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Finally...my 2013 caddie season on the links of St. Andrews begins tomorrow 28th March at 10.10am with Klaus, from Germany, who I caddied with last July. He has kept in touch via a few emails and informed me in December that he and Marion, his wife, had secured their tee time on the Old Course. The stroll up 18th fairway of the Old Course It will obviously be good to be back out on the great links and as a bonus we will be staying for the weekend to open our holiday home (read caravan), prepare it for the season ahead, play some golf, meet some friends and enjoy life back in the Kingdom of Golf.

A quick visit to the Scottish Golf Show in Glasgow yesterday and I managed to introduce myself to the iconic Ryder Cup trophy which was on display at the Gleneagles stand. It is really golden! The Ryder Cup & Caddie Golf Tours' Boyne I managed to see, visit and get most of the information I required from the Golf Show within a couple of hours. It was the last day and towards the middle of the afternoon when I arrived but still managed good chats with Gleneagles, Carnoustie Country, Machrihanish Dunes, Turnberry and the Scottish Golf Union representatives who all had excellent booths. 

Old Course St. Andrews & 2010 Open Championship A test link to the St. Andrews Links Trust new web site and the all important Ballot Results page. I generally visit this page once a day now that March has comes around and then more during the height of the golf season, checking on tee times and spaces/slots for the following two days of play on the Old Course. Good to see that tee times on the Old Course are now beginning at 07.00am and the last is at 14.40pm. The golf day is finally stretching out. These tee times are for Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd March. Click on the link above to be taken to the Ballot page on St. Andrews Links Trust web site.

Oliver wins a 'cap' at St. Andrews Caddies Golf Outing! Click on the following to be taken to the CBS This Morning page and Oliver's interview. Here is my friend and fellow St. Andrews Caddie, Oliver, promoting his book 'An American Caddie in St. Andrews' on the CBS Morning Show. Good job Ollie.

the new St. Andrews Links Trust web site has been released onto the internet.  http://www.standrews.org.uk/ The re-branding of the signage on the courses, shuttle carts, clothing etc with Black & Gold that began last year continues throughout the site.   The revamped iconic 1st tee box on the Old Course It looks clean, shiny & new.  The important thing is the content and from my initial click through all your questions about golf in St. Andrews will be answered. The site has a good simple and concise layout that is easily followed. Good touch to get the 2014 Ryder Cup Captain, Paul McGinley, to do a wee video promotion of the Old Course. Both he and the Links share Allianz as a sponsor. http://www.standrews.org.uk/Play/Courses/Old-Course/Lesson-Plans/ Please remember to take advantage of the 'insider information' that Caddie Golf Tours have built up over 12 years caddying and 40 plus years of golfing in Scotland. I can answer all your r...

Caddie Pavilion St. Andrews Links The St. Andrews Caddies Golf Club (SACGC) have announced the competition fixture list for this year, 2013, and a very tasty opening fixture is being played at the mighty Kingsbarns Links against the Vikings from Sweden. The SACGC squeezed a 9.5 v 4.5 matchplay victory last year when the inaugural match was played on 2010 Open Qualifying Torrance Course at the St. Andrews Fairmont Hotel. Our Swedish friends will be out for revenge.   St. Andrews Caddies Golf Club   2013 Fixture List APRIL                          20 TH     Celts vs. Vikings Match        Kingsbarns                                     25 TH      Monthly Medal No. 1     ...

Caddie Golf Tours at Machrihanish GC Caddie Golf Tours are heading to Scotland's Mull of Kintyre for a weekend of golf, luxury and good food with the Oystercatchers Golf Society this Friday 15th March. This is our annual Spring Meeting and our thanks must go to The Village at Machrihanish Dunes for their assistance with our luxury accommodation in the Ugadale Cottages, Ugadale Hotel and our tee times. Marvelous.

"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...

The build up to the release of the MUST READ golf book of the year is only a couple of weeks away from my old (read really young & talented) friend and fellow Old Course Caddie Oliver Horovitz. This is the first review I have seen. Expect to see and read a few more. Oliver is going to be on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose to talk about his book on Monday 18th March and I expect he may get on a few more shows...we do (not) expect fame to change him!?! I wrote a wee promotion about the book a month or so ago and it can be found on my Blog at the following link: http://caddiegolftours.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/american-caddie-in-st-andrews.html If you haven't pre-ordered your copy yet, you can do it right here, right now: http://amzn.to/WbvTVM.

St. Andrews Cathedral St. Andrews is a a truly wonderful old town and here are a few photographs taken a year or so ago of the ancient walls that are around the ruins of the Cathedral, which was the tallest building in Europe during the 13th Century. Old Tom Morris Grave For many golfers the graveyard is a must do pilgrimage to the resting place of Old Tom Morris the instigator of the 'modern golf game'. Alongside him is the memorial to his ...Expand this post »

Wrapped up after a February round on the Old Course St. Andrews I truly love this time year...sure it is cold and one has to wear the appropriate clothing but it is good to get out on the golf course and swing a club. Golf 2013 is just around the corner with the, hoped for, warmth of a Scottish Spring replacing the brutal cold of January and February.

  A good day at Caddie Golf Tours with two of our 2013 'St. Andrews Golf Tours' being settled this morning. The famous walk up 18th fairway Old Course St. Andrews Looking forward to meeting the x12 strong 'Lindsay Party' from the Chicago area and the 'Coffey Couples' from Boston staying at the Macdonald Rusacks and Fairmont St. Andrews hotels respectively during May 2013.

John tees off from 9th tee, Old Course St. Andrews Andy drives from 18th tee Old Course, St. Andrews Victory! Today Team Boyne won the annual St. Andrews Golf Club 'Winter Texas Scramble' played over the Old Course at St. Andrews.  All my golfing life I have wondered what it is like to win a golf competition on the Old Course at St. Andrews and, though competing in the Open Championship has passed me by..., through my membership at the wonderful St. Andrews Golf Club there are regular competitions ... Expand this post »

John Boyne, Caddie. I began my caddie career at the St. Andrews Links by chance not by design. My wife had encouraged me to attend a four day course being held in St. Andrews by the then Caddie Master, Rick MacKenzie, who after it was finished invited me to join his caddie Team for the summer of 2002. I thought that one summer caddying on the Old Course was too good an opportunity to miss for an enthusiastic golfer like myself, so I accepted. I am still here. There is a lot to enjoy about working on the St. Andrews Links not least the friendships that have been made with my fellow caddies and golfers from across the world. These are ties that remain strong and true. It is also amazing to think that you have become a link to caddies and golfers that have gone before stretching back centuries.     A few golfers that stand out from the +1500 rounds I have caddied at St. Andrews were the courageous blind lady golfer who went round the Old Course in 124 sho...

 Golf on Scotland's East Coast The Clubhouse at Royal Aberdeen GC This wonderfully rich area of classic Scottish links golf is becoming ever more popular with golfers and we are delighted to offer one or two night stays in Aberdeen for those wishing to test themselves on a mix of the historic golf courses at Royal Aberdeen, Murcar and Cruden Bay or the new kid on the block Trump International Golf Links. 18th hole, Trump International Golf Links One Night Trip from £395 / $622 per golfer Day 1:  Arrive in Aberdeen and transfer to golf at Trump International Golf Links Overnight in four star Malmaison Hotel in Aberdeen city centre, two sharing room with breakfast Day 2: Golf at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Depart Aberdeen 5th green at Murcar Golf Club Two Night Trip from £540 / $850 per golfer Day 1:  Arrive in Aberdeen and transfer to golf at Murcar Golf Club Two night stay at four star Malmaison Hotel in Aberdeen city centre,...

When you get to St. Andrews a must visit is the wonderful Luvians Bottle Shop in the centre of the old town. It has been in operation for 14 years, the original shop is in Cupar only 10 miles away, and has established itself as the premier stop for all things whisky and wine. Tastings can be arranged and the staff are always willing to explain, describe and inform customers of the vast range in stock. Luvians counts many of St. Andrews bars and hotels amongst their loyal customers.

There has been a noticeable increase in interest from visiting golfers to the classic links golf courses in the Aberdeen area. This has undoubtedly been because of astonishing Trump International Golf Links which was unveiled to the golf world last year and the wonderful Royal Aberdeen Golf Club being named as the venue for the 2014 Scottish Open Championship. Trump International Golf Links We will be delighted to assist in organising your bespoke 2013 golf trip to the North East of Scotland and the golf at  Aberdeen. It is accessible from Glasgow and Edinburgh being approximately three hours drive and also through it's own International Airport.   Royal Aberdeen  Golf Club Caddie Golf Tours had many golfers visit Aberdeen for one, two and three night breaks last year and also as part of longer tours that took in the magnificent links golf in the Highlands of Scotland.  We have a number of partner hotels to chose from ranging from three to five st...

Golfers...you still have time to persuade or cajole your golfing friends, minimum of two & maximum of eight, to make an application for Old Course tee times for the 2013 season at St. Andrews. The St. Andrews Links Trust web site reservations page quotes: "Following the initial application process in September we now have some limited times available on the Old Course (below). Applications will be accepted from 10am GMT on Wednesday 9th January 2013." #golf #standrews #oldcourse   #golfscotland  #golf2013

A number of advanced and secured 2013 tee times for golf on the Old Course at St. Andrews have been released and are available to all golfers via Caddie Golf Tours.   Thomas Party 1st tee Old Course, August 2012 We can access dates in April, May, June, July and a couple of days in October of 2013. Now is the time that you have a wee chat with three of your best golfing partners and persuade them that this is the year to fulfill that dream of golfing on the great links at St. Andrews. Caddie Golf Tours will be applying for these Old Course tee times on Wednesday 9th January 2013 and to do so we will require the following information to proceed: name of Lead Golfer names of golfers handicaps of golfers golf club memberships dates available to play Mike Thomas drives from 1st on the Old Course, August 2012 Please do not hesitate to contact me at Caddie Golf Tours via email, G+ or Facebook for more information on how you and your golfing partners can be ...

American-Caddie-St-Andrews-GrowingUp Oliver, our good friend from New York, who seems to have been hanging around the Old Course in St. Andrews for as long as my 11 years has been diligently working away on his book in-between golfing, caddying on the legendary links golf courses of St. Andrews and attending classes at Harvard University. Ollie blasting it on the range at Dukes Course St. Andrews Ollie wins a hat (!) at St. Andrews Caddie's Golf Day Every year sometime around mid May, much like a returning migratory bird, Oliver Horovitz swings round in front of the R&A clubhouse, strolls down the gentle slope to the St. Andrews Caddie Pavilion, wearing a big wide smile and one of his trademark baseball caps perched in a manner and tilt that is unique to those of a younger generation from the USA. A warm handshake and 'hey...whats happening'? Oliver has returned for another summer on the Links of St. Andrews...and it is a better place because ...