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The Caddie Master at St Andrews has created a hardship fund to assist the Caddies who work here on the St Andrews golf courses, and because of the coronavirus Covid-19 will have no income this year, or very little. You can help the St Andrews Caddies by making a contribution, no matter how small, on the following GoFundMe page:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/st-andrews-caddies Thank you for reading and contributing...FORE!!!

The St Andrews Caddies Charity Fund The old St Andrews Caddie Pavilion. Over the next 3 months a series of charitable events will be organised by the St. Andrews Caddies in support of The Keepers of The Green (Registered Charity SCO33783) which provides powered wheelchairs to residents of St. Andrews and local areas in greatest need of them . http://www.keepersofthegreen.org St Andrews Caddies David Coyne, Jimmy Reid, Tam Robertson and John Boyne, with the help of their fellow caddies aim to raise upwards of the £ 3000 British Pounds required to purchase a powered wheelchair which will be presented to a local resident during the build up to the 144th Open Championship being played at St. Andrews in July 2015. Current Running Total = £ 2250 British Pounds Local Caddie Kevin Fogarty has created a website for the Charity highlighting the donations received and who from. A Blog, a Charity Auction page and an Events Gallery with some photographs of the fund r...

A trip across to St Andrews and our first Old Course tee time of the New Year at 10:20am. Thankfully we have decent weather with a 18 - 20 mph wind from west. 1st tee Old Course St Andrews http://www.standrews.com/Ballot/Ballot-Results?date=08/01/2015

There had been talk for a number of years about the suitability of the Old Course Caddie Pavilion and the number of caddies that use it day in, day out, whether it really was 'fit for purpose' now that we are into the second decade of the 21st Century. There will be 140-160 registered caddies working the St. Andrews golf courses during the height of the season and this wee building has had its' day. It was demolished at the end of the 'official' 2013 golf season, in November, and a temporary pavilion has been installed 100 yards down the right side of the 1st fairway. A little bit of the romance may have disappeared, but it is temporary. I have known this old building since the spring of 2002 when I first came, anxiously, strolling past the R&A Clubhouse and 1st tee of the Old Course to be accepted, hopefully, into the ranks of St Andrews' caddies. With a score or more guys hanging around the outside of the pavilion, and another 20 or...

I have just had a look at the Ballot results for tomorrow, Monday 3rd June, and the Chinese golfers have arrived and in big numbers. Old Course 1st fairway getting a trim. I wonder how they managed to secure eight consecutive tee times upon the Old Course from 09.10 - 10.20am? Extraordinary. http://www.standrews.org.uk/Ballot/Ballot-Results?date=03/06/2013 I do hope that they will respect the venerable links and maintain a decent pace of play though recent history tells me it will be a tough gig for the caddies.