Alasdair McGill ← Musings on Business, Sport & Life

Back on the bike….

May

2013

It was inevitable really. A love affair that started when I was a small boy, flying around Scone and its’ surrounding hills on my Raleigh Racer, couldn’t just stop overnight. Yes, I wanted to play some more golf – it’s in my blood too – but I need the bike as well. And so it ...

Classico…

May

2013

My pride & joy, the Condor Classico. Handbuilt Ambrosio wheels, Brooks saddle, Campagnolo Veloce Groupset. Lovely!

Rolling the rock….

Apr

2013

I spoke in my last post about the importance of putting in the game of golf. For someone like me, shooting 70-75, 40% of all shots I hit in a round of golf will be with the flat stick. How many of us have ever had a putting lesson, or had a putter fitted? Yet ...

Progress….

Apr

2013

It’s been a little while since I’ve updated the blog, it’s been a busy start on all fronts to 2013! On the golf front things are coming together nicely. I’ve been working hard on my swing with monthly coaching from Niall. I’m loving Flightscope, being a bit of a data geek – you can clearly ...

The best golf lesson I ever had

Jan

2013

By 2002 I’d become an accomplished club golfer. I could regularly shoot around par, and expected to qualify for the big club events, in particular the club championship. But I was taking things far too seriously, as I now realise. I put so much pressure on myself, it was ridiculous. In the first round I ...

The best four holes I ever played

Jan

2013

My dad, who was the man who taught me to play golf and nurtured my love for the game, passed away on 25th June, 2001. It was a tough time for all of us – he took ill on the Friday and by early on the following Monday he’d lost the fight. Our lives changed ...

It’s always been done this way…..

Jan

2013

It’s now a decade since I last played competitive golf. I’d grown up playing the game, my dad was the club captain, and my brother, Niall, became a professional golfer. On his day Niall could be as good as anyone. However, I started taking the game too seriously – as many low handicap guys do ...

What is LowerYourScores?

Dec

2012

As you may know, we’ve recently gone into beta-testing with our web app, www.loweryourscores.com LowerYourScores is designed to be an in-depth game analysis system, which will give you detailed information on every part of your game. There are several statistics programmes on the market that record basic stats like fairways hit, greens in regulation, sand saves, ...

The Good Journey… Is Almost Over

Dec

2012

Here’s my super-talented daughter’s latest post

News of the World!

Nov

2012

It had been bugging me for some time. How I was consuming news was efficient and thanks to apps like Zite and Flipboard I was able to read about a load of stuff that I’m interested in. These intuitive apps learn what you like & dislike and tailor your news feed so that you see ...