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The official winter golf season has begun in St Andrews and it is marked by a reduction in green fees as well as the annual introduction of the 'fairway mats' which appeared on the Old Course on 10th November and are set to remain until 31st March 2021. The fairway mat protects the turf during these cold months, allowing play to continue on the legendary St Andrews Links with a perfect lie each time and helping to present the fairways in peak condition for the new golf season. They will also be used on the New, Jubilee, Eden and Strathtyrum courses from 1st December until 12th March 2021. The Castle Course will close this weekend, Sunday 29th November, for its' winter rest until it returns for play on 1st March 2021 when it will also have the fairway mats in use until the end of the month.

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.