In a feature on this blog, Ronald S. Montesano bemoans the use of simple golf course names, but it prompted me to think about some of the most bizarre golf course names ever. I did a quick web search and come up with a list of real classics, which are outlined below. You can vote on the right hand side poll and you can comment below, feel free to add your suggestions below. So this is our list

Winged Foot – New York
Devil’s Paintbrush – Caledon, Ontario
Cape Kidnappers New Zealand
Nine Bridges – South Korea
Friar’s Head – New York
Old Sandwich – Plymouth, Massachusetts
Teeth of the Dog – Dominican Republic
John O’Gaunt – Bedfordshire, England
National Cash Register – Kettering, Ohio
Old Head – Kinsale, Ireland

In the now infamous interview that came to prominence last week Ian Poulter claimed he was the man to stop Tiger, in his own words “The trouble is, I don’t rate anyone else. Don’t get me wrong, I respect everyone who is a professional, but the problem is I know I haven’t played to my full potential yet. And when that happens it will just be me and Tiger.” Unfortunately the Dubai Classic where Poulter finished 13 shots behind Woods with 37 other players suggest his game needs a bit of work if it is to match the rhetoric.

The furore prompted a lively discussion in the Fairway Golf offices this week as we debated the merits of various golfers for the title “The Worlds Most Arrogant Golfer.”

In the end we came up with a short list and decided to put it to a public vote. On the list we have 6 names as in our dictionary definition below, but remember you can add names to the “Fairway Vote” on the right and you can leave comments below? Who would you pick and why?

Arrogant -
1. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
2. characterized by or proceeding from arrogance: arrogant claims.
3. Ian Poulter, English golfer or Rory Sabbatini, Colin Montgomerie, Sergio Garcia, Greg Norman, Adam Scott

The St Andrews Trust is opening a new course at the home of golf. The Castle Course opens in the summer of 2008. I have always been a fan of the trust, and once again they are to be congratulated for making the course open to the public. What’s more they have not implemented any handicap restrictions on The Castle Course, so the novice golfer can experience golf at St Andrews; though from the back tees the Castle Course plays 7200 yards which will test the very best. The course is designed by David McLay Kidd of Bandon Dunes fame.

Also just to be aware all 7 courses can now be booked online at www.standrews.org.uk

Or is he a golfing genius… Ok, so the headline may be a bit disingenuous, but having watched Rory on CNN’s Living Golf program I have to confess to being a bit confused as to what to make of him. What got me thinking was when he was asked what his goals for the year were – basically he seemed to imply nothing short of a starring role in the European Ryder Cup Team would do (he didn’t actually say that mind, but I felt it was implied). (Click here to read the article in full)

Hi, I am Timothy Daniels; welcome to the Fairway Golf Blog, what follows are a few humorous golf quotes to start this blog the way we mean to go on.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.
- Henry Beard and Roy McKie (Click here to read the article in full)