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Our friend David from Chicago brought his two sons over to Scotland to enjoy our links golf. This golf tour had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and finally got the go ahead when international travel restrictions were lifted at start of September, 2021. David, Jeff and Greg on Old Course At the start of their golf tour they played some memorable golf on the Scottish West Coast at the beautiful Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Western Gailes and Royal Troon. They then transferred to St Andrews where they are members of the St Andrews Golf Club.  David, Jeff and Greg at Kingsbarns The week started with a round on the Old Course then Kingsbarns followed by legendary Crail Balcomie Links and finishing with the exacting Jubilee Course at St Andrews. It has been wonderful to meet our American golfers again and watch their obvious enjoyment playing golf in Scotland...FORE!

A selection of our recent Autumn photographs taken at the great links courses in and around St Andrews. Time to begin planning your golf trip to St Andrews and Scotland with Caddie Golf Tours. We look forward to hearing from you soon @caddiegolftours@gmail.com ...Fore! Eden Course St Andrews 7th green  Old Course St Andrews first fairway Castle Course 9th green Swilken Burn on Old Course 1st green Kingsbarns Golf Links 18th tee Kingsbarns Golf Links 3rd green Old Course St Andrews approach to 14th green Autumn rainbow over Old Course 16th green 

The St Andrews caddies returned to work on the Old Course and the other links courses after the enforced layoff, due to Covid-19, stopped them working on March 24th. St Andrews caddies with their golfers on Swilken Bridge This has been a tough time for the caddies who would have been working flat out with the majority of the 170 registered during the season looking at doing 2 loops a day. As it is we have close to 45 caddies available for work on the St Andrews Links caddying 2 loops a week. Caddie work is expected to increase as we move into the month of August and visiting golfers return to St Andrews and Scotland.   Caddies with golfers on Old Course 18th green A few expected restrictions are in place: suitable distancing, golf bag is placed on a complimentary push trolley with sanitized handle, no handling of players clubs or golf ball, caddie to provide hole information and shot advice as normal. No one in the group is allowed to touch the flagstick. Outwith that it is busines...

Over the last couple of months of this horrendous Coronavirus Covid-19 and its sudden impact on the world, and in our case golf in particular, Caddie Golf Tours have been in constant communication with our golfers, home and overseas, about the various scenarios this will have on their 2020 Scotland Golf Tours. Carnoustie Championship 18th With the British government placing the whole country in a 'lockdown' on 24th March, the most disruptive for all would be to cancel and return money deposited or even fully paid. All terms and conditions about cancellation fees written into our contracts have been revisited and revised due to the horrendous nature of this virus. Kingsbarns Golf Links 12th tee The overriding thought has been to reschedule the golf tours to a later date. The difficulty doing it for later this year in 2020, is no one knows when the 'lockdown' will be lifted, our golf courses and accommodation opened and even if international travel would be...

Dear golfers, During this Covid-19 pandemic our priority is the health and safety of our clients, community and the country. Following the direction given by government Caddie Golf Tours are accepting of the restrictions on daily movement and are continuing to work from our office, at home, here in the historic village of Kingsbarns, located 7 miles from St Andrews. We are here and available to discuss your g olf tour to Scotland and St Andrews, later this year, or through to next year 2021. Please contact us on +44 (0) 7967 345 969 or email at caddiegolftours@gmail.com We look forward to welcoming you to golf in Scotland as soon as we possibly can and hope that in the meantime you all stay safe, take no risks and look after your families. Yours sincerely, John Boyne.

Caddie Golf Tours, took some time out last Sunday from the ever threatening Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic to golf 9 holes on the Castle Course St Andrews. Little did I think that this would be the last round of golf I would play. Within a couple of days the St Andrews Links Trust had closed all their courses, including the Old Course, on the advice/orders from the British Government. The Castle Course was deserted with those few golfers that were in sight playing solo golf due to the Covid-19 virus, as was I. With the whole country now in an enforced shut down I will look back on these 9 holes with fondness and enjoy the images captured. It is beginning to look like it will be at least June before we get another opportunity to golf here in St Andrews and Scotland, a long layoff but hopefully the putting practice on the hall carpet will produce results...Fore!

The "Flynn Party" of 12 Chicago golfers returned to Scotland after their 2013 St Andrews golf trip for a Highland golf tour last month, September. A true joy to work with the lead golfers, Mr Flynn and Mr Baker, and arrange the golf tour that they desired which we began putting together in September 2018. Rather than golf in and around St Andrews, which they had done on their previous visit with Caddie Golf Tours, it was the lure of golf in Highlands that excited them. The golf begins at the legendary Carnoustie Championship, recent host to 2018 Open won by Francisco Molinari, straight off the overnight flight from USA and a 2 hour transfer to Carnoustie. A lovely lunch then onto the golf course with a little Scottish rain to begin the tour. The rain stopped after an hour and did not return for the rest of the highland golf tour. A transfer to Inverness after golf at Carnoustie and a 2 night stay at Kingsmills Hotel with golf at Nairn and then a full day of...

On Wednesday 21st August, 2019, at 10:00 am the St Andrews Links Trust will be accepting advance applications for guaranteed 2020 Old Course tee times. The application is open for 2 weeks closing on Wednesday 4th September 2019. The Golfers Bridge over Swilken Burn Old Course St Andrews Applications can be made using an online form that can be accessed from the St Andrews Links Trust website using the following link:  Private Advance Tee Times 2020   Tee times are not allocated on a first come basis they are picked using a ballot after the 2 week window has closed. 18th tee Old Course St Andrews A minimum of 2 and maximum of 8 golfers can make the application for a 2 course package which includes the Old Course and a choice of a second golf course at the St Andrews Links from the following amazing courses: New Course, Jubilee Course, Eden Course and Castle Course. Cost is  £ 340  for the High Season 14th April - 13th October 2020 Cost i...

Scotscraig GC is one of our great challenging links golf courses, located 20 minutes from St Andrews, it has been host to numerous final qualifying for The Open Championship when played on the Old Course and at Carnoustie. A testimont to the quality of this hybrid links-parkland course and an obvious choice for the Kingsbarns Golf Society annual golf outing. Scotscraid  Scotscraig is one of Scotland's older courses being founded 1817 and is much loved by local golfers and those from overseas. The sea may not be viewed from the course but the turf plays linksland due to the sand base and the golf holes genuinely test the golfer. Recent history brings the excellent former World No1, US Open Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist...Justin Rose to the fore. He played Scotscraig GC to gain entry to the Open, when younger,  and made such an impression that an Honorary Membership was bestowed. The annual Kingsbarns Golf Society, circa 1793, had this year's outing...

While celebrating our recent Birthday we managed to take advantage of the good weather during this first Spring week of March and enjoy championship golf at the Old Course St Andrews, the historic Elie golf club and finally on Carnoustie Championship the 2018 Open venue, where Francisco Molinari won with exquisite golf. Old Course St Andrews The tee time on the Old Course was achieved using the local Ballot (lottery) system that gives golfers an opportunity to play the legendary Links course. The Old Course in these early months of Spring is readily available to all golfers who wish to travel, use the Ballot, and golf in St Andrews. Putting on Old Course St Andrews 1st green The golfers on Swilken (Golfers) Bridge Old Course St Andrews Our guests traveled over from Glasgow, less than 2 hours away, for a celebratory weekend staying with us in the village of Kingsbarns 6 miles south of St Andrews. LB putting out on 10th at Elie A few days after the Old Course L...

Highland Golf April 2019 Castle Stuart Golf Links Caddie Golf Tours have just completed the following Highland golf tour for our Swedish golfers, arriving in April. Four nights with four classic rounds of links golf and a 5 seater SUV hire vehicle from Arnold Clark at Edinburgh Airport. Day 1 -  Arrive Edinburgh, transfer to Highlands              Golf  Nairn GC  Day 2 -  Golf   Brora GC Day 3 -  Golf  Royal Dornoch GC Day 4 -  Golf  Castle Stuart Golf Links Day 5 -  Depart Highlands and return to Edinburgh Stay at luxury Sandown House in Nairn, b ased on 2 sharing subject to availability Total per golfer   £920   Please contact Caddie Golf Tours if you would be interested in taking advantage of this wonderful golf tour in the romantic Highlands of Scotland...Fore!

Matt Hooper, friend, founder, photographer and editor of the St Andrews Magazine has just published the winter edition 05. It is a great read covering all things St Andrews with a bit of golf thrown in. It can be found here along with this years back issues:  www.issuu.com/standrewsmagazine   Old Course 17th green Road hole at St Andrews. This festive publication features the following: A St Andrews Christmas, St Andr ews Remembers the Fallen, The 2018 St Andrews Magazine Awards, Sunday Lunch at  The Seafood Ristorante , The Beauty of Winter  The Vintage Beauty Box , Yoga for a flexible winter  Hot House Yoga , A Caddie's Year on the Links  Caddie Golf Tours , Brilliant Bjerregaard wins the  Alfred Dunhill Championship  Dunhill links championship, Interiors for Winter  Interiors by Tracy Smith , Golf's Greatest  Discovery Inc , Rory McIlroy causes controversy with plan to give up European Tour membership in 2019 and A preview to...