low
Chef Kevin Low helped open the doors of Monarchs House in 2001. Now, in addition to preparing breakfast and wonderful dinner meals, Kevin looks after all of our guests’ needs as General Manager. One bit of consistent praise that we hear from guest to guest is that we are lucky to have Kevin and that he is a first-rate ambassador of not only Monarchs House but Scotland as well. We couldn’t agree more.
Congrats Steve Errington
Steve Errington of Burhill Golf Club
Imagine standing on the 4th tee of one of your favorite courses and you still hadn’t made par yet. Worse yet, you started double bogie, double bogie. You wouldn’t be happy, we’d think. Unless you did what Steve Errington did on Saturday, July 2 while playing Kingsbarns.
Our List of Ten
The Links at Kingsbarns
Everyone loves lists and Monarchs House is no exception. Lists bring order, weighting, and conversation. And just because it is our list, it doesn’t have to be yours as well.
Today, we decided to put together our list of 10 things you should know about playing links golf for the first time. It is by no means definitive but something for you to consider if you are playing true links golf in the UK and Ireland.
Fare Thee Well, Old Friend
Harmon Killebrew
We’re not big on baseball here in Scotland. We wouldn’t know a home run from an error. But it doesn’t take a baseball supporter to know this: Harmon C. Killbebrew was as brilliant a man as one would ever meet. Today, he passed away after announcing recently that he would no longer fight the incurable esophageal cancer that he was diagnosed with in December.
Harmon loved golf, St Andrews and Monarchs House. He visited often and we will greatly miss our old friend. We wish his family strength and solace at this most difficult time
Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise.
~Robert Burns
Random Thoughts from the Home of Golf
The linksland of Castle Stuart
The golf world will miss the greatness and genius that was Seve Ballesteros. He won the Open Championship three times, twice at Royal Lytham & St Annes and once on the Old Course in 1984. Our favorite quote of Seve’s is indicative of his warmth, humour and ability to not take things too seriously. When asked about four putting the 16th green at the 1990 Masters, Seve memorably replied, “I miss, I miss, I miss, I make.” RIP Severiano Ballesteros.
First at Monarchs House 2011
- The Brumfield Family
Recently, we welcomed our first residents of 2011 at Monarchs House. We were pleased to host to the Brumfield family of Katy, Texas. The Brumfields visited during the first week of March, enjoyed wonderful weather, golfed and took in all that St Andrews has on offer.
Haste ye back!
Monarchs for a Week – Contest Update
Thank you to all who entered the “stay at Monarchs House for a week” contest. We are grateful for your shared memories and dreams of St Andrews. We agree that it really is a special place in so many ways. This past weekend, Prince William and his bride to be, Kate Middleton, returned to St Andrews where they first met as students and declared the town, “still has that uncanny knack of feeling like home.” By your submissions, we can tell that many of you feel the same way.
Links Trust Announces Changes
A week ago, the Links Trust, administrator of seven courses in St Andrews including the Old Course, announced that they were making a change to the daily ballot for play on the Old Course. It is a significant change. This from their press release:
Special Offer for April 2011
Your home at the home of golf
We have never offered a deal like this at Monarchs House before but if you are ready to take your first trip to St Andrews and Scotland in April 2011, we have a special offer for your group of eight. Just write to us at info@monarchshouse.com for more information. And don’t forget, staying with us in 2011 also enters you in a drawing for a free week in 2012.
How’s that for getting teed up?
