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Old Course St Andrews - golf returns

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The Scottish government have allowed the resumption of golf in Scotland, and St Andrews, with the majority of golf courses now open for play with a few restrictions/guidelines in place. The local golfers at St Andrews are being allowed to play in 2 Balls with a 12 minute space between each tee time. The golf courses initially opened last weekend were the Old, New, Eden as 2 nine hole layout, and the small 9 hole Balgove. The demand was exceptional high after 9 weeks of no golf for the St Andrews golfers and on Tuesday 2nd June the Jubilee Course was opened.   The round over the Old Course with Donald, my golfing pal, took us 3 hours 20 minutes. A little slow mainly due to a good chat with the Caddie Master who we met out on the course and had not seen for 9 weeks.   There is hope that the by the end of June all the St Andrews Links courses will be fully opened, probably still with only 2 golfers playing together, but as yet there is no indication as to the lifting of travel re...

Old Course St Andrews, 18th Tee

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All golfers across the world want to experience the opportunity to drive from the 1st tee of the Old Course St Andrews, and with the local knowledge of Caddie Golf Tours we can make your trip to Scotland, the home of golf, a golfing dream come true. 1st, Burn, Old Course St Andrews  Caddie Golf Tours are here, in St Andrews, to assist with gaining tee times at the courses you wish to play, accommodation you want to stay in and advice about transfers around the country to our classic Scottish links golf courses. 18th, Tom Morris, Old Course St Andrews On Wednesday Our client Bob, from USA, enjoyed this classic view from the 18th tee up the fairway, over the famous Golfer's Bridge across the Swilcan Burn towards the R&A Clubhouse in the distance. It is just magnificent, a golfing wonder. 18th fairway, just, Old Course St Andrews He managed to successfully stay within the out-of-bounds white fence on the 18th with his tee shot and we are 123 yards front edge w...

Putting Practice

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View across to the 18th green at Kingsbarns Golf Links A couple of days ago I was fortunate to be at the wonderful Kingsbarns Golf Links, located seven miles south of St. Andrews, waiting to pick up my wife LB from her round over this great links course. Putting practice at Kingsbarns Golf Links So what better way to kill some time but to make use of the Practice Green at Kingsbarns. What an inspiring backdrop to enjoy while hitting a wee white ball around.