Caddie Golf Tours

A new golf club is in the latter stages of being established in St. Andrews, the Home of Golf. The 'St Andrews Caddies Golf Club' will officially launch on the 27th February 2012 proving that Auld Grey Toon and its legendary Caddies do not stand still and are intent on bucking the trend for doom & gloom in the golf industry. The web site is near completion, the Facebook page is up and running but no news on a G+ page as yet. I will be having a wee word in their ear! St Andrews Caddies Golf Club - HomeThe St Andrews Caddies Golf Club accepts golfers from all over the world and holds various golfing events and social gatherings throughout the golfing calender

The 'Town Match' is an annual game played between the members of the R&A and those of the local golf clubs in St. Andrews. It is played over the Old, New & Jubilee courses here on the links in the Foursomes format, alternate shot, and is one of the great fun events of the year. I finally got my name into the hat along with my golfing buddy of many years, Andy. I sponsored Andy into the St. Andrews Golf Club this year and we were picked out as a team to golf on the Jubilee Course at 11.44am Saturday. Our opponents, from the R&A, were named as Mr J Rigg & Mr D Fay and our team's combined handicaps are 23, so no one gets any shots in this match play foursomes game. Andy arrives at my 'holiday home' just outside St. Andrews on Friday evening after a horrendous day at work so the decision to head to the Dunvegan Bar in St. Andrews, after a couple of glasses of wine, was a no brainer! Once some food was taken with a couple of pints of guinness I sugges...