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The remnants of the 2015 Open at St Andrews, won by Zach Johnson, are fast disappearing with the last of the grandstands (bleachers) finally dismantled. I managed a few last photographs from the grandstands on the 1st fairway and behind the 17th green. These are now gone. The seats are all gone and the St Andrews Old Course greenkeepers have begun work on resurrecting the links turf on the 1st fairway which is now roped off and is currently regarded as Ground Under Repair, GUR. 

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...

Well at least one of Caddie Golf Tours has got out onto the Old Course during the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews. LB has received her Ralph Lauren jacket and hat plus a few other essentials that are required for her Marshall duties out at the Par 4, Bobby Jones, 10th hole. LB has practice day duties today and tomorrow and is expecting the Old Course to be extremely busy as all the competitors for this years Open Championship have arrived. The competition begins on Thursday 16th July 2015.

On Monday as I approached the 17th Road green, whilst caddieing on the Old Course St Andrews, I pointed out to my golfer that the Open's Claret Jug Trophy was being photographed on the 18th tee by the R&A's photographer and we might be able to get our pictures taken with it. Timing is everything and we got lucky, also the photographer was very kind to let us have a few moments with this iconic little trophy that has been in existence since 1873 when it was presented at St Andrews after local golfer Tom Kidd who won with a two round total on the Old Course with 91 + 88 = 179. Curiously the first name on the Claret Jug belongs to the 1872 Champion, Young Tom Morris. There was no trophy to present the previous year when Young Tom won the 12th Open at Prestwick, for the fourth time in a row, so they inscribed his name before presenting it to Tom Kidd. Great to see the little trophy up close again and a delightful surprise for the golfers playing their first r...

This last week I was delighted to receive, through the post, confirmation from the St Andrews Golf Club of my Membership for this year and the competition Fixture List for the 2015 golf season. With the 'interruption' of the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews in July, the Old Course is closed for 4 weeks, and the New, Jubilee and Eden courses are also affected with the assembly of the infrastructure for the great event, but all the St Andrew golf clubs do find a way to massage the golf calendar to include our local competitions. I did manage to get down to, and retain, an 8 handicap in 2014 so this year my challenge is to enter the 1st tier at the St Andrews Golf Club and for that I require a 7 handicap or less. I am going to need some seriously good and productive practice...Fore!                                                       ...

In the build-up to the 2015 Open Championship on the Old Course in St. Andrews the greenkeepers have been busy with their preparations for the tournament over the last couple of years and it will continue over this winter period. Hell bunker Old Course St. Andrews When golfing at St. Andrews last weekend I snapped this photograph of the gargantuan Hell bunker, on the 619 yard Par 5 14th (523 yard for the local golfers), that is being re-built using the revetting method employed by the greenkeepers. The bunker sits 115 yards short of the green's front edge with the town of St. Andrews as a backdrop.