European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tiow patches of which has been my average the nine Courtos weve played since a no in Scotland six Days lost a ver to Ren on longest we kept a it by Hole tally and in went Down to the Hole where we both hit into the same 4 Way iraqi he had me by a foot and it if found a restaurant that serves an sex m Salmon a specially in this we tried out three of the five pubs in Noch not much night but like by place weve been the people Are idly and make us feel the ther was perfect again and we All have turned George la very tired u disappointed with his Ami and i arc beginning to Bank More it Beer than at dinner we talked id writing on the aide of our bus sch out for High june y 87 ill Dornoch this morning was up fid by George when we played 10 Miles her up the coast at Golspie in the after i George hit a fantastic drive on the 4 seventh Hole and needed Only a Short i for an he rolled it in and Ted about As far skyward As his 220 6tooh Frame has Ever every Lender North of Inverness already is about his Eagle and we Are afraid i not going to let us forget it he in by that i nut two circles around his 2 on the big score Sheet i keep up to ass we travel about june a cause 1 have won most of our daily Ile Fords bogeys count a pars and birdies count three teed to buy the next new Winner dinner pay his Green fees on gun i his Handicap with a 98 that included iral Para to nose Ben out of the nday sweepstakes in our morning be then had a lavish Buffet lunch at the watched a couple of Wimbledon is matches on lost a couple of Scot pounds in the Slot machines and teed again our fourth and final time my Royal i had a 93 but re took the stableford with a 97 that i Eood for More we met an rican from West Virginia in the club he asked what we thought about in Green winning the open last we told him it was news to it then we realized we had not seen a paper in Over a the Stan and where the four of us have worked ther a photographers and irs for More than a seemed a band Miles away june 1977 in checked out of our Beland breakfast in Dornoch at i and headed South Bill was less than 20 each for three its and three e teed off at Newtonmore at new Kire is a Par 70 course South of Roess that was recommended to us by july 1977 at George and Cus shot 12slon the front nine and we Alt wound up in the Low 90s i h wild both we headed for one of the Premier courses in we were All fired up the to team that no visitors Art allowed to tee off after 4 we were 10 minutes the Taruro said the rules were strictly enforced and he recommended we try nearby to turned out to be r very Fine we All hit the Ball Well but had trouble to us Lush which were much slower than the Seaside courses up we found of Best Bedpan break fast place just a few Hundred Yards from he Blairgowrie Golf we were served excellent sirloin steaks at until 1 and hit the dead but Happy june after nine straight Days of Golf without we finally had to bring out the urn Trellas most of the rain came before and after our lat morning round at Ashly near Carnoustie have never hit Ball better from Tec to had an 82 with five three putt we Are ing another saturday night in Andrews while three of us shopped and napped in the Ben went out and played the Eden we had a Good chinese meal and went to a dance at one of the big what a Beautiful town tomorrow we plan to play at Ladybank and then Gowrie and Glen eagles on we feel Good must be working ourselves into 1977 up Early and off to a 20 minute drive from met the club pro and he arranged for us to Lee off at although the course was crowded and they have a local Rule that forbids visitors to Lee off before played my Best round to Date on this Long championship winding up with an 84 despite a triple bogey seven on the last went 15 straight holes without carding anything Over a Ben bad Gus Ana George George came Back with an 86 when we played the North Inch course in Perth this Short drive on to Blairgowrie for another night at our favor lie late to bed again after been and Golf talk with the local Andy Apps june As i write we have finished our last round of Golf on this Lour of it is now and we Are sad to be leaving the land of Beautiful Golf Friendly people and Good Gus is driving and we Are on a super Motorway just South of George has his typewriter in his putting out his Dally poop which usually covers everything from lost balls to longest Puiwa and brings us up to Date on All the we played Butoi Gowrie this what a fabulous course each note is lined with tall there Are Many a Little lots of Whin and and Superb shot an Ben had an George 99 and Gus we All agreed this is one of the finest courses weve Ever skipped lunch and headed for some Miles Bens 83 set the Pace for us at the Queens a Beautiful layout that gives one the impression that Wall Disney once worked today two rounds give Ben a total of to for the not considering that it is not tuesday is77 we stopped for the night at a Small hotel an hours drive South of up at and on the Way to big Motorway quiet except for a few u is raining we had planned to play our final round of the trip in Leeds where a Friend of Bens is a but the rain wipes us reached downtown Hull at 9 am and had a big breakfast Thia is get Ling to be a habit at a fancy the rain lets up and the waitress tills us about a Golf course just outside of so away we go for a final we have five hours famed old course at Andrews loaded with Blind bunkers Treyve been golfing More than 400 years on the vast Andrews Glen eagles layout enhances Scotland reputation As a golfers before we Board the More rain and our feet get wet for the first time on the trip the course is Long with heavy rough no one Breaks i think our hearts Are still in quiet evening on the ferry and Early to we feel surprisingly fit despite out combined total of 85 rounds of Golf in u we congratulate George on winning the lost Ball poo his guess of 3s was right on the june the six hour drive from Rotterdam to stars and stripes was an orgy of facts and George figured out that our four some took an average of per person per weve kept records of Oil our expenses and discover that if we had eaten a bigger breakfast every Day and skipped the evening meals and drank water instead of Beer that a dear the vacation would have Cost Usk that breakdown per person is for bed and breakfast s3 for Green fees m in Tbs for bus sx4 for and for the ferry which included two four meals ally Uchneat and passage for the vehicle the total Cost is lower than we had is during the drive through Holland we took a poll and made these consensus discoveries Host difficult course to score on old Andrews most Beautiful Best designed Best groomed most overrated course old course most underrated course most difficult Hole 17 at camera most Beautiful Hole no 18 at Queens Glen eagles Best town Andrews we talked about doing the trip again next we decided we would do it the same except Tor perhaps changing our travel route slightly and making fewer next we would like to go to the Troon Prestwick area we missed it this time and spend the tint two nights followed by five at two at blah cowrie and three Al All concur that june is the Best month to make the trip As we had no problems with traffic on the roads or Golf courses and Uteri were rooms available at every place we have decided with a shake of hands All around to depart on june our minds Are oat year ahead of our weary 1 make a me to myself to Stop at the commissary on june and pick up three pounds of Bacon and 18 eggs for our Nab some foursome Ben and Gus agree that no one should Start a Golf trip on an empty Stom Ali the stars Ano stripes Page 15