A welcome from Event Manager.
St. Andrews Golf Groups.
Hello everyone!!
Just
a quick introduction about myself, and my own love affair with St.
Andrews, and the background to how the Facebook Community Golf Open was
born.
My
love affair with St. Andrews started in the early 1970's when I was
brought up to Scotland, from my native Yorkshire, as a young child on
holidays and played at least 3 rounds a day on the links!
In
the 1980's and into the 90's I joined the Royal Air Force, and was
based a lot nearby at RAF Leuchars, where I enjoyed being a member of
the RAF Leuchars Golf Society.
In
1995 having learnt to cut hair in the first Gulf war (ask me the story
if you are attending the Facebook Community Golf Open!) I created the
Barber's Pole in South Street, St. Andrews, famed for giving away a free
nip of whisky with every haircut!
In 2003, St. Andrews
Golf Groups was born. The aim was to get tourists to experience St.
Andrews by staying here for longer. Far too often I met tourists who
were only here for a day or two, how on earth can you experience St.
Andrews in such a short time!
Championship golf courses galore, and never short of something to do.
In 2008, I was very proud to organise the Centenary event for the Society of Liverpool Golf Captains, almost 300 golfers.
It was a real honour to have been involved in such a prestigious event!
Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine sitting at the top table with the Provost of Fife!
The Captains event is where the seed was sewn for Facebook Community Golf Open.
The
event has been a year in preparing to get to the stage where we are
happy that everything is ready. Its been very demanding, and difficult
at times, but at long last its time to get the show on the road
Many
have already signed up, we have been working hard to get letterheads,
and the email database set up, so if you have entered, expect to be
receiving regular updates and news soon, and we will get you added to
the
participants page!
Facebook
are happy with the naming of the event (at long last!) as we have had
to add the word ''community'' to the name, but was quite good to hear
that
''Facebook management were excited about the event''
Full details of the Facebook Community Golf Open can be found here.
www.facebook.com/open2012
Working together with many of my fellow business colleagues in St. Andrews, we aim to give you the experience of a lifetime!
Follow this blog as we count down from 100 days to go !!!
Some days will have some exciting news as we prepare to take to the fairways of St. Andrews!!
And a special thank you to Lorenza :) x
Yours in golf!
Steve Cooke
Event Manager
Facebook Community golf open
www.fbgolfopen.com
