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Tiger Woods’ new 200 ft yacht Privacy has been moored off Long Island ready fir Tiger to stay there during this month’s PGA Championship.

This seems to be celebrated around the United States and Canada, so why not here?

The Kings and Queens Courses at Gleneagles were opened 100 years ago today, here’s  “James Braid” who designed the courses playing the Kings.

The BBC will be showing the Solheim Cup for the first time in September. A one-hour highlights programme will be broadcast from the tournament venue and shown on BBC Two or BBC Four at the end of each day’s play, and will also be available on BBC iPlayer.

The Solheim Cup sees Europe take on the USA in a biennial team tournament and is the female equivalent of the men’s Ryder Cup.

The 2019 showpiece runs from 13-15 September at Gleneagles in Scotland.

Europe will be aiming to secure their first win since 2013 with the US team holding a 10-5 advantage since the event’s inception in 1990.

We are thrilled to add the Solheim Cup to an already stellar summer of women’s sport,” director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater, said. “We’ll be there to bring all of the key moments to the widest possible audience as the tournament unfolds.”

Chief executive of the Ladies European Tour, Mark Lichtenhein, added: “We’re delighted that the BBC will bring Europe’s team game to the whole of the UK for the first time.

“Team golf is always an exciting way to engage fans and this year’s Solheim Cup promises to be another fantastic showcase for our sport and players.

“We are confident that this highlights arrangement will introduce this excitement to a new audience which has yet to experience how unique the Solheim Cup is, not just in golf, but in women’s sport altogether.

I posted this to the golfweloveit Instagram account just now. Please read my plea about donating, not throwing away, taking to the tip, keeping in the garage or loft your old clubs when you upgrade or give up playing. I wish that club professionals would take up this within golf clubs and proactively encourage members to pay it forward to new golfers to give them the chance to play.

People often say “its too expensive” to play golf. We need to be putting our heads together to find solutions to this. The cost of equipment may put many people off from starting, but this is something that committed golfers could do – and do some good in the world. We need to save our sport by regenerating it and bringing many more new people in.

If you are a golfer someone at sometime helped you be the beneficiary of playing this wonderful game. Perhaps its time to repay that good firtune – even if you no longer love golf – and pay it forward to someone else.

Lets Pay it Forward for golf.

This week sees the first day to night tournament with the Moonlight Dubai Desert Classic.

This is Tara Iti Golf Club and it is a dream destination. New Zealand is poorly served by tournaments and golf broadcasters as a destination. I remember something at Gulf Harbour once and it looked spectacular, we need to give this lovely country more attention.