ROSS BROTHERS PLAYED IN 1907 UNITED STATES OPEN

E-Mail from W D M Mackay
Marketing Convener, Royal Dornoch Golf Club

It was mentioned on TV on Thursday evening that Italian's Eduardo and Francesco Molinari may be the first brothers to play together in the US Open but Royal Dornoch's brothers Donald and Alex Ross competed together back at the turn of the 20th century with Alex winning in 1907 (although we are not sure if they played in the same group during the event !!).
Check www.royaldornoch.com and the history and heritage section. Posters entitled Dornoch to the U.S.A.are available from Royal Dornoch Pro Shop to prove the point.
Further details from Neil Hampton - neil@royaldornoch.com


W D M Mackay

LATER E-MAIL FROM WILLIEMacKAY

Hi Colin,
Maybe you can match up this forwarded email from Gerry Stafford of the Donald Ross Society to the first I sent about the Ross brothers and the Molinari brothers.
As you can see, in 1907, Donald Ross came in just ten strokes behind his brother, earning tenth place ($ 10). Alex won $300 for as US Open Champion.
In my role as Marketing Convenor at Royal Dornoch Golf club we have been working for several months now and have a committee set up and working towards 400 Years of Golf in Dornoch 1616 - 2016.
We already have promotional bag tags and are compiling a 2016 calendar of events and others each year leading up to 2016. A big focus on international visitors.
Best Wishes,
Willie MacKay
 (clubgolf regional manager, Highlands and Islands)


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Gerry Stratford
To: WILLIAM MACKAY
Cc: Michael Miller
Sent: Saturday, 18 June, 2011 0:35:50
Subject: Re: Dornoch brothers

Yes, I too picked up on Neil's comment and passed it along to the historian at our local Ross course (Peninsula GCC). Also of note is that Donald Ross came in just ten strokes behind his brother, earning tenth place ($ 10). Alex won $300 for first.

Gerry