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Finally...my 2013 caddie season on the links of St. Andrews begins tomorrow 28th March at 10.10am with Klaus, from Germany, who I caddied with last July. He has kept in touch via a few emails and informed me in December that he and Marion, his wife, had secured their tee time on the Old Course. The stroll up 18th fairway of the Old Course It will obviously be good to be back out on the great links and as a bonus we will be staying for the weekend to open our holiday home (read caravan), prepare it for the season ahead, play some golf, meet some friends and enjoy life back in the Kingdom of Golf.

A quick visit to the Scottish Golf Show in Glasgow yesterday and I managed to introduce myself to the iconic Ryder Cup trophy which was on display at the Gleneagles stand. It is really golden! The Ryder Cup & Caddie Golf Tours' Boyne I managed to see, visit and get most of the information I required from the Golf Show within a couple of hours. It was the last day and towards the middle of the afternoon when I arrived but still managed good chats with Gleneagles, Carnoustie Country, Machrihanish Dunes, Turnberry and the Scottish Golf Union representatives who all had excellent booths. 

Old Course St. Andrews & 2010 Open Championship A test link to the St. Andrews Links Trust new web site and the all important Ballot Results page. I generally visit this page once a day now that March has comes around and then more during the height of the golf season, checking on tee times and spaces/slots for the following two days of play on the Old Course. Good to see that tee times on the Old Course are now beginning at 07.00am and the last is at 14.40pm. The golf day is finally stretching out. These tee times are for Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd March. Click on the link above to be taken to the Ballot page on St. Andrews Links Trust web site.

Oliver wins a 'cap' at St. Andrews Caddies Golf Outing! Click on the following to be taken to the CBS This Morning page and Oliver's interview. Here is my friend and fellow St. Andrews Caddie, Oliver, promoting his book 'An American Caddie in St. Andrews' on the CBS Morning Show. Good job Ollie.

the new St. Andrews Links Trust web site has been released onto the internet.  http://www.standrews.org.uk/ The re-branding of the signage on the courses, shuttle carts, clothing etc with Black & Gold that began last year continues throughout the site.   The revamped iconic 1st tee box on the Old Course It looks clean, shiny & new.  The important thing is the content and from my initial click through all your questions about golf in St. Andrews will be answered. The site has a good simple and concise layout that is easily followed. Good touch to get the 2014 Ryder Cup Captain, Paul McGinley, to do a wee video promotion of the Old Course. Both he and the Links share Allianz as a sponsor. http://www.standrews.org.uk/Play/Courses/Old-Course/Lesson-Plans/ Please remember to take advantage of the 'insider information' that Caddie Golf Tours have built up over 12 years caddying and 40 plus years of golfing in Scotland. I can answer all your requests and

Caddie Pavilion St. Andrews Links The St. Andrews Caddies Golf Club (SACGC) have announced the competition fixture list for this year, 2013, and a very tasty opening fixture is being played at the mighty Kingsbarns Links against the Vikings from Sweden. The SACGC squeezed a 9.5 v 4.5 matchplay victory last year when the inaugural match was played on 2010 Open Qualifying Torrance Course at the St. Andrews Fairmont Hotel. Our Swedish friends will be out for revenge.   St. Andrews Caddies Golf Club   2013 Fixture List APRIL                          20 TH     Celts vs. Vikings Match        Kingsbarns                                     25 TH      Monthly Medal No. 1               Optional                                    27 TH      April Medal                            Optional MAY                           11 TH      May Medal                             Optional                                     23 RD      Monthly Medal No. 2             Optional      

Caddie Golf Tours at Machrihanish GC Caddie Golf Tours are heading to Scotland's Mull of Kintyre for a weekend of golf, luxury and good food with the Oystercatchers Golf Society this Friday 15th March. This is our annual Spring Meeting and our thanks must go to The Village at Machrihanish Dunes for their assistance with our luxury accommodation in the Ugadale Cottages, Ugadale Hotel and our tee times. Marvelous.

"Is the Old Course a must play on this tour?"  If this is a one-off trip the answer will probably be a resounding  YES  and serious thought must now be given on how you get a tee time at this historic golf course. I thought it would be a good idea to write a piece about preparing a golf tour to Scotland and St. Andrews in particular.  The iconic Old Course view There are t ens of thousands of golfers from across the World who have a desire to make a pilgrimage to the Home of Golf and advanced  planning is strongly recommended as this will assist in getting you guaranteed tee times  to golf the legendary Scottish Links especially those of the Old Course in St. Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Troon, Turnberry, Carnoustie and Prestwick. Practice putting green Old Course St. Andrews These great golf courses are the ones that generally appear at the top of the 'must golf' list for those who travel to Scotland and are therefore oversubscribed during t

The build up to the release of the MUST READ golf book of the year is only a couple of weeks away from my old (read really young & talented) friend and fellow Old Course Caddie Oliver Horovitz. This is the first review I have seen. Expect to see and read a few more. Oliver is going to be on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose to talk about his book on Monday 18th March and I expect he may get on a few more shows...we do (not) expect fame to change him!?! I wrote a wee promotion about the book a month or so ago and it can be found on my Blog at the following link: http://caddiegolftours.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/american-caddie-in-st-andrews.html If you haven't pre-ordered your copy yet, you can do it right here, right now: http://amzn.to/WbvTVM.