For more than 20 years, Sheena Willoughby and her husband Jack welcomed guests to their hotel by the Old Course at St Andrews. Courtesy Sheena Willoughby
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND | The Dunvegan Hotel, which sits just 100 yards up the road from the Old Course, has been spilling over with Walker Cup fans in the lead-up to this weekend’s match between the Americans and Great Britain & Ireland.
It is a scene which Sheena and Jack Willoughby knew on a regular basis during their 24 years (1994-2017) as the hotel’s co-owners. As many as five Open Championships were played under their watch. Last Sunday was like old times as Sheena, who has stayed on as the hotel’s ambassador, oversaw a dinner for U.S. Walker Cup captain Mike McCoy and his team. Sheena and Jack had met McCoy at last year's Open and, in the knowledge that he would be back in his captaincy capacity, she wasted no time in suggesting that he bring his players to the Dunvegan.
The above captures to perfection how Sheena and Jack showed all the initiative in the world when it came ...
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