From Rugby pitches to World-Class Fairways—Former Scotland and Wasps Rugby winger Kenny Logan’s love for travel and golf
When did you first pick up a golf club?
It was when I was about 8 or 9 in Stirling, I used to play the university golf course…don’t tell anyone but I used to sneak on late in the afternoon.
What’s your favourite golf resort?
I love Gleneagles because I got married there, it has so many things you can do on and off the golf courses. The golf courses are world class as is the all-round service.
Who would be in your ideal holiday four-ball?
I should say my wife Gabby but I’m going to say Ally McCoist, as I’m a big Rangers fan, Jimmy Nesbitt, and Tour Pro Bob Macintyre.
What’s your earliest holiday memory?
It was on the Isle of Arran, an island off the west coast of Scotland. I would have been about six years old and remember swimming in a pool, years later my parents told me that I nearly drowned in that pool and had to be dragged out. We used to visit our cousins on a farm and ended up working while we were there.
What’s been your most memorable flight?
I was 19 years old when I was selected to play rugby for Scotland. We had a 24-hour British Airways flight to Australia, and I remember feeling incredibly nervous.
It was an amazing opportunity to travel with the Scotland team and experience a completely different culture.
During the flight, we were handed landing cards to fill out, but as someone with dyslexia—a condition I had kept secret from my teammates—I panicked, unsure of how to complete it. That’s when Doddie Weir leaned over and said, ‘Just copy mine.’
I did exactly that. But when I got to customs, the officer looked at my form and said, ‘You’re not Doddie Weir.’ I had copied the entire thing, including his name! I completely froze, but thankfully, they sorted it out for me.
What’s been your most recent holiday?
We’ve just come back from the Maldives. I like going to new places, very rarely do we go back to the same place.
What’s your favourite golf course?
I want to say Turnberry, but I’m going to say Loch Lomond as my favourite, from the moment your drive in through the gates and up to the clubhouse you know you’re in a special place.
What’s been your most memorable round?
On the week of my wedding I got a hole-in-one on the 5th hole at Loch Lomond, a gorgeous hole with the Loch behind the green, that was memorable but another round I had on the same course, I was standing on the 18th tee only four over par and was on for my best ever round, my caddie said take an iron off the tee and you’ll make a bogey at worst, I didn’t listen, took out my driver and pulled my shot into the water and finished with a 9.
What’s your favourite holiday hotel?
The Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, which was nothing short of spectacular, we went with the kids when they were young, it did have a golf courses, but I didn’t manage to play around, but it didn’t matter, the food was incredible, and the children loved it.
There’s also been a few we’ve been to in Japan which were very special.
What’s your favourite city in the world?
That’s a close call between Paris and Rome, but Paris just edges it for me, I love the architecture in both cities your average looking building in both Paris and Rome are stunning and I could just walk around the back streets of both for hours.
What’s been your most memorable meal on holiday?
I once had a meal in Japan, I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but when we arrived with the two children there were only four seats in it.
I had the most unbelievable sushi I’ve ever had in my life; I would love to go back there again one day. The culture in Japan has to be experienced.
What your top travel tip?
I always believe your holiday should start at the airport if not when you leave the house, get there early, relax, and read a book or watch something on your iPad, preferably with a glass of champagne in your hand.
Just take all the stress out of traveling, nothing worse than getting stressed.
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