Scottish Heritage Golf Classic to Team up with "The Dalmore" Scotch for 3rd Annual Event
The 3rd Annual Scottish Heritage Golf Classic, open to teams of amateur men and women, will tee off at Canterbury Woods Country Club at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 30. This year the event will feature a Celtic Yellow Ball Twist, bagpipers, scotch tastings, and Scottish appetizers.
BOW, NH (PRWEB) August 13, 2005 -- The 3rd Annual Scottish Heritage Golf
Classic, open to teams of amateur men and women, will tee off at Canterbury
Woods Country Club at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 30. This year the event will
feature a Celtic Yellow Ball Twist.
The Golf Classic event, which is
sponsored by "The Dalmore" Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, has established
itself as unique and popular in the charity golf circuit in New Hampshire.
Bagpipers, Scottish appetizers, prizes, and a Dalmore Scotch tasting at the
awards ceremony will highlight the event, according to the organizers.
The format for the Scottish Heritage Golf Classic is called "A Bramble
with a Yellow Ball Twist." The Bramble format has teams selecting the best
drive, and then each team member has to complete the hole with their own ball.
The Yellow Ball Twist creates a competition within a competition, where players
alternate on each hole to play a Yellow Ball, and the Yellow Ball score is
computed separately under handicap. This format was introduced in 2004 and
players unanimously hailed it as a big improvement on the normal Scramble
format.
The partnership with “The Dalmore,” one of the most popular and
highly awarded single malt scotches in the world (www.thedalmore.com), is a big
development for the Scottish Heritage Society, which is based in Bow, NH. "This
sponsorship comes just as we have launched a new website at www.scottishpride.org and
simultaneously opened the Society membership," said David Christie, President of
the Society. "Our goal is to develop a Membership of 15,000 or more nationally
over the next five years. The association with a rapidly rising brand of Single
Malt Scotch adds a lot of credibility to our goals."
Jim Hildreth, Brand
Manager for "The Dalmore" in New Hampshire, is also enthusiastic. "Although New
Hampshire is a small state, it is known throughout North America as a unique
center of Scottish influence," he said. "The New Hampshire Highland Games has a
world class reputation and the Scottish Heritage Society’s plan to build the
first Scottish Heritage Center and Museum in North America is something that we
are excited about and wanted to support."
Aside from the team scores,
there are a variety of individual prizes for putting, longest drive, closest to
the hole and a Bob Mariano Buick for a hole-in-one at the challenging par 3 hole
11. In 2004, a hole-in-one was recorded by Greg Fournier from Concord on hole
number 6 which earned him a new set of clubs from Ken’s Golf Country.
The
Scottish Heritage Golf Classic is also known for its great Scottish Hospitality.
Bagpipers lead the players onto the course, and teams are treated to Scottish
appetizers as they finish the course (food is prepared by Ellie Christie, who
with husband David Christie used to own the Highlander Inn at Manchester
Airport). This year "The Dalmore" will be providing a complimentary tasting
after the awards ceremonies, including four expressions of the award-winning
Single Malt Whisky line: 12 year old, 21 year old, 28 year old (aka "Stillman’s
Dram") and Dalmore’s special Cigar Malt.
“We have availability for just 8
additional teams to complete the line up for this year, says Tournament
Director, David Christie. "Canterbury Woods is an ideal course for a uniquely
Scottish event, golf course architect Ross Forbes, has plenty of Scottish blood
in his veins and he is inspired by Donald Ross, whose ability to create great
courses by following the natural contours of the land available is
legendary."
Team Registration Forms and Sponsor Registration Forms can be
downloaded from the Scottish Heritage Society's website at www.scottishpride.org.
The Scottish Heritage Society is
a registered New Hampshire "not-for-profit" and holds registered charitable
status in Scotland. The goal of the Scottish Heritage Society is to create the
first Scottish Heritage Center & Museum in North America, here in Concord,
NH. Several potential sites are currently being evaluated. Proceeds from the
event go to the Scottish Heritage Center Fund.
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