Quaich 2012 Match Schedule

U.S. Captain Eric "Swayze" Silagy has announced the rotation of courses for Quaich 2012.  As our host, he has put together an incredible agenda.  The matches will be played at a number of ultra-private courses in the Palm Beach Gardens area.  Here's the run-down of what you can look forward to:

Thursday, June 7

Practice round

Loblolly Club

Medalist Golf Club

 

Friday, June 8

Fourball matches

Medalist Golf Club  

http://www.medalistgolfclub.org/

Tiger Woods and Greg Norman's home course.



Saturday, June 9

 

MJ's house at Bear's Club

A.M. Fourball matches

Bear's Club

http://www.nicklaus.com/design/bearsclub/



Jack Nicklaus' home course.  Rory McIlroy recently became a member.  Ernie Els and Michael Jordan live beside the course.



Jupiter Hills Club



P.M. Foursome matches

Jupiter Hills Club

So private that it has no public website.  Some good infomration can be found here

Sunday, June 10

Singles matches

BallenIsles Country Club / East Course 

http://www.ballenisles.org/

Hosted the PGA championship in 1971.  Qualifying course for the US Open for the last two years.

Ballenisles Country Club

A Blast From The Past: Team Scotland Names 8th Man

With less than two months before the Quaich, Team Scotland announced that its eighth position will be filled by Tony Denson of Naples, Florida.  A native of Newcastle, England, Tony barely qualifies for Team Scotland under the Quaich's strict country-of-birth rules.  Because Tony has been a resident of the United States for years and operates his pornographic film distribution business in the State of Florida, the Quaich Rules Committee has asked for an original certificate of birth before officially confirming his participation for Scotland. 

Tony is well known to fans of the Quaich.  He played for Scotland in both the 2004 and 2008 Quaich matches.  He will bring a career 2-4-1 record to Palm Beach Gardens in June along with a 14 handicap.  "I am delighted to be called upon once again to play for Scotland," said Tony, carefully trying to cover up his acquired south Florida accent.  "I bring a keen knowledge of Florida golf to my team, since I play in Naples on a weekly basis, so I expect to contribute points from day one of the Quaich."

Tony is most famous in Quaich history for the opening tee shot of the 2008 matches in Colorado.  With a large gallery watching, Tony barely managed contact with the ball, which eventually skittered along the ground onto a bridge over the Roaring Fork River just in front of the tee box.

Welcome back, Tony!

Tony D --- Porn King of the Quaich

The Pain of '10 Still Raw for Scotland



Victorious U.S. team at Kilspindie (June 2010)

The Scottish team will come to Americam shores in two months looking to avenge a heart-breaking loss on its home soil in June of 2010.  The Scottish team has had two long years to think about what could have been.  Ross "Rosco" MacCallum and Ronald "Wee Ronnie" Denholm were on a roll in 2010 going into the final singles matches at Kilspindie having won all of their previous matches.  But both only managed a draw on the last day, denying their team a much-needed full point in the closest Quaich matches in history.

"I still have nightmares about it," said Rosco.



"If only, if only...." said Wee Ronnie, staring vaguely into the distance.

However, Ian "Big Man" MacCallum still shoulders most of the blame for the team's loss.  His abysimal showing in 2010 --- he delivered only 1 point for his team ---- included a humiliating loss to Stephen "Web" Webster in singles.  "I want Web mano a mano in Florida," said MacCallum. "Revenge will be sweet."

 



Graeme "H" Wilson, looking dazed, hands the Quaich over Chris "Cudman" Van Horne at Prestonfield House in 2010