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Celts v Vikings 2013, Kingsbarns Golf Links

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This was the second golf match against our yearly Spring visitors from Sweden. These guys have been coming to St. Andrews for over 10 years and the caddies have built up friendships that has resulted in this 'Grand Match' which was won again by the St. Andrews Caddies. A superb day of golf on one of the world's great links courses with friends from Europe. We also had one of the Swedish golfers produce a 'hole-in-one' at the Par3 2nd, wonderful stuff. Clicking on the text above will take you to my G+ page and more photographs taken of the match at Kingsbarns Golf Links.

St. Andrews Golf Tour May 2013

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"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 oversubscrib...