This is where it all started - the undoubted Home of Golf. Fittingly, the venue for the
2000 Open Championship, this traditional links course is the oldest in the world. Its
layout is unique and challenging and the sense of history is overwhelming. To tread the
turf of St Andrews, where in the 13th century shepherds played a form of golf, is a marvellous
experience. Over 600 years, one simple track hacked through the bushes and heather has developed
into six golf courses - the world-famous Old Course and its sister courses, The New, The Jubilee,
The Eden, The Strathtyrum and The Balgove, all run by the St Andrews Links Trust. The Old Course
and its sisters are in effect public courses with several clubs allowed to play over them -
the most famous of which is the Royal and Ancient, which was founded in 1754 and now governs the
rules of golf everywhere except the United States. St Andrews is now the largest golf complex
in Europe covering 700 acres and including two turf nurseries, two greenkeeping centres, an
extensive driving range and practice area, two clubhouses and three shops.
18 holes, 7,125 yards (championship), 6,566 yards (medal), par 72 (SSS 72). Course record 62.
Signature hole:
SEVENTEENTH (455 yards, par 4) - The Road Hole is the most famous hole in golf. Blind drive over
hotel grounds. A very long second to an extremely narrow green with the road hard against the back
edge and the fearsome Road Bunker front left.
All year apart from Sundays and by reservation or by ballot. Need to book well in advance. There
is a daily ballot for play the next day but it does not always guarantee a game. Visitors must
have handicap certificates or letter of introduction.
£90 per round.
Visa/Mastercard.
Restaurant and bar. Functions catered for.
Trolley hire(only after 12 noon in summer months only),club hire, shoe hire, caddies, changing rooms,
putting green, pro shop, practice ground (special area for pitching, putting and bunker practice),
floodlit driving range (12 covered and 32 open bays).
A91 from Cupar. Once in town take third turning on left into Golf Place and follow for 500 yards.
