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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...

The 2019 Simpson Cup match was golfed on St Andrews Links, May 19-22, 2019, with the final singles round played over the Old Course St Andrews on Wednesday 22nd. I had the pleasure of caddying with David from GB&I team, a former Captain of the match, we were pitted against USA veteran Scott, giving him 5 shots on the Old Course, which he used to his advantage defeating us on the 16th green. We continued to golf the 17th and 18th enjoying the full experience on the legendary links with good company. The Simpson Cup is an annual Ryder Cup-style event between 13 UK and US injured Servicemen and Veterans. It is supported by On Course Foundation a 501(c)(3) Non-profit that supports the recovery of injured Service members and veterans via golf events and jobs in the golf industry.

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!

Golfers, may we wish you a Happy New Year and a hearty welcome to 2019...Fore! Caddie Golf Tours at Old Course St Andrews. Winter golf at St Andrews starts in November and runs through to the end of March. The legendary Old Course, New, Jubilee, Eden courses are all available to golf during this period with a few restrictions, daylight being the main one. Old Course St Andrews 1st green. Some tee positions are moved and there are a number of bunkers being rebuilt, across all the courses, allowing the greenkeepers to work and bring them up to standard for the forthcoming golf season. The largest of the bunker projects Cockle Shell, pictured, which began in early November 2018 and will be completed by mid January. Old Course St Andrews rebuilding Shell Bunker on 7th hole. The main restriction asked of the golfer when in St Andrews is the use of an astro-turf mat for all fairway shots. The mats are used to protect the fairway from damage during this cold period. I per...

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...

We are now at the end of October 2018 and the visiting golfers, as well as daylight, are slowly disappearing as we head into the our quieter winter season. Old Course 16th fairway. The St Andrews greenkeepers have been tasked with moving the pathway that runs alongside the right side of the Old Course from the 2nd hole, Dyke, through to the 6th hole, Heathery out, at the request of the R&A. Old Course 5th tee, right side. The R&A want the pathway moved and widened to accommodate the increasing volume of spectator and vehicle traffic that has now become apart of the modern Open Championship. Old Course 5th fairway & New Course 3rd tee. Initially this meant the removal of the golf ball grasping gorse bushes that run down the right side of the Old Course fairway and left side adjacent New Course. Old Course rain shelter at 6th tee. The old rain shelter that has sat next to the Old Course 6th tee for my 17 years here at St Andrews, and goodness knows how ...

In June this year a lovely brood of ducklings enjoyed paddling the Swilken Burn on the Old Course, St Andrews. The ducklings offered a pleasant distraction for the golfers while they played their approach shots over the infamous Swilken Burn and onto the 1st green.

The delightful Christer Andersson and his 3 golfing friends from Sweden had a wonderful 4 golfing days in St Andrews this week with the advice of Caddie Golf Tours. Andersson 4Ball at Castle Course St Andrews. The golfers purchased the St Andrews 3 day Links Ticket that can be used over 7 days, offering unlimited golf on all the St Andrews courses, except the Old Course. A great deal. Mr Andersson drives 1st tee Castle Course. The 4 golfers golfed the Eden, Jubilee, Castle and New courses at the St Andrews Links. They were not successful in obtaining an Old Course tee time during their 4 days, but look forward to playing it next year...Fore!

The 2019 green fees for the Old Course at St Andrews Links have been set and follow below, priced in Great British Pounds. Old Course St Andrews 17th fairway and green Old Course St Andrews: £ 90     Low Season (Winter) January - March                         £ 125   Shoulder Season       1st - 15th April                           £ 190   High Season              16th April - 14th October            £ 133   Shoulder Season       15th - 31st October                 £ 95     Low Season (Winter) 1st November - 31st December Our golfers on Old Course St Andrews 1st tee Please do not hesitate to contact Caddie Golf Tours to assist w...

On Wednesday 22nd August 2018 at 10:00 am the St Andrews Links Trust will be accepting advance applications for guaranteed 2019 Old Course tee times. The application is open for 2 weeks closing on Wednesday 5th September 2018. 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 2019   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 links course at St Andrews: New Course, Jubilee Course, Eden Course and Castle Course. Cost is £ 330  for the High Season 14th April - 13th October 2018 Cost is £ 230   for the Low Season 1st - 14th April and ...

The St Andrews Caddies annual golf match against our Swedish Vikings was held at the the truly wonderful Kingsbarns Golf Links for the 7th year. This great modern day Scottish links golf course played host to the 2017 Ricoh British Women's Open and is one of the venues for the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. We are forever grateful to Kingsbarns Golf Links for allowing this match to be held here. The St Andrews Caddies were expecting a hard fought match this year and so it was with the last of the 8 head to head matches deciding the outcome. Those last 2 games produced a win for each side which resulted in a halved competition 3 1/2 > 3 1/2. A wonderful set of 8 match play games, that all competitors enjoyed, on one of Scotland's premier golf links in warm Spring sunshine. Friendships are rekindled every year when our Vikings arrive for their week of golf in and around St Andrews and this annual match is a joy to be involved with. Already both ...